Researchship
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A paid position doing research, typically for a university or non-profit organization. countable
"I think, personally, that the greatest inducement to keep people in the field would be to set up a life researchship, very much like the judiciary is in this country, setting a minimal age at, perhaps, 35, and selecting, even if it is only a few individuals, people who have demonstrated their research ability and are rewarded by this with a fairly substantial income in the perhaps $20,000 to $25,000 bracket, with the freedom to do the research that they feel is important, […]"
- 2 Alternative form of research ship. alt-of, alternative
"Eight stations were occupied by the researchship Ryofu-Maru along the 30° N-line which crossed the Japan Trench at the vicinity of Ramapo Deep, during the period from May 12 to June 20."
- 3 The practice or quality of conducting research. uncountable
"He has strongly urged […] that reserved posts should be properly grouped into the following four categories:— (1) Heads of Divisions, i.e., those entrusted with researchship and research organisation; […]"
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More examples"I think, personally, that the greatest inducement to keep people in the field would be to set up a life researchship, very much like the judiciary is in this country, setting a minimal age at, perhaps, 35, and selecting, even if it is only a few individuals, people who have demonstrated their research ability and are rewarded by this with a fairly substantial income in the perhaps $20,000 to $25,000 bracket, with the freedom to do the research that they feel is important, […]"
Etymology
From research + -ship (suffix denoting a property or state of being).
See research ship.
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