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

776 TRUST EMOLUMENTS
Fund and
purpose.
How awarded.
Value.
If not awarded.
P.W. BRIAN FUND
1. The gift of Mrs Margaret Brian in memory of her husband Percy Wragg Brian, of Queens’
College, Professor of Botany, shall form a fund the income of which shall be used to provide an award
called the P. W. Brian Award in Botany.
2. The Award shall be made each year before the end of the Long Vacation by the Head of the
Department of Plant Sciences to a person who has achieved a distinguished performance in the
execution of the research project in the subject Plant Sciences in Part II of the Natural Sciences Tripos
and who intends to proceed to advanced study or research in any field of plant sciences.
3. The value of the Award shall be the income of the Fund. The sum paid shall be spent on the
purchase of books or other materials selected by the winner of the Award, subject to the approval of
the Head of the Department.
4. If in any year no award is made the income for that year shall be added to the capital of the
Fund.
Fund and
Managers.
Professor.
Teaching or
research.
Unexpended
income.
BRITISH PETROLEUM CHEMISTRY FUND
1. The sum of £1.5m received from British Petroleum plc for the support of work in Chemistry
shall form a fund called the British Petroleum Chemistry Fund. The Managers of the Fund shall be:
(a) the Head of the Department of Chemistry, who shall be the Chairman;
(b) the BP Professor of Chemistry;
(c) a person appointed by British Petroleum plc.
2. The first charge on the income of the Fund shall be the stipend, national insurance, and pension
contributions of the BP Professor payable by the University.
3. After provision has been made in accordance with Regulation 2, the Fund shall be applied for
the support of teaching or research in Chemistry within the Department of Chemistry in such manner
as shall be approved by the General Board on the recommendation of the Managers.
4. Any unexpended income of the Fund in a financial year may be expended in a subsequent year
in accordance with Regulation 3.
Title.
Purpose.
Prize.
Value.
If not awarded.
JACOB BRONOWSKI FUND
1. The gift of Mrs Rita Bronowski, in memory of her husband, Jacob Bronowski, M.A., Ph.D.,
Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, shall form a Fund called the Jacob Bronowski Fund, the income of
which shall be used to encourage the study of history and philosophy of science in the University.
2. There shall be a Jacob Bronowski Prize to be awarded annually by the Examiners appointed for
the subject History and Philosophy of Science in Part II of the Natural Sciences Tripos to a candidate
who has shown distinction in that examination.
3. The value of the Prize shall be the annual income of the Fund.
4. If in any year the Prize is not awarded the income for that year shall be added to the capital of
the Fund.
Name and
purpose.
Managers.
Quorum.
BROODBANK FUND AND FELLOWSHIPS
1. The sum bequeathed to the University by the late Maud Mary Lady Broodbank shall form a fund
called the Broodbank Fund, which shall be used for the purpose of providing the stipends, pension
contributions, and expenses of one or more Broodbank Fellows, with the object of furthering research
in Biochemistry or Biophysics with special reference to the principles and practice of food preservation.
2. The Fund shall be administered and the Fellows elected by a Board of Managers, the members
of which shall be the Heads of the Departments of Biochemistry, Plant Sciences, and Physiology,
Development, and Neuroscience, the Secretary of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research
Council or his or her nominee, and one other person nominated by the Managers and appointed by the
Council in the Michaelmas Term to serve for four years from 1 January following their appointment.
3. No resolution of the Managers shall be valid unless approved by at least six of them at a meeting
to which they have all been summoned, save that a resolution circulated to and signed by all the
Managers shall have the same validity as a resolution carried at a meeting.