Cambridge University Reporter


Gregg Bury Prize: Notice

Statutes and Ordinances, 2007, p. 728

The Gregg Bury Prize will be awarded for a distinguished dissertation on the subject of the Philosophy of Religion.

Any member of the University may be a candidate for the Gregg Bury Prize provided that on the latest day for the submission of dissertations not more than eighteen complete terms have passed after the candidate's first term of residence, and provided that he or she has not previously been awarded the Burney Prize or the Gregg Bury Prize.

A candidate must send the proposed subject of his or her dissertation for approval by the Adjudicators to the Registrary (addressed to the Awards Clerk), The Old Schools, Cambridge CB2 1TN, so as to arrive not later than 13 February 2008. The dissertation itself must be sent to the Registrary by 1 June 2008. Dissertations shall be of not less than 10,000 words and not more than 20,000 words in length. They should be typewritten, double spaced, on one side of the page only.

The attention of candidates is drawn to the statement required from them under Regulations 10 and 11 for Prizes and Medals (Statutes and Ordinances, 2007, p. 705). A candidate who does not comply with the regulations is liable to be disqualified.

The prize-money will not be paid to the successful candidate until a typewritten or printed copy of the essay has been deposited in the University Library. The value of the Gregg Bury Prize is £300.