The Council submits 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 These Graces, other than any which is withdrawn or for which a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107), will be deemed to have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, 6 March 2009.
1. That a Pigott Fund for Graduate Studentships in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:1
1. The sum of £2m received from an allocation by the Board of Cambridge in America, representing a donation from Mr Mark Pigott, shall form an endowment fund called the Pigott Fund for Graduate Studentships in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
2. The Managers of the Fund shall be:
| (a) | the Head of the School of Arts and Humanities, or her or his nominee; |
| (b) | the Head of the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, or her or his nominee; |
| (c) | the Head of the School of Physical Sciences or her or his nominee; and |
| (d) | the Secretary of the Board of Graduate Studies. |
3. The income of the Fund, together with other sums made available from any other source for the same purpose, shall be used to provide studentships for students from the United Kingdom or other member states of the European Union starting doctoral research in any subject within the fields of arts, humanities or social sciences.
4. Studentships shall be awarded by a selection committee appointed by the Managers. The same selection process shall apply to all applicant students, who shall be evaluated against the same criteria, with the best students being selected for studentships regardless of their nationality. The income of the Pigott Fund shall be allocated to fund studentships for UK nationals, provided there are sufficient other funds to finance studentships for those students selected by the Managers who are from other EU member states. If, at any time, there are insufficient other funds, the income of the Pigott Fund may be used for studentships for any of the selected students.
5. Studentships funded by income from the Pigott Fund shall be known as Pigott Studentships with recipients of the studentships referred to as Pigott Students.
6. A Pigott Studentship shall normally be tenable for not more than three years from 1 October, 1 January, or 17 April following the date of selection.
7. A Pigott Studentship shall provide:
| (a) | a maintenance payment to be determined by the Managers; |
| (b) | a payment to meet the student's University and College fees. |
8. The Managers shall take such steps as are necessary to promote the Studentship programme in ways it considers appropriate.
9. The Managers shall provide the Donor with an annual report on the use made of the Fund together with a list of the students supported and their areas of study. The University shall facilitate the provision to the Donor of annual reports on research undertaken by individual students.
10. Any unexpended income in a financial year shall either be added to the capital of the Fund or retained for use as income in future years, as the Managers may determine.
2. That a Qualcomm European Research Studentship Fund in Technology be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:1
1. The sum received from an allocation by the Board of Cambridge in America, representing a donation from Qualcomm Inc, shall form a fund called the Qualcomm European Research Studentship Fund in Technology. The purpose of the Fund shall be the support of doctoral research students of the Computer Laboratory, Judge Business School, and the Department of Engineering, who are citizens of countries in the European Union. The term of the Fund shall be from 28 February 2009 to 28 February 2019.
2. The Fund shall be managed by the Council of the School of Technology, who may delegate any of their functions concerning the Fund to a Committee not necessarily composed wholly of members of the Council of the School.
3. The capital and the income of the Fund shall be applied by the Managers to provide financial support to doctoral research students of the Computer Laboratory, Judge Business School, and the Department of Engineering who are citizens of countries in the European Union. The support may contribute towards the following:
| (i) | a maintenance payment to a level determined from time to time by the Managers, |
| (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. |
4. In considering a student for an award from the Fund the Managers shall have regard to evidence of academic merit.
5. 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, Judge Business School or Department of Engineering 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 her or his acceptance as a doctoral student, provided that for good cause the Managers may allow a recipient of an award to defer matriculation until a later date.
6. Recipients of awards shall be known as Qualcomm Scholars.
7. Any unexpended income may, at the discretion of the Managers, either be added to the capital of the Fund, or retained for use as income in any one or more subsequent years, or applied to the benefit of doctoral students in the Computer Laboratory, Judge Business School or Department of Engineering more generally.
8. The University will apply any part of the capital or income of the Fund that remains unspent, at the end of the term of the Fund, to the benefit of doctoral students in the Computer Laboratory, Judge Business School or Department of Engineering, at the discretion of the Managers.
3. That Regulation 1 for each of the Cambridge University Students Union and the Graduate Union be amended by removing the words 'are in residence and' in each case.2
4. That the general regulations for admission as a Graduate Student be amended, with effect from 1 October 2009, as follows:3
Regulation 5.
By inserting in lines 1 and 4 of paragraph (c), line 2 of paragraph (d), and line 3 of paragraph (g) after the words 'M.Phil. Degree' the words 'or M.Res. Degree'.
Regulation 7.
By inserting in the penultimate line after the words 'M.Phil. Degree' the words 'or under Regulation 5 for the regulations for the M.Res. Degree'.
Regulation 8.
A. By replacing in line 1 of paragraph (c) the words 'a course of advanced study' by the words 'a course of advanced study or training in research' and by inserting after the word 'M.Phil.' the word 'or M.Res.'
B. By relettering paragraph (d) as (e) and by inserting a new paragraph (d) so as to read:
| (d) | a course of training in research, as prescribed in the appropriate special regulations for the M.Res. Degree and approved by the Board and the Degree Committee concerned, under the direction of a Supervisor appointed by the Degree Committee concerned, and shall comply with any special conditions that the Degree Committee or the Board may lay down in her or his case, or |
Regulation 9.
By inserting in the last line of the first paragraph after the words 'Regulation 4 of the regulations for the M.Phil. Degree' the words ', and Regulation 4 of the regulations for the M.Res. Degree'.
Regulations 10(e)(iii), 11(a) and (d), and 12.
By replacing at each occurrence the words 'M.Phil. Degree' by the words 'M.Phil. and M.Res. Degree'.
Regulation 14(b)(ii).
By inserting in the penultimate line after the words 'Regulation 4 of the regulations for M.Phil. Degree' the words 'or Regulation 4 of the regulations for M.Res. Degree'.
5. That the regulations for the E. G. Fearnsides Scholarship be amended as follows:4
Regulations 4 and 10.
By amending the regulations so as to read:
4. The Scholarship shall be called the E. G. Fearnsides Postgraduate Medical Scholarship, the holder of which shall undertake clinical research on the organic diseases of the nervous system. The value of the Scholarship may be determined by the Managers, within a range approved from time to time by the Council, after they have taken account of any other financial resources that may be available to the Student.
10. In any year, whether or not a Scholarship is awarded, the Managers may use such part of the available income as they shall determine to make grants to members of the University engaged in clinical research on the organic diseases of the nervous system towards meeting the cost of equipment and other expenses including travel expenses incurred by them in the course of their research.
6. That the regulations for the H. B. and Dorothy A. Whittington Fund be amended as follows:5
Regulations 3-5.
By amending the regulations so as to read:
3. The income of the Fund shall be applied
| (a) | to support, by way of grants, graduate and postdoctoral students engaged in palaeontological research in the Department; |
| (b) | provided that the accumulated income of the Fund becomes sufficient, to support a graduate student undertaking advanced study or research in palaeontology in the Department by means of a Harry and Dorothy Whittington Studentship. The Managers shall publish a Notice inviting applications for the Studentship which shall provide: |
(i) a maintenance payment to be determined by the Managers,
(ii) a payment to meet the student's University and College fees.
4. After provision has been made in accordance with Regulation 3, any remaining income of the Fund shall be applied, at the discretion of the Managers, to support other persons engaged in palaeontological research in the Department, or persons visiting the Department for periods of less than six months who wish to pursue a specific piece of palaeontological research that will have at least some involvement with collections of the Sedgwick Museum.
5. Any unexpended income of the Fund in a financial year may be either added to the capital of the Fund or accumulated for use as income in future years, as the Managers shall determine.
6. The Fund shall not be available for stipends, nor may it be used for expenditure connected with the Sedgwick Museum other than as specified in Regulations 3 and 4.
1 See the Vice-Chancellor's Notice on p. 530.
2 Statutes and Ordinances, pp. 192 and 193. The current regulations exclude from membership of the relevant unions those students who are out of residence as part of their course of study, and are thus excluded from full participation in Union affairs, from use of services, etc. The Standing Advisory Committee on Student Matters has recommended that this exclusion be lifted as it is restrictive and undesirable.
3 Statutes and Ordinances, p. 425. The regulations have been amended to take account of the introduction of the new M.Res. Degree.
4 Statutes and Ordinances, p. 772. The Managers of the Fund have proposed an amendment to the Fund regulations to allow unspent income accumulating in the Fund to be used for grants to members of the University engaged in research in the same field.
5 Statutes and Ordinances, p. 923. The Managers of the Fund, in consultation with Professor Whittington, have proposed changes to the regulations to make grants more widely available and to allow for the award of a Studentship in palaeontological research if the income of the fund is sufficient.