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

FUNDS, STUDENTSHIPS, PRIZES, LECTURESHIPS, ETC.
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2. Appointments of Winton Research Fellowships shall be made by the Director of the Programme
in consultation with at least two of the Managers.
3. A Research Fellowship shall be tenable for one or more years at a time, and may be renewed by
the Managers for up to a total of five years.
4. The value of each Research Fellowship shall be determined by the Managers, taking into account
other sources of research funding available to the Fellow.
Appointments.
Tenure.
Value.
Winton Studentships
1. The Electors to a Winton Studentship shall be the Managers.
2. In order to be eligible for a Studentship, a candidate must have been admitted, or be seeking
admission, as a student studying towards the Ph.D. Degree in the broad area of sustainability normally
within the School of the Physical Sciences.
3. In the Michaelmas Term each year the Managers shall publish a notice giving the date by which,
and the manner in which, applications are to be submitted.
4. The Studentship shall provide
(a) a maintenance payment, determined from time to time by the Managers, for a period of up to
no more than four years,
(b) a payment to assist in meeting the Student’s University and College fees,
(c) a contribution to other costs such as equipment, consumables, travel expenses, and other costs
according to the discretion of the Managers to be in accordance with the prevailing norms offered
by the relevant Research Councils.
Electors.
Eligibility.
Publication of
application
date.
Studentship.
WINTON FUND FOR THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF RISK
1. The sum received from the Winton Charitable Foundation for the endowment of a Professorship
of the Public Understanding of Risk shall form a fund called the Winton Fund for the Public
Understanding of Risk.
2. The Fund shall be administered by three Managers who shall be the Head of the Department of
Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, the Director of the Statistical Laboratory, and the
Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, provided that, if two or more of these posts
are held by the same person or if one or more of these posts is vacant, the Faculty Board of Mathematics
shall appoint one or more additional Managers so as to ensure that there are three Managers.
3. The first charge on the income of the Fund shall be the stipend, national insurance, pension
contributions, and associated indirect costs of the Professor payable by the University.
4. After provision has been made in accordance with Regulation 3, the income of the Fund may be
applied to support the activities of the Professorship in such a manner as shall be approved by the
General Board on the recommendation of the Managers.
5. Any unexpended income for a financial year may (i) be accumulated and added to the capital of
the Fund, or (ii) be held as an income reserve and, in any one or more subsequent years, expended in
accordance with Regulations 3 and 4, or (iii) be used to promote teaching and research in mathematics
including, in particular, the public understanding of risk and mathematics in such a manner as shall be
approved by the General Board on the recommendation of the Managers.
6. If in any year the income of the Fund is insufficient to meet the expenses set out in Regulations
3 and 4, the Managers with the approval of the Faculty Board of Mathematics may use all or such
part or parts of the capital of the Fund as they shall determine for or towards such expenses.
7. If the General Board are satisfied on the recommendation of the Faculty Board of Mathematics
that funding the Professorship as set out in Regulations 3 and 4 no longer provides a suitable and
effective method of using the Fund, the University shall have power to resolve to hold the capital and
income of the Fund on trust for the promotion of teaching and research in mathematics including, in
particular, the public understanding of risk and mathematics.
Fund and
Professorship.
Managers.
Application of
income.
Other
applications.
Unexpended
income.
Insufficient
income.
Alternative use
of the Fund.
NEIL WISEMAN FUND
1. The sums subscribed in memory of Neil Ernest Wiseman, Reader in Computer Graphics and
Fellow of Wolfson College, shall form a fund called the Neil Wiseman Fund.
2. The income and the capital of the Fund, and any accumulated unspent income, shall be placed
at the disposal of the Head of the Computer Laboratory and shall be used for the support of Graduate
Students working in the Computer Laboratory.
Title.
Purpose.