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

996 TRUST EMOLUMENTS
Director.
Application.
Unexpended
income.
Release of
capital.
Board
members.
Chairman.
Tenure.
Board members
residency.
Board’s duties.
Fellowship
requirements.
the nomination of the Council of the School of the Physical Sciences, so that the number of Managers
shall always be five. The Head of the School of the Physical Sciences and the Director of the
Programme, if not otherwise Managers of the Fund, shall have the right of attendance at meetings of
the Managers in a non-voting capacity.
4. The Director of the Programme, who shall be a University officer, shall be appointed by the
General Board on the nomination of the Council of the School of the Physical Sciences. He or she
shall hold office for three years, and shall be eligible for reappointment for one or more further terms
of three years. The position of Director shall not be held concurrently with the office of Head of the
Department of Physics.
5. The Director shall be the scientific and administrative head of the Programme, and shall be
advised by an Advisory Board and the Managers of the Fund.
6. The income and capital of the Fund shall be used to promote and encourage innovative fundamental
research in physics and other associated fields both within the University and in collaboration with
other suitable partner institutions, through:
(a) the creation and support of awards and fellowships designed to attract outstanding scientific
researchers from around the world;
(b) the payment of the costs, including the associated indirect costs of the University, of such
University offices and posts as may be established, in accordance with the relevant provisions
of the Statutes and Ordinances, from time to time, on the recommendation of the Managers, as
a charge on the Fund;
(c) the support of innovative research with the potential to attract additional funding from other
sources;
(d) the provision of shared experimental equipment and infrastructure;
(e) outreach work to promote the discoveries and achievements enabled by the Fund and the public
policy opportunities thereby presented;
(f) other means as may be agreed by the Managers.
7. Any unexpended income may be either added to the capital of the Fund or accumulated for use
as income in subsequent years, as the Managers may determine.
8. Any proposal to release capital from the Fund to the value of £2m or more in any one year shall
be agreed unanimously by all the Managers and notified to the General Board.
Advisory Board
1. There shall be an International Advisory Board for the Programme, which shall consist of no
fewer than eight distinguished persons in relevant disciplines.
2. The Chairman of the Advisory Board, who shall not be a Manager of the Fund or a beneficiary
of the Fund, shall be appointed by the General Board on the nomination of the Managers of the Fund
for periods of not more than four years at a time.
3. Six members of the Advisory Board shall be appointed by the Managers of the Fund and the
Chairman of the Advisory Board in the Michaelmas Term to serve for periods of up to four years at
a time as shall be determined by the Managers. One member of the Advisory Board shall be appointed
by the Chairman of the Advisory Board on the nomination of the Trustees of the David Harding
Foundation.
4. The General Board, the Managers of the Fund, and the Chairman of the Advisory Board, in
making their appointments to the Board, shall ensure that at least one of its members is not a resident
member of the University and that at least one member shall be a senior resident member of the
University.
5. The Advisory Board shall meet at least once every year with the Managers of the Fund and the
Director of the Programme.
6. The duty of the Advisory Board shall be to advise the Managers and Director on the future
strategic direction of the Programme and to review the use and effectiveness made of the Fund.
Winton Research Fellowships
1. In order to enable outstanding post-doctoral scholars to take part in and contribute to the work
of the Programme there shall be Research Fellowships for persons who are pursuing advanced work
in physics and other associated fields that will help meet the need for sustainable use of natural
resources including in particular energy generation and use.