Papers relating to an award from the Darwin Research Fund to John William Heslop Harrison Correspondence relating to the Royal Society's awards from the Darwin Research Fund, to John William Heslop Harrison, primarily to allow him to employ a research assistant due convalescence from illness. Correspondents include John William Heslop Harrison; Professor Ernest William MacBride; Henry Hallett Dale, Secretary to the Royal Society; Ronald Winckworth, Assistant Secretary to the Royal Society. Includes discussion of: Harrison's move abroad for his health, the need for an operation on his throat, and his request for advice from MacBride concerning acquiring funds for a research assistant to continue his work on evolution and heredity via breeding experiments with moths; the positive outcome of the Council's consideration of Harrison's funding needs; the sum required, with MacBride suggesting £200 for one year, but Harrison requesting £120 for a graduate assistant for six months. February-March 1935