Chapter XII - 1451k - the University Offices - University of Cambridge

868 TRUST EMOLUMENTS
DR LIGHTFOOT’S SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZE
Fund.
Purpose.
Managers.
Scholarships.
How awarded.
Emolument.
Prize.
Unexpended
income.
Power to
change
regulations.
Endowments, 1904, p. 329
1. The sums given to the University in 1870 by the Reverend Joseph Barber Lightfoot, D.D.,
Hulsean Professor of Divinity, shall form a fund called the Lightfoot Fund.
2. The income of the Fund shall be used for the encouragement of the study of History and more
especially of Ecclesiastical History.
3. The Fund shall be administered by four Managers, namely the Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical
History and three persons appointed in the Michaelmas Term, one by the Faculty Board of Divinity
and two by the Faculty Board of History, to serve for four years from 1 January following their
appointment.
4. The first charge on the income of the Fund shall be the provision of one or more Lightfoot
Scholarships, the holders of which shall devote themselves to the study of Ecclesiastical History. A
Scholarship shall be open to any person who is or is about to be registered as a Graduate Student in
the University. A Scholarship shall be tenable for one year in the first instance, and may be renewed
by the Managers for a second or third year, provided that the Managers are satisfied with the Scholar’s
diligence and progress.
5. The Electors to the Scholarships shall be the Managers of the Fund. Before the end of each
Michaelmas Term, the Managers shall publish a Notice giving details of the competition for Lightfoot
Scholarships tenable from 1 October next following. Each candidate shall be required to submit a
dissertation, of not less than 7,000 words and not more than 15,000 words in length, on a subject in
Ecclesiastical History, which shall be chosen by the candidate and approved by the Managers. Each
year the Managers may, if they see fit, appoint one or more referees who shall report to the Managers
on the dissertations submitted. Each referee shall receive from the Fund such sum as shall be determined
by the Managers within a range approved from time to time by the Council. A Manager may be
appointed as a referee and shall not thereby cease to be a Manager.
6. A Lightfoot Scholar shall receive such emolument, within a range determined from time to time
by the Council, as the Managers shall determine after taking account of the Scholar’s financial
circumstances.
7. The second charge on the Fund shall be the provision of a Lightfoot Prize for Ecclesiastical
History, which shall be awarded annually by the Examiners for Part IIB of the Theological and
Religious Studies Tripos for the best performance by a candidate for that examination in one or more
papers of the examination designated for that purpose from time to time by the Faculty Board of
Divinity. 1 For the purpose of making the award the Examiners shall be empowered (a) to take account
either of an outstanding performance in a single paper or of the general level attained by a candidate
in more than one of the papers designated, and (b) to consider as if it were a paper a dissertation
submitted under Regulation 16 for the Tripos on an approved topic related to one of the designated
papers. The value of the Prize shall be determined by the Managers within a range approved from
time to time by the Council.
8. Any unexpended income in the Fund may be applied by the Managers for the purpose of furthering
the study of History and more especially of Ecclesiastical History by making grants in aid of research
to members of the University.
9. The University shall have power to change these regulations, provided that the founder’s object,
namely the encouragement of the study of History and more especially Ecclesiastical History, be strictly
respected.
PETER LIPTON FUND
Title.
Grace 1 of 3 June 2009
1. Gifts to the University made in memory of Professor Peter Lipton, first Hans Rausing Professor
of History and Philosophy of Science and Fellow of King’s College, shall form a fund called the Peter
Lipton Fund.
1
For the examination to be held in 2006 and until further notice the Faculty Board of Divinity have designated the following
papers for this purpose: Papers C4, D1, and D2 (provided that the only subjects eligible in Papers D1 and D2 are subjects in
ecclesiastical history).