"...to provide the staff with a particular status and
with perquisites such as lodging, car, scientific
allowance,..."
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0006/000637/063754eo.pdf
"...scientific allowance of up to S $ 12,000 to help cover costs associated with the six-month research stay at MIT;"
http://tinyurl.com/3m2bur6

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Note added at   15 min (2011-07-31 19:56:30 GMT)
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Albo "research allowance".

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Note added at   21 min (2011-07-31 20:02:49 GMT)
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Na stronach brytyjskich:
"To help with costs related to your research, each student will be entitled to a research allowance each year. For details of your research allowance and how to make claims for expenses please contact the Humanities Graduate School "
http://tinyurl.com/3t3h6zp
"The Department does not provide Visiting Fellows with a research allowance."
http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/law/research/visiting_fello...
"University of Oxford:
Salary: £29,099 - £30,870 plus £4,000 research allowance."
http://www.njobs.co.uk/mellon-posts/jobs