When Arthur met with technical experts from various European countries, he had a smile on his face from time to time.

All the European powers, combined, provide Australasia with thousands of technical experts.

These technical experts include almost all aspects of military industry, warships, chemical industry, medical science, and even physics and chemistry.

After this transaction, Australasia's high-level talent pool has become richer, and it has also brought Australasia's heritage closer and closer to the European powers.

There are so many talents that the Royal Society for the Study of Physics alone can no longer manage them. After consulting with Albert Einstein, Stella and others, at the end of October 1912, the Royal Australasian Academy of Sciences was officially established.

As the name suggests, the Royal Academy of Sciences will bring together all of Australasia's top talent. Regardless of the field, as long as you have outstanding contributions and achievements in your field, you can join the Royal Australasian Academy of Sciences and become a member of the Academy of Sciences.

According to the hierarchy of the Royal Academy of Sciences, starting from the lowest level of first-class academicians, to second-class academicians, third-class academicians, honorary vice-presidents, vice-presidents, honorary deans, and deans.

The rank of academician is theoretically equivalent to the status of mayor, the rank of vice-president is theoretically equivalent to the status of governor, and the rank of dean is theoretically equivalent to the status of cabinet minister.

Of course, these are only theoretical administrative hierarchies, and the academicians of the Academy of Sciences, although they have such administrative status, certainly do not have the actual power of mayors, governors, or even ministers.

The reason why Arthur gave these experts a high administrative status was actually to improve the status of all scientific researchers in the private sector, so that scientific researchers could become the goal of everyone in Australasia.

If Australasia wants to maintain its status as a great power, or even attack the status and strength of the top powers, then the reserve of Australasia's top talents, as well as the importance of the country and the government and even all Australasian people to scientific research workers and science and technology, have become a very important foundation.

In the current Australasia, there are almost three ways to successfully obtain a knighthood.

The first is to join the army, and make vital roles and contributions in wars that are related to the major interests of the country and even the life and death of the country, so that you can get the title of granted.

The second way is to join the ranks of researchers. Medals and knighthoods may be awarded to anyone who can research a technology that is capable of changing an industry in Australasia, or if the technology studied is strategically important to Australasia.

In addition to this, the third way is suitable for all non-military and scientific researchers. As long as you have made a significant contribution to the royal family and the national government, and the medal is not enough to make up for and reward, the knighthood obtained is also a matter of course.

In addition to these three ways, there is another way to obtain a knighthood, and that is to cast a good baby and become Arthur's child.

As Arthur's children, William and Anna are definitely going to get knighthoods, but now because the two little ones are still very young, Arthur has no plans to give them knighthoods for the time being.

Of the three ways that ordinary people can obtain knighthoods, the most dangerous one is definitely the first one.

In any case, the army of this era is definitely not less dangerous in war.

Whether it was the heavy machine guns and artillery bombardment of World War I or the tanks and planes of World War II, they were all powerful weapons that could easily harvest the lives of soldiers.

If you want to get a knighthood by virtue of your military merits, in addition to extraordinary abilities, you must also have relatively strong luck, not only to dodge artillery and machine gun fire on the battlefield, but also to avoid stray bullets that fly from time to time in the war.

The remaining two are very difficult, but the difficulty of becoming a researcher is slightly lower.

Of course, that doesn't mean it's easy to come up with a technology that could change Australasia.

In fact, the real reason is because it is difficult for ordinary people in Australasia to contact Arthur in ordinary times, and there is no way or way to make a significant contribution to the royal family and government.

In contrast, as long as you successfully graduate from university and become a scientific researcher, you can devote yourself to scientific research and development in related industries.

As long as the ability is sufficient, it may not be impossible to research powerful technology.

In addition to their status, all members of the Royal Academy of Sciences will also receive extremely generous benefits.

Theoretically, a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences can work part-time at a variety of universities and have his own independent research projects.

In addition to this, the Royal Academy of Sciences salaries are also very high. With the expansion of the Royal Society for the Study of Physical Chemistry into the Royal Academy of Sciences, the salaries of the Fellows of the Academy of Sciences were also increased.

The basic salary alone is $1,200 for a first-class academician, $1,800 for a second-class academician, $2,800 for a third-class academician, $3,800 for an honorary vice-president, $4,000 for an associate dean, $5,500 for an honorary dean, and $6,000 for a dean.

In terms of the basic income of scientific researchers, the income of the academicians of the Royal Australasian Academy of Sciences is not much worse than that of experts in European countries.

If you take into account the income from various studies and part-time jobs, the members of the Royal Australasian Academy of Sciences will not necessarily earn less than the famous European experts.

Among the 1,607 technicians dispatched to Europe, more than 100 are research personnel engaged in various scientific research work.

These talents are scattered in many fields such as physics, chemistry, medicine, science and technology, but they are all urgently needed by Arthur and Australasia.

These more than 100 talents were unsurprisingly pulled into the Royal Academy of Sciences by Arthur, which also made the scale of the Royal Academy of Sciences exceed 200 people, 221 people to be exact.

Among them, there are 155 first-class academicians, 58 second-level academicians, 6 third-level academicians, 1 vice president and 1 president.

The president of the Royal Academy of Sciences is naturally Albert Einstein, the former president of the Royal Society for the Study of Physical Chemistry, and the vice president of the Royal Academy of Sciences is Tesla.

Mainly among the 221 talents of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Arthur is more familiar with and has the most reputation, that is, Einstein and Tesla.

Although others also have a certain degree of popularity, they are still much inferior to Einstein and Tesla.

Of course, there are still many promotion channels for the Royal Academy of Sciences, in addition to producing recognized scientific research results, the contribution to the Academy of Sciences and the royal family, and the profits brought by the research results to the Academy of Sciences and the royal family, can make the academicians further rank.

It's just that after the Royal Society for the Study of Physical and Chemical Research was upgraded to the Royal Academy of Sciences, because the number of people has tripled, it also means that the annual research funding of the Royal Academy of Sciences will also rise a lot.

Theoretically, although the number of people has tripled, because most of them are first-class academicians, it can also be calculated according to the previous research funding of 30,000 Australian dollars per capita of the Physical Chemical Research Association.

That's about $6 million to $7 million a year in research funding from the Royal Academy, which is a lot of money.

Arthur's royal consortium could afford the expenses, but they couldn't afford to allow these technologists to gain unbridled access to the research budget.

In response to the Royal Academy's exploding research budget, Arthur decided to implement a policy at the Royal Academy of Sciences after consulting with Albert Einstein and Tesla.

First of all, the research budgets of the Fellows of the Royal Academy of Sciences are divided according to the current Fellowship rank.

According to the rank of Fellows, Fellows can apply for research funding of up to $10,000 per year, Fellows of Level 2 can apply for $20,000, Fellows of Level 3 can apply for $30,000, and Honorary Vice-Presidents and Vice-Presidents can apply for $50,000.

For the highest-ranking honorary deans and associate associates, they can apply for research funding of up to $100,000.

Of course, academicians can also apply for research funding according to the project of the research. Depending on the estimated research time required for each research project, you can apply for research funding from one month to two years.

This also means that if a first-class academician applies for research funding according to the project, he can apply for up to 20,000 Australian dollars.

Although, in theory, academicians will not be rejected for research funding. However, if the research of the previous year or the previous project fails, the research funding for the next year or the next project will be cut in half until the project is successful.

It will also ensure that the Royal Academy's research funds are on the right track, and that technologists who are not too sure about their research projects should consider whether their reckless actions will lead to a reduction in their research funding for the next year or the next project.

Arthur is not afraid of these experts spending money, but Arthur does not want to let these experts slack off and even affect the progress of scientific research because it is too easy to obtain a research budget.

While there will be some cuts to research budgets, research budgets will not be affected by those who are really capable, such as Albert Einstein and Tesla.

The most affected should be the first-class academicians with the largest number of members of the Academy of Sciences, that is, ordinary scientific research experts in Europe.

However, even for the most ordinary first-class academicians, the annual research budget of 10,000 Australian dollars is equivalent to 5,000 pounds and 25,000 US dollars, which is actually not a small amount.

It's just that Arthur's family has a big business, so in Arthur's opinion, this 10,000 Australian dollars is nothing.

Looking at the whole of Australasia, there are definitely no more than 1,000 people with an annual income of more than 10,000 Australian dollars.

Even if you don't count the royal family, the estimated annual income of more than 10,000 Australian dollars, in addition to the top officials of the government, is only the top capitalists in Australasia.

But it is a pity that in Australasia, the number of these people, whether it is the top officials at the top or the top capitalists, is very small, and definitely not more than two hundred.

In this comparison, the research budget of $10,000 per year for a first-class academician is definitely not a small amount.

The money they consume each year is even a huge sum of money that the average Australasian family can earn back in fifty years.

If you count a family's food, clothing, housing and various expenses, I am afraid that this 10,000 Australian dollars will make a family earn for a hundred years.

Of course, although the research budget of ordinary researchers has been cut to a certain extent, for middle and upper level researchers, the reduced budget is actually not important.

After all, most of the projects that these academicians study alone are just small projects. The cost of these projects is not too big in theory, and 10,000 Australian dollars is no problem in one province.

For those large-scale projects in which dozens of academicians are involved, Arthur has also set up special large-scale project research funds.

Theoretically, second-level academicians can apply to cooperate with other first- and second-level academicians to study a medium-sized scientific research project.

The research budget for medium-sized research projects is generally around 50,000 Australian dollars, and it can be increased appropriately if there are special circumstances.

Starting from the third-level academician, you can apply to cooperate with other academicians to conduct research on large-scale projects.

Large projects at the Level 3 Fellows can apply for up to $100,000 in research funding, and large projects at Associate Dean level can apply for up to $200,000 in research funding. At the Dean level, they are able to apply for $500,000 in research funding.

Of course, these research funds are only theoretical. The actual situation will vary, and it will increase to a certain extent depending on the theoretical research funding, but at most it will not be doubled.

In addition to the above, academicians will also receive different amounts of awards according to the level of the Royal Academy of Sciences' evaluation of the project after the successful research of the project.

In the case of a regular project, the reward generally ranges from $1,000 to thousands of dollars. If the project is important to Australasia, the award is generally around $10,000 to $30,000.

As for projects with extremely important strategic value that can change an industry in Australasia, there is no theoretical valuation of the reward funds for these projects, depending on Arthur's mood at the time.

But in any case, once such an extremely important project is successfully researched, the reward will definitely not be less than other projects, and even various medals and knighthood awards are not impossible.

Because of these various incentive policies, the salaries of the members of the Royal Academy of Sciences are much higher than the basic salary.

This is also Arthur's gift for scientific researchers, as long as it is for Australasia, then it is an important talent in Arthur's heart, and it is natural to be rewarded to a certain extent.

Of course, in addition to all these various funds and policies, all members of the Royal Academy of Sciences will receive a villa near the Royal Academy of Sciences, as well as a Benzone produced in the Benz Automobile Factory.

If the academicians do not know how to drive, the employees of the car factory can come to the door to train them in person, or they can ask the Royal Academy of Sciences to hire a driver for them.

Anyway, the salary of a driver is only fifty Australian dollars, and for the Royal Academy of Sciences, it is much more important for an academician to be able to quickly travel between his residence and the Royal Academy of Sciences, and better devote himself to his work.

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