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Except for the Sandys and Laurence Studentships, all the Studentships and Scholarships are open to any person who is registered as a Graduate Student in the University, provided that at the date of the election not less than two complete terms have passed after the term of his or her admission as a Graduate Student. For the terms of eligibility for the Sandys and Laurence Studentships see below.
The Studentships and Scholarships are tenable from the date of the election until 30 September next following. A Student or Scholar is eligible for re-election on not more than two occasions.
The emolument of each Studentship and Scholarship is at present £550.
The Craven Studentship (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 711) is for a course of advanced study or research in the Languages, Literature, Philosophy, History, Archaeology, or Art of ancient Greece or Rome, or the Comparative Philology of the Indo-European languages. The Managers may waive the normal requirement that the course must involve absence from Cambridge for not less than six months.
The Walston Studentship (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 843) is for the furtherance of Classical Archaeology by facilitating for Cambridge students of Archaeology or Architecture visits to Greek lands.1 Such a scheme shall normally involve travel or residence in Greek lands for a period of not less than three months.
The Student shall be required to present to the Trustees after the close of his or her tenure a brief report of the work done, and a copy of the report shall be furnished to the Hon. Oliver Walston or to such representative as he may name.
The Sandys Studentship (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 806) is for the furtherance of study and research in the Languages, Literature, History, Archaeology, or Art of ancient Greece or Rome, or the Comparative Philology of the Indo-European languages. The regulations require the Student to spend a large part of the year at a foreign university or other place of learning (to be approved for this purpose by the Electors) such as the British School at Athens or the British School at Rome.
The Studentship is open to any graduate of the University who at the date of the election is of not less than three and not more than nine terms' standing from admission to his or her first degree; or to any person who is registered as a Graduate Student in the University, provided that at the date of the election not less than two complete terms have passed after the term of his or her admission as a Graduate Student.
The Henry Carrington and Bentham Dumont Koe Studentship (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 701) is for travel in lands where Greek is spoken, preferably in connexion with the study of Greek literature. Candidates must submit with their applications a scheme of travel and study, which must include travel or residence for not less than four months in lands where Greek is spoken.
The Prendergast Studentship (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 792). The Student shall carry out study or research in the Language, Literature, History, Philosophy, Archaeology, or Art of ancient Greece, according to a course proposed by the Student and approved by the Electors; provided that such course may in special cases be altered or varied with the consent of the Electors.
The Electors may waive the normal requirement that some considerable portion of the year shall be spent away from Cambridge.
Up to three Laurence Studentships are offered under the same terms as the Prendergast Studentship except that the Studentships are restricted to Graduate Students in the Faculty of Classics.
The Henry Arthur Thomas Studentship (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 833) is for a course of advanced study or research in the Archaeology, Art, History, Language, Law, Literature, or Philosophy of ancient Greece or Rome, or the Comparative Philology of the Indo-European languages.
The Charles Oldham Classical Scholarship is for advanced study or research in connexion with some classical author or authors (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 782).
The George Charles Winter Warr Scholarship is for classical research (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 844).
Candidates for any of these Studentships or Scholarships must submit their application on the appropriate form, which may be obtained from the Faculty Office, Faculty of Classics, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA, or from Directors of Studies. Applications must be sent to the Chairman of the Faculty Board of Classics so as to reach him not later than the end of the second week of Full Michaelmas Term 1998, i.e. Monday, 19 October 1998.
Emoluments will be paid in two equal instalments, the first at the time of election and the second on 1 March next following, provided that the second payment will not be made unless the Scholar or Student has satisfied the Board, by a report sent before the division of the Lent Term to the Chairman of the Faculty Board of Classics, that he or she is fulfilling the object of the Scholarship or Studentship. A similar report shall be made at the end of the tenure.
The awards will be made not later than the last day of the Michaelmas Term.
1 The words 'Greek lands' include, besides Greece itself, other places of ancient Greek settlement, for example those in Italy, Sicily, France, Spain, and Asia Minor.
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