Special No 6
Friday 5 November 2010
Vol cxli
pp. 1–120
The Access to Learning Fund (ALF) is provided by government to support students in financial hardship who may need extra financial assistance in order to access and remain in higher education. More specifically, the Fund can be used: to assist those students who need extra financial help to meet particular costs that are not already met from statutory (or other) sources of funding; to provide emergency support for unexpected crises; and, to intervene in cases where a student may be considering leaving higher education because of financial problems. The ALF is a discretionary fund; awards (which are generally non-repayable) range from £100 to a maximum of £3,500. The Fund cannot be used to meet the cost of tuition fees for any full-time student; some fee support is available in the case of certain qualifying part-time courses.
Full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students are eligible, as well as part-time students whose courses are at least 50% of full-time (25% in the case of disabled students). The Fund is there to help any eligible student who can demonstrate a particular financial need, according to the guidance laid down by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS), but the University cannot always meet all of the costs that might be applied for. The priority groups for support are: students with children (especially lone parents); other mature students; students from low-income families; students with disabilities; care leavers; students from Foyers or who are homeless; students receiving the final-year loan rate who are in exceptional financial difficulty; self-funding postgraduates.
The ALF is principally for ‘Home’ students, but some other categories of student (refugees, persons granted exceptional leave to enter or remain, migrant workers, etc.), including certain EU students who satisfy certain statutory residence requirements, may be eligible. In general, EU students who are eligible only for tuition fee support are not eligible for support from ALF; some EU postgraduates may be eligible for the Fund on the same basis as home students provided that they fully meet the residence requirements in the UK or Islands for the three years before the start of their course.
Application forms are available from college Tutorial offices. Further information about the Fund can be found at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/funds/access/.
The Cambridge Home/EU Scholarships Scheme Committee will select candidates for the above Scholarships from holders of a degree of the University of Cambridge or the Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics who propose to be registered for an M.Phil. in any branch of study in the University.
The award will be the value of at least University Composition fees (at the Home rate) and College fees, plus a small maintenance bursary for home students. For the academical year 2011–12; tenure begins on 1 October 2011 and is for one year only. If you are successful in obtaining another scholarship to cover your fees, the award can be used towards your maintenance.
Eligible Home/EU students will be automatically considered within the CHESS competition for those submitting a gradSAF application by 14 January 2011.
For further information see: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/fees/funding/chess/amr.html.
Successful candidates will be notified in May 2011.
The Managers expect in 2011 to elect up to two W. D. Armstrong Studentships, tenable in the University, for full-time postgraduate work in a field related to the application of engineering in medicine.
The Studentships will normally be available to home, EU or overseas students. The financial support comprises approved College and University fees (at the Home or EU rate) and maintenance at the standard EPSRC rate, together with any fee approved by the Managers for training. In fixing the value of the Studentship, account will be taken of other resources available to the student, including other awards held. The Studentships will normally be held, subject to satisfactory progress, for the prescribed duration of the course. The Studentships are not normally intended for support of candidates who have already embarked on a course of research leading to a Ph.D.
Students applying to undertake research in the eligible Departments (the Department of Engineering and the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology in the School of Technology and any of the departments in the School of the Clinical Medicine), will be considered for nomination for a W. D. Armstrong Studentship by their Departments. Departments will apply for the studentships on behalf of the eligible students by mid March 2011. There is no need for prospective students to apply separately.
It is expected that successful candidates will be informed early April 2011.
The Vice-Chancellor gives notice that exhibitions of an annual value at present of between £30 and £2,000 and grants at present not exceeding £2,000 will be awarded from the Bell, Abbott, and Barnes Funds, to candidates for the B.A. Degree needing assistance who have shown proficiency in their studies and who are recommended by their Tutors, provided that, if they are of standing for admission but have not been admitted to that degree, they are pursuing further study in the University to the satisfaction of the Awarders for the time being.
Applications for these Exhibitions and grants must be made by Tutors on the standard form issued annually to Senior Tutors. Applications should be made by the Division of each Term, i.e. 9 November 2010, 13 February 2011, and 21 May 2011, to Dr R. E. Hunt, Senior Tutor, Christ’s College.
Further information about the Funds, and about application to them for assistance, may be found on the University’s website at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/funds/bell.html.
The Cambridge Commonwealth Trust awards full-cost and part-cost scholarships to students from member countries of the Commonwealth.
A range of awards are available, many offered in conjunction with funding partners. Most awards take account of financial need, and all consider academic merit.
Full information is available at http://www.cambridgetrusts.org.
Cambridge Finance is once again offering its Best Student Paper Award. The award comprises a cash honorarium of £1,000 and certificate awarded to the author of the best student paper in finance presented during the academic year.
Any Cambridge University graduate student studying finance at Faculty of Economics, Faculty of History, Department of Land Economy, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Mathematics or Cambridge Judge Business School is eligible to enter.
