researchships

Noun

researchship (countable and uncountable, plural researchships)

1. (countable) A paid position doing research, typically for a university or non-profit organization.
   • 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...1958 February 26, Nathan S[chellenberg] Kline, witness, “Mental Health Research: Statement of Dr. Nathan S. Kline”, in Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare Appropriations for 1959...
2. (uncountable) The practice or quality of conducting research.
   • 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; […]1947 May 3, Srinivasa Varadachariar [i.e., Srinivas Varadachariar], chairman, [et al.], “Agriculture Department”, in Report of the Central Pay Commission, Delhi: Manager of Publications, →OCLC, part...