中文翻译与英英解释

n.
(pl. grants-in-aid) (中央对地方的)拨款；补助金，助学金。

a grant from a central government to a local government

a grant to a person or school for some educational project

A grant-in-aid is money coming from central government for a specific project. This kind of funding is usually used when the government and parliament have decided that the recipient should be publicly funded but operate with reasonable independence from the state.