Papers and presenters must be approved by one of the Cambridge Finance managers. Papers must either be presented in the Cambridge Finance weekly workshop series, or at a similar approved event. Entrants must notify the administrator by 31 January 2011 of their intention to enter, with finalised papers submitted before noon on 31 May 2011.
The Award Committee will select the best paper from those submitted. The award will be presented at the Cambridge Finance Student Lunch in June 2011. The winning paper will be made available on the Cambridge Finance website.
Full details are available from the Cambridge Finance administrator, Rachel Marston (r.marston@cerf.cam.ac.uk), or on the Cambridge Finance website at http://www.finance.group.cam.ac.uk.
Cambridge University will offer funding for up to 80 EU students (including UK) through this competition.
Three-year Ph.D. studentships and M.Phil. Bursaries are open to UK or EU graduate students who are registered for the Ph.D. degree (or NOTAF, CPGS) or M.Phil. (research degree) in any branch of study within the University. Applicants must have applied for a Research Council award if they are eligible. Students who are already in the first year of Ph.D. studies by October 2010 are not eligible to apply. The Ph.D. award makes provision for the University Composition and College Fees plus a maintenance stipend (subject to residency criteria). The M.Phil. award at least covers fees at the home/EU rate. Eligible students will be automatically considered who have applied for admission by 14 January 2011.
Further information and application details are available to download from the Financial Aid section of the Board of Graduate Studies website at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/fees/funding/chess/.
Departments and Faculties will hold a first round selection to nominate top ranked students to the CHESS competition at the Board of Graduate Studies by 11 April 2011.
Successful candidates will be notified in May 2011.
Cambridge University will offer via the Cambridge Trusts, up to approx 80 awards to Overseas Students who embark on a research programme, leading to the Ph.D., in the academic year 2011–12. Each award has a maximum duration of three years and will underwrite the full cost of fees and maintenance for the duration of the course.
For full details on eligibility and application procedures please consult the web pages of the Board of Graduate Studies at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/fees/funding/ciss/index.html.
Eligible students will be automatically considered who have applied for admission by 15 December 2010.
The Cambridge Overseas Trust awards full-cost and part-cost scholarships to students from countries outside the EU and the Commonwealth.
A range of awards are available, many offered in conjunction with funding partners. Most awards take account of financial need, and all consider academic merit.
Full information is available at http://www.cambridgetrusts.org.
For further information see http://www.cambridgetrusts.org.
The Committee of Managers of the H. M. Chadwick Fund invite applications for studentships tenable from 1 October 2011 to support study of or research in subjects A and B as listed hereunder. The Fund can make provision only for supplementary support, and the value of the Studentship will be determined in each case by the Committee of Managers, after taking into consideration the amount of any other emoluments received by the applicant. The Committee of Managers may award more than one Studentship. Each Studentship will be tenable for one year in the first instance, and may be renewed and its value reviewed, subject to a maximum tenure of three years. The value of a Studentship does not normally exceed £750. Graduates or research students of any university in the United Kingdom or Eire are eligible for a Studentship, but preference will be given to applicants who are graduates or Graduate Students of this University, or applicants for admission as a Graduate Student.
Applications are also invited for grants, including travel and subsistence, for attendance at courses or conferences or for any purpose which promotes the study of or research in any of the subjects listed hereunder. Grants may be awarded to any member of the University. As the available resources are limited grants can only be on a modest scale.
The subjects for which studentships and grants may be awarded are as follows:
(a)The history, literature, thought, religion, sociology, antiquities, and art of any of the peoples of the British Isles or of the Scandinavian peoples before ad 1050, or of the Teutonic or the Celtic peoples collectively before ad 600.
(b)The same subjects in relation to any people or peoples of the Near East primarily before 1000 bc
(c)The same subjects in relation to any modern primitive people or peoples in respect of their native culture.
(d)Subjects included in the general history or comparative study of civilization, literature, thought, religion, sociology, or art, but subjects which are wholly or mainly concerned with Western Europe since ad 1050 or with the Classical periods of Greece and Rome or of India or with any other period of similarly advanced culture are excluded.
The award of studentships and grants will in general require knowledge of the language or languages involved, but will in general exclude studies of purely linguistic interest, physical anthropology, studies of primarily medical interest, archaeology relating to the Stone Age, or studies wholly concerned with material culture.
An application for a grant or studentship must be made on a prescribed form, available from the Secretary, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, 9 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP, or may be downloaded from the Department’s website at http://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/currentstudents/grants/index.htm, and must include a detailed statement describing the project for which support is sought, together with a curriculum vitae of the applicant (for studentships only). Any other emoluments received or expected to be received must be disclosed. All candidates whether applying for a studentship or for a grant, or for both, should provide the referees whose names appear in their applications with copies of a prescribed reference sheet (also available from the Departmental Secretary or Department website).
All applications, whether studentships or grants, should be addressed to the Secretary, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, 9 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP, so as to arrive not later than 1 March 2011. Referees should send completed reference sheets to the same address by 11 March 2011. The Committee of Managers expect to meet to consider applications late March/ early April. All recipients of awards from the Fund will be required to submit brief reports on the work, which they have undertaken in connection with their awards.
The Grace and Thomas C. H. Chan Scholarships are available for students from the People’s Republic of China who are intending to undertake postgraduate study leading to a Ph.D. Degree of the University in any subject within the School of Arts and Humanities or the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Priority shall be given to applicants from provinces or regions other than the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The award makes provision for the University Composition and college fees plus a maintenance stipend. Students who are already in the first year of Ph.D. studies are not eligible to apply. Two Grace and Thomas C. H. Chan Scholarships are available annually.
The deadline for all applications is the 15 December 2010.
Candidates will be selected by the Cambridge International Scholarships Scheme (CISS) Committee from those considered for the CISS competition – see CISS entry for more details.
A Grace and Thomas C. H. Chan Scholarship shall normally be tenable for not more than three years from 1 October 2011, 1 January 2012, or 17 April 2012.
For further information see http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/.
Crane’s Charity is the principal medical charity in the University. It exists to provide financial assistance to students who need treatment for physical or mental illness, or for injuries resulting from accidents, provided that the treatment cannot conveniently be obtained under the National Health Service. Assistance is normally provided by grants for junior members in residence, which can be made towards the cost of medical, surgical or psychiatric treatment, nursing home or convalescent accommodation and travel. Applications, which must be made through Tutors, can be considered at any time.
Further information, including a downloadable application form, can be found at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/univ/funds/crane/index.html.
The Managers for the Robert Daglish Fund give notice that they are prepared to receive applications for grants from the Fund. The purpose of the Fund is to provide grants or loans to undergraduate members of the University to assist them in travelling to or in Russia in connection with their studies in the University.
Applicants should note that (a) awards will not normally be made for courses that are eligible for support from the Vacation Studies Grant; and (b) awards are not meant to replace normal sources of funding for a year abroad.
Students who wish to apply for grants are required to complete an application form available from the Secretary, Department of Slavonic Studies, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge. Applicants will be expected to provide a description of the project which they intend to carry out in Russia; the estimated costs and approximate time scale of the trip; and the name of a referee (e.g. Director of Studies or Supervisor). The deadline for receiving applications is 1 May 2011. On completion of the project successful applicants will be expected to submit a short report detailing what has been achieved.
The Library Syndicate give notice that candidates for the Gordon Duff Prize or Prizes, for an essay on any one of the following subjects, namely bibliography, palaeography, typography, book-binding, book-illustration, or the science of books and manuscripts and the arts relating thereto, must submit the proposed subjects of their essays to the Registrary so as to reach him not later than the last day of the Michaelmas Term, i.e. 19 December each year. The Registrary will inform candidates in due course whether their proposed subjects are approved.
The Prize, which will be of the value of £500, is open to all members of the University.
Essays, which must not exceed 10,000 words in length, must be sent in hard-copy form to the Registrary (addressed to the Awards Clerk), The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TN so as to reach him not later than the last day of the Lent Term each year, i.e. usually 25 March (24 March in a Leap Year).
A copy of the prize-winning essay will be deposited in the University Library.
N.B. Candidates’ attention is drawn to the general regulations (Statutes and Ordinances, 2010, p. 738), and in particular to Regulations 10 and 11.
Regulation 2 for the Foreign Travel Fund (Statutes and Ordinances, 2010, p. 799) provides that the income of the Fund shall be used to assist resident members of the Senate who have attained the age of fifty years to travel abroad with a view to extending their knowledge in any branch of learning with which their teaching or research is concerned. Regulation 4 provides that in considering applications for grants from the Fund the Council shall give preference to applicants who are not eligible to receive grants from the Travelling Expenses Fund (Statutes and Ordinances, 2010, p. 738).
Suitably qualified members of the Senate who wish to seek grants from the Foreign Travel Fund should obtain an application form from the Education Section (Academic Division), 9 Jesus Lane, and submit completed forms to the same address. Forms may also be downloaded from the Education Section’s website at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/education/funds/index.html. No applicant will be awarded more than one grant in any financial year.
The Managers of the Mary Euphrasia Mosley Fund invite applications for the following awards:
The Mary Euphrasia Mosley Fund provides awards for the encouragement of travel to the countries of the Commonwealth and dependent territories, excluding the United Kingdom, for the promotion of study or research and for the maintenance of good relations between them. Candidates must be members of the University who are not of standing to become Masters of Arts.
Bartle Frere Exhibitions are awarded