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

778 TRUST EMOLUMENTS
Title and
purpose.
Managers.
Application of
Fund.
Who shall have
preference.
BROOKS FUND
1. The sum bequeathed to the University by the late Professor Frederick Tom Brooks shall constitute
a fund called the Brooks Fund the purpose of which shall be to further original research in Botany.
2. The Managers of the Fund shall be the Head of the Department of Plant Sciences, the Professors
assigned to the Department, the Directors of Sub-departments in the Department, the person appointed
by the Faculty Board of Biology as an Elector to the Frank Smart Studentship, and one other person
appointed by the Faculty Board in the Michaelmas Term, on the nomination of the Head of the
Department, to serve for four years from 1 January next following.
3. The Managers shall have discretion to apply the income of the Fund for the purpose described
in Regulation 1, by making grants to the Department of Plant Sciences, or to research workers working
in that Department or at some other place approved by the Head of the Department.
4. In making grants to research workers the Managers shall give preference
(a) to persons who have been engaged in postgraduate research for not less than two years,
and (b) to persons who are investigating problems in Mycology, Bacteriology, Plant Pathology, Plant
Physiology, or Plant Ecology.
Prize.
Value.
Grants.
Unexpended
income.
BROTHERTON PRIZE
1. The Brotherton Prize shall be awarded by the Examiners for Part II of the Oriental Studies Tripos
for distinction in South Asian Studies in that examination. If there are two candidates of equal merit,
preference shall be given to a candidate showing distinction in Sanskrit.
2. The value of the Prize shall be such sum as shall be determined by the Faculty Board of Asian
and Middle Eastern Studies within a range approved from time to time by the Council.
3. The Faculty Board of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies shall be empowered, whenever the
Brotherton Fund shows a sufficient balance,
(a) to make an additional grant to the winner of the Prize if, before the end of the next Michaelmas
Term, they have received satisfactory assurance that he or she is engaged in some branch of
advanced study or research in South Asian Studies, and is making good progress in the subject
chosen;
(b) to make other grants for the furtherance of research in South Asian Studies.
4. Any unexpended income accumulated in the Fund may be used at the discretion of the Faculty
Board of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies for the promotion and encouragement of South Asian
Studies, with a preference for Sanskrit.
Stat. E, VIII.
Four Medals.
Who may be
candidates.
Announcement
of subjects.
Method of
submitting
exercises.
Examiners.
Application of
income.
BROWNE FUND AND MEDALS
Endowments, 1904, pp. 100–2
1. Four Medals on the foundation of Sir William Browne shall be offered for competition every
year; one for a Greek Ode or Elegy, one for a Latin Ode or Elegy, one for a Greek Epigram, and one
for a Latin Epigram.
2. Any resident undergraduate may be a candidate for any of Sir William Browne’s Medals.
3. On or before 1 June in each year the Examiners shall announce subjects, and (if they think fit)
metres and limits of length, for the poems; and exercises must be sent to the Secretary of the Faculty
Board of Classics on or before 1 February in the following year.
4. Each candidate shall send three copies of his or her exercise to the Secretary of the Faculty
Board. The exercise shall be in a printed or typewritten form; it shall bear a motto but not the
candidate’s name, and shall be accompanied by a sealed envelope bearing the same motto outside and
containing the candidate’s name and College.
5. The Medals shall be awarded by three Examiners nominated by the Faculty Board of Classics
and appointed by the General Board in the latter half of each Lent Term. The Examiners shall receive
from the Browne Fund, unless no exercise is sent in, such amount as may be determined by the Faculty
Board within a range approved from time to time by the Council.
6. The cost of the Medals and their cases and the fees paid to the Examiners shall be the first charge
on the Browne Fund. The second charge on the Fund shall be the provision of one or more Browne
Scholarships. Any unexpended income accumulated in the Fund may be applied at the discretion of