Minutes of a meeting of the Physical Sciences Research Committee Present at the meeting: Sir George Thomas Chairman; Dr E C Bullard; Sir James Chadwick; Professor S Chapman; Sir John Cockcroft; Sitr Thomas Merton; Professor R G W Norrish; Sir Henry Tizard; Professor A M Tyndall 1. Minutes of meeting held on 13 February 1953 confirmed 2. Research funds for physical sciences Resolved - that the following be recommendations to Cou ncil; 2a. that a grant of £1500 be made to Professor J F Allen for equipment for the Physics Department of St Andrews University 2b. that a grant of £200 be made to Professor E C Stonor for equipment in connection with Professor J G Wilson's cosmic ray research in the University of Leeds 2c. that a grant of £1500 per annum for three years be made to Dr F P Bowden for expenses in connexion with studies on the solid state being carried out in the Department of Physical Cjemstry at Cambridge 2d. that a grant of £2000 to be spent over the next three years be made to Mr B C Browne for the use of the Department of Geodesy and Geophysics at Cambridge. 27 May 1953