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

836 TRUST EMOLUMENTS
HARKNESS SCHOLARSHIP
Name.
Who are
eligible.
Managers.
Electors.
Names of
candidates to
be sent in.
Qualifications.
Duty of
Scholar.
Stipend of
Scholar.
Grants from
Fund.
Endowments, 1904, p. 337
1. There shall be a Scholarship to be called the Harkness Scholarship, which shall be awarded
annually for proficiency in Geology, including therein Palaeontology.
2. Any member of the University shall be eligible to the Scholarship who has passed some final
examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts provided that on the day of election not more than
three years have elapsed since 19 December next following the said final examination.
3. The Managers of the Fund shall be the Head of the Department of Earth Sciences and three
University officers in the Department of Earth Sciences, appointed by the Faculty Board of Earth
Sciences and Geography in the Michaelmas Term to serve for three years from 1 January following
their appointment.
4. A Scholar shall be elected in the month of June each year by a Board of Electors consisting of
the Managers and the Examiners in Geological Sciences for Part II of the Natural Sciences Tripos for
that year and those for the preceding year. No business shall be transacted unless five members at least
of the Board be present.
5. The names of candidates shall be made known to the Registrary not later than 31 May in each
year.
6. In making the award the Electors shall have regard to proficiency in Geology, including therein
Palaeontology, and to promise of future work.
7. The Electors shall have authority to take any steps they think advisable to enable them to ascertain
the qualifications of the candidates; any necessary expenses incurred by them in so doing shall be
charged to the Fund.
8. It shall be the duty of the Scholar during the academical year of tenure to undertake research in
Geology or Palaeontology either in Cambridge or elsewhere under the direction of the Head of the
Department of Earth Sciences or some person approved by the Head of the Department.
9. The first charge on the income of the Fund shall be the stipend of the Scholar. The stipend shall
be such sum as shall be determined by the Managers in each case, taking account of the other financial
resources which may be available to the Scholar, within a range approved from time to time by the
Council. The stipend shall be paid in two half-yearly instalments in advance. The second instalment
shall not be paid unless the Managers are satisfied that the Scholar has been pursuing his or her studies
with sufficient diligence.
10. The Managers may make grants from the balance of the annual income of the Fund to assist a
Scholar during the year of his or her tenure, and from any unexpended income accumulated in the
Fund to assist any former Scholar or Scholars in prosecuting geological or palaeontological researches,
subject to a maximum total value of grants to any person determined by the Managers with the approval
of the Council. No grant shall be paid to a former Scholar later than three years after the end of the
academical year of his or her tenure, nor shall any grant be paid to a former Scholar unless he or she
continues to undertake research in Geology or Palaeontology either in Cambridge or elsewhere under
the direction of the Head of the Department of Earth Sciences or some person appointed by the Head
of the Department.
Stat. E, XLI.
Prize.
Subject, and
who may
compete.
Adjudicators.
Notice of
subject.
HARNESS PRIZE
Endowments, 1904, p. 409; amended by Grace 5 of 3 July 2013
1. The Prize shall be offered annually. The value of the Prize shall be the annual income of the
Fund after the expenses of the award have been met.
2. The Prize shall be given to the author of the best English essay on a subject connected with
Shakespearian literature, such author being either an undergraduate or a postgraduate student.
3. The Prize shall be adjudged by two persons nominated by the Faculty Board of English for
appointment in the Lent Term. Each Adjudicator shall receive from the income of the Fund, except
when no essay is sent in, such amount as may be determined by the Faculty Board within a range
approved from time to time by the Council.
4. The Adjudicators shall select and announce a subject for the essay in the Michaelmas Term each
year. A candidate who wishes to submit an essay on a subject connected with Shakespearian literature
of his or her own choosing shall so inform the Registrary not later than the first day of the Full Lent