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

FUNDS, STUDENTSHIPS, PRIZES, LECTURESHIPS, ETC.
929
BETHA WOLFERSTAN RYLANDS PRIZE
1. The sum of £1,000, the gift of G. H. W. Rylands, M.A., Hon. Litt.D., Fellow of King’s College,
University Lecturer in English, in memory of his mother Betha Wolferstan Rylands, shall form a fund
called the Betha Wolferstan Rylands Fund, the income of which shall be used to provide a Betha
Wolferstan Rylands Prize.
2. The Prize shall be awarded annually by the Examiners for Part I of the English Tripos to a
candidate who achieves distinction in that examination.
3. The value of the Prize shall be the annual income of the Fund which shall be paid to the prizewinner
not later than 30 June in each year.
4. The prize-winner shall use the prize-money either towards meeting the cost of some form of
travel or for the purchase of books or for both purposes, and shall send to the Secretary of the Faculty
Board of English as soon as is practicable a short statement of the way in which the prize-money has
been used.
5. If in any year no candidate is deemed worthy of the Prize the income for that year shall be added
to the capital of the Fund.
Title.
Prize.
Value.
Duties of prizewinner.
If not awarded.
G. H. W. RYLANDS FUND
1. The sum given to the University by G. H. W. Rylands, M.A., Hon. Litt.D., Fellow of King’s
College, shall form a fund to be called the G. H. W. Rylands Fund.
2. The income of the Fund shall be expended from time to time by the Fitzwilliam Museum
Syndicate on the purchase, or a contribution towards the purchase, of objets d’art to be added to the
collections in the Fitzwilliam Museum; for this purpose objets d’art shall be deemed to include china,
glass, silver, furniture (preferably European and before 1850), and drawings.
3. Unexpended income shall not be added to the capital of the Fund, but shall be accumulated for
use as income in subsequent years.
Name.
Purpose.
Unexpended
income.
RAYMOND AND BEVERLY SACKLER BENEFACTIONS
Sackler Fund for Medical Sciences
1. The sum of £1.2m, the benefaction of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation, shall form
a fund called the Sackler Fund for Medical Sciences, the income of which shall be used for the support
of postgraduate teaching and research in medicine and for the encouragement and enhancement of
clinical and basic medical research in the University and in other institutions connected with the
University.
2. The Fund shall be administered by the Faculty Board of Clinical Medicine, in accordance with
the provisions of the Deed of Gift, dated 8 December 1990, between the Sackler Foundation and the
University. The Faculty Board shall report each year to the Trustees of the Sackler Foundation on the
operation of the Fund.
Fund and
purpose.
Sackler Fund for Astronomy
1. The sum of £250,000, the benefaction of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation, shall
form a fund called the Sackler Fund for Astronomy, the income of which shall be used to provide
grants for the support of Visiting Fellows at the Institute of Astronomy.
2. The Managers of the Fund shall be:
(a) the Director of the Institute of Astronomy;
(b) two persons appointed by the Faculty Board of Physics and Chemistry from among the astronomers
employed by the University, of whom at least one shall be the holder of a Professorship and at
least one shall be the holder of an appointment in the Institute of Astronomy;
(c) a representative of the Sackler Foundation.
3. The Fund shall be administered by the Managers in accordance with the provisions of the Deed
of Gift, dated 12 November 1992, between the Sackler Foundation and the University. The Managers
shall report each year to the Trustees of the Sackler Foundation on the operation of the Fund.
Fund and
purpose.
Managers.
Annual report.