grant-in-aid

Noun grant-in-aid has 2 senses

• grant-in-aid(n = noun.act) - a grant from a central government to a local government;
is a kind of grant, subsidisation, subsidization

• grant-in-aid(n = noun.possession) - a grant to a person or school for some educational project;
is a kind of aid, economic aid, financial aid, grant
has particulars: post doc, postdoc, postdoctoral