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

FUNDS, STUDENTSHIPS, PRIZES, LECTURESHIPS, ETC.
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(b) the preservation and maintenance of the collection, including the employment of curatorial staff
for that purpose;
(c) the purchase of objects to be added to the collection.
RESEARCH STUDENTS AMENITIES FUND
1. The Research Students Amenities Fund shall consist of the capital representing a portion (allocated
by the Council in 1963 in accordance with the wishes of the benefactor) of an anonymous benefaction
made in 1962 to assist in implementing the recommendations concerning the establishment of a
University Centre which were put forward by the Syndicate under the Chairmanship of Lord Bridges
on the relationship between the University and the Colleges.
2. In accordance with the wishes of the benefactor, the income of the Fund shall be available for
the purpose of ‘providing amenities for research students which would not otherwise be available’.
Applications for grants from the Fund shall be determined by the University Council after consideration
by the Managers.
3. The Managers shall be:
(a) the Vice-Chancellor (or a duly appointed deputy);
(b) a member of the Regent House who has been appointed as Patron of the Graduate Union;
(c) one member of the Regent House appointed by the University Council in the Michaelmas Term
to serve for three years from 1 January next following;
(d) the President of the Graduate Union;
(e) the member of the University Council in class (d) elected by graduate students;
(f) one registered Graduate Student elected by the Council of the Graduate Union in the Michaelmas
Term to serve for one year from 1 January next following.
Fund.
Purpose.
Managers.
RICARDO PRIZE
1. The Prize shall be called the Ricardo Prize in Thermodynamics. It shall be offered for competition
annually, and shall consist of the net annual income of the Prize Fund.
2. Subject to Regulation 3 below, the award shall be made by the Examiners for the Engineering
Tripos to the candidate who achieves the greatest distinction in Thermodynamics in Part IIB of that
Tripos.
3. It shall be open to the Examiners in any year to declare that no work of sufficient merit has been
submitted.
4. Any unexpended income accumulated in the Fund may be used to award an additional Prize or
Prizes not exceeding such sum as may be determined by the Faculty Board of Engineering within a
range approved from time to time by the Council. If the unexpended income accumulated in the Fund
at any time exceeds £50 the excess shall be added to the capital of the Fund.
5. It shall be open to the University on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Engineering to
alter these regulations from time to time, subject to the conditions that the Prize shall always be called
the Ricardo Prize and shall be devoted to the encouragement of the study of Thermodynamics.
Prize.
Examiners.
Unexpended
income.
Alterations.
Proviso.
RICHARDS FUND
1. The gift by Dr Audrey Richards shall form a fund which shall be called the Richards Fund, the
income of which shall be used to provide financial support for field research in Social Anthropology.
2. The Managers of the Fund shall be the Head of the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology
or her or his deputy and two University officers in that Department appointed in the Michaelmas Term
by the Faculty Board of Human, Social, and Political Science to serve for a period of three years from
1 January following their appointment.
3. Expenditure from the Fund shall be incurred at the discretion of the Managers to award Studentships
or grants to Graduate Students registered for a course of research in the Department of Archaeology
and Anthropology as candidates, or with a view to becoming candidates, for the Ph.D., M.Sc., or
M.Litt. Degree.
4. Applications for assistance from the Fund in any academical year shall be submitted to the Head
of the Department not later than the last day of the Lent Term. The Managers shall have discretion
Purpose.
Managers.
Eligibility.
Applications
and awards.