Cambridge University Reporter


Graces submitted to the Regent House on 15 November 2006

The Council submit the following Graces to the Regent House. These Graces, other than any which is withdrawn or for which a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107), will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 24 November 2006.

1. That a Rose Book-Collecting Prize be established in the University to be governed by the following regulations:1

Rose Book-Collecting Prize

1. The donation of James H. Marrow and Emily Rose, given in honour of Daniel and Joanna Rose, shall form a fund, the income of which shall be used to provide a prize to be called the Rose Book-Collecting Prize.

2. The Prize shall be offered for competition each year and shall be open either to all resident undergraduate and graduate students in the University, or to resident undergraduate and graduate students in alternate years, at the discretion of the Library Syndicate.

3. The purpose of the Prize shall be to encourage students to assemble coherent collections of books, which can be on any topic, from any period, or of any genre. The entry for the Prize shall consist of the submission of a list of the books collected and entered for the Prize, together with an essay explaining the theme and significance of the collection.

4. The competition, together with detailed rules for participation, shall be announced by the Library Syndicate during the Michaelmas Term each year. Entries shall be submitted to the University Librarian so as to arrive not later than the first day of Full Lent Term and the Prize shall be awarded in the Easter Term.

5. The competition shall be judged by a panel of not less than two Adjudicators who shall be appointed each year by the Library Syndicate.

6. The value of the Prize shall be a minimum of £500, but this sum shall be reviewed from time to time by the Library Syndicate. If on any occasion there is no entry of sufficient merit to deserve a prize, the unexpended income of the fund for that year shall either be available for use in future years or added to the capital of the fund as the Library Syndicate may determine.

7. A winner of the Prize shall not be eligible to compete a second time by offering the same collection for consideration.

2. That a Herchel Smith Fellowship Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:2

Herchel Smith Fellowship Fund

1. The sum of £17.25m bequeathed to the University by the late Dr Herchel Smith to support postdoctoral research at Cambridge shall form a fund called the Herchel Smith Fellowship Fund. The income from the Fund shall be used for the purpose of providing the stipends, national insurance, pension contributions, and indirect costs of such number of Herchel Smith Fellows as shall be determined from time to time by the Managers of the Fund, such expenses incurred by the Fellows as may be approved by the Managers, and expenses connected with the administration of the Fund.

2. The Fund shall be administered, and the Fellows elected, by a Board of Managers consisting of:
(a)one person each appointed by the Schools of the Biological Sciences and the Physical Sciences;
(b)two persons appointed by the General Board, one of whom shall be Chairman.

3. The Managers shall give not less than three months' notice of their intention to proceed to an election. They shall be empowered to indicate in their Notice that for election in any particular year preference will be given to candidates working in a specific field or fields. If in any year, whatever the number of vacancies, in the Managers' opinion there are no suitable candidates, they shall not be bound to make an election.

4. A graduate of any university, but normally excepting the Universities of Cambridge and Harvard, who is of postdoctoral or equivalent status shall be eligible to apply for a Fellowship provided that a Fellow shall have been awarded his or her Ph.D. Degree, or equivalent, not more than three years before the date on which tenure of the Fellowship will commence.

5. The Fellowship shall be tenable for at least two but not more than three years and shall not be renewable.

6. It shall be the duty of a Fellow to undertake full-time research in a subject approved by the Managers within the fields of Pure Mathematics, Physics, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, or Molecular Biology, or in related fields in the Experimental Natural Sciences (but excluding the History and Philosophy of Science). The research work shall be carried out in Cambridge (unless in special circumstances the Managers give leave for it to be carried out elsewhere) and shall be subject to such conditions as the Managers may impose. In any books, papers, or other publications containing the results of investigations carried out during the tenure of the Fellowship, the Fellow shall, where practicable, use the title 'Herchel Smith Fellow'.

7. A Fellow may, with the permission of the Managers, undertake not more than six hours' teaching work a week for remuneration without suffering any deduction from the stipend of the Fellowship.

8. The annual stipend of a Fellow shall be such sum as shall be determined by the Managers, within a range approved from time to time by the Council.

9. The Managers shall make grants from the Fund to cover the expenses incurred in the appointment of the Fellows. They shall also be empowered to make grants for purposes in support of a Fellow's research, provided that the income of the Fund is capable of bearing such a charge.

10. The Managers may make the payment of the stipend of a Fellow, or of an instalment of the stipend, conditional on their approval of a report from the Fellow on the progress of his or her research. The Managers may delegate the consideration of a Fellow's report to one or more of themselves. The Managers may terminate the tenure of a Fellow at any time if, in their opinion, he or she is unfit to continue to hold the Fellowship.

11. A Fellow shall inform the Managers of the award of any other emolument or his or her intention to undertake work other than work approved by the Managers in accordance with Regulations 6 and 7. On receiving such information the Managers shall consider whether a reduction should be made in the amount of the Fellow's stipend.

12. After provision has been made for the Fellowships in accordance with Regulations 1 and 9, any unexpended income of the Fund in a financial year may, at the discretion of the Managers:
(a)be added to the capital of the Fund;
(b)be accumulated for use as income in subsequent years;
(c)be used to promote research in the University in one or more of the fields specified in Regulation 6.

13. The Managers shall make an annual report on their administration of the Fund to the General Board.

3. A. That the regulations for the Simón Bolívar Professor of Latin-American Studies (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 664) be amended by adding a new Regulation 5 so as to read:3

5. Any unexpended income in a financial year may in any one or more subsequent years be added to the capital of the Fund or applied in support of research or teaching in the field of Latin-American studies in such manner as may be approved by the General Board on the recommendation of the Committee of Management of the Centre of Latin-American Studies.

B. That the regulations for the Centre of Latin-American Studies (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 614) be amended by inserting a new section below the regulations for the Staff of the Centre so as to read:3

Visiting Fellowships

1. In order to enable scholars from outside Cambridge to take part in and contribute to the work of the Centre of Latin-American Studies there shall be Visiting Fellowships for persons who have made or are making important contributions to Latin-American studies, or who are pursuing advanced work in Latin-American studies.

2. The maximum number of Visiting Fellowships that there may be in the Centre at any one time shall be determined by the General Board. Appointments and reappointments to Visiting Fellowships shall be made by the Committee of Management of the Centre for periods not exceeding six months at a time.

3. A Visiting Fellow may be required under the general supervision of the Committee of Management to take part in the teaching and research programme of the Centre.

4. The stipend, if any, of a Visiting Fellow shall be determined by the Committee of Management with the approval of the General Board on the occasion of each appointment or reappointment.

5. Subject to the approval of the General Board, the Committee of Management may make grants to Visiting Fellows to meet travelling or other expenses incurred in connection with their Fellowships.

4. That the recommendations in paragraph 4 of the Report of the Council, dated 16 October 2006, on the John Humphrey Plummer Foundation (Reporter, 2006-07, p. 60) be approved.

1 See the Vice-Chancellor's Notice, p. 142.

2 In a Notice dated 17 June 2002 (Reporter, 2001-02,p. 910) the previous Vice-Chancellor announced Dr Herchel Smith's generous bequest to the University of more than £45m. Under the terms of Dr Smith's Will, part of the bequest was to be used, in accordance with Dr Smith's particular research interests, to endow Research Fellowships in a number of scientific fields. Regulations to govern the endowment for this purpose are now proposed.

3 The Committee of Management of the Centre of Latin-American Studies have proposed that some of the unexpended income accumulated in the Simón Bolívar Professorship Fund should be used to support Visiting Fellows in the Centre who would contribute to research activities and postgraduate teaching in Latin-American Studies. The Venezuelan Government, who endowed the Professorship, have been consulted through their Embassy in London and have given their support to the proposal.