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

FUNDS, STUDENTSHIPS, PRIZES, LECTURESHIPS, ETC.
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(ii) a payment to meet the student’s University and College fees,
(iii) other costs such as additional training, equipment, travel expenses, conferences etc., according
to the discretion of the Managers.
In considering a student for an award from the Fund the Managers shall have regard to evidence of
academic merit.
4. In order to be eligible for support a candidate must have been accepted to follow a course of
research towards the Ph.D. Degree in the Computer Laboratory and have been admitted, or be seeking
admission by the Board of Graduate Studies as a registered Graduate Student in the University. If the
candidate is not already a member of the University he or she shall become such by being matriculated
before the end of the Michaelmas Term next after his or her acceptance as a doctoral student, provided
that for good cause the Managers may allow matriculation to be deferred until a later date.
5. Recipients of an award may, at the discretion of the Managers and with the agreement of the
individual donors, be designated as Named Students, and each such Studentship shall include reference
to the name of a person or body that has contributed to the Fund.
6. Any unexpended income may, at the discretion of the Managers, either be added to the capital
of the Fund, or accumulated for use as income in any one or more subsequent years, or applied to the
benefit of doctoral students in the Computer Laboratory more generally.
7. In exceptional circumstances the Managers may use such part or parts of the capital of the Fund
not earmarked for endowment purposes as they shall determine to support students as set out in
Regulation 3 above.
Eligibility.
Named
Students.
Unexpended
income.
AT&T CAMBRIDGE LABORATORIES PRIZE IN COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING
1. The sum of £5,000 given to the University by AT&T Cambridge Laboratories shall form a fund
called the AT&T Cambridge Laboratories Prize Fund, which shall be used to provide a prize called
the AT&T Cambridge Laboratories Prize in Communications Engineering.
2. The Prize shall be awarded annually by the Examiners for Part IIB of the Engineering Tripos to
a candidate who achieves distinction in any area of electrical or information engineering in that Tripos,
unless the Awarders are of the opinion that there is no candidate of sufficient merit to receive the
Prize.
3. The value of the Prize shall be the net annual income of the Fund.
4. The Awarders shall be empowered to use accumulated income to provide an additional Prize or
Prizes not exceeding such sum as shall be determined by the Faculty Board of Engineering within a
range approved from time to time by the Council. Any unexpended income shall be added to the
capital of the Fund.
Title and
purpose.
How awarded.
Value.
Accumulated
income.
C. C. ABBOTT FUND
The money received from the bequest of the late Professor C. C. Abbott, of Gonville and Caius College,
shall form a fund called the Abbott Fund the income of which shall be used for the supplementation
of funds made available by the University to the Fitzwilliam Museum Syndicate to make purchases
for the Museum.
Title and
purpose.
ADAMS PRIZE
Endowments, 1904, p. 393
1. The Adams Prize shall be awarded each year for achievements in research in any branch of the
mathematical sciences, pure or applied, including astronomy.
2. The Prize shall be awarded by a Board of five Adjudicators, comprising:
(a) two persons appointed by the Faculty Board of Mathematics;
(b) two persons appointed by the Council of St John’s College;
(c) one person appointed by the Royal Society, who shall be a Fellow of the Society not resident
in Cambridge.
Adjudicators shall be appointed in the Easter Term to serve for four years from 1 October following
their appointment. The Faculty Board of Mathematics shall appoint one of the Adjudicators in class
(a) to be Chairman of the Adjudicators. Each Adjudicator shall receive from the Adams Prize Fund,
Prize.
Adjudicators.