Graces

Grace submitted to the Regent House on 27 January 2010

The Council submits the following Grace to the Regent House. This Grace, unless it is withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 107), will be deemed to have been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, 5 February 2010.

1. That an Isabelle Bouhon Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:1

Isabelle Bouhon Fund

1. The sums received by the University as memorial gifts from Mme Bouhon-Bustin, and others, shall form a fund, to be entitled the Isabelle Bouhon Fund, to promote the education and recognition of excellent researchers who are at an early stage of their academic careers in the University in the field of Regenerative Medicine or, if Regenerative Medicine is no longer an academic discipline, in the fields of cellular and developmental biology.

2. The administration of the Fund shall be entrusted to a Committee of Managers consisting of:

(a)the Head of the School of Clinical Medicine;

(b)three persons appointed by the Council of the School of Clinical Medicine, one on behalf of the donor and one to be active in the field of Regenerative Medicine or if it is no longer an academic discipline, in the fields of cellular and/or developmental biology;

(c)one person appointed by the Council of the School of the Biological Sciences.

The members in classes (b) and (c) shall be appointed in the Michaelmas Term to serve for three years from 1 January following their appointment. If one or more of the offices in classes (a)–(c) are held by the same person or if one or more of these offices is vacant or its tenure has expired, the Faculty Boards of Biology and Clinical Medicine shall appoint one or more additional Managers so as to ensure that there are always at least five Managers.

3. The income, and under exceptional circumstances the capital, of the Fund shall be applied in such a manner as shall be approved by the Managers in accordance with Regulation 1, including payment of the expenses of visiting lecturers, seminar programmes, and grants to defray the expenses of Graduate Students and postdoctoral researchers when attending conferences or visiting or working in laboratories outside Cambridge, so as to promote the education and recognition of researchers at an early stage of their careers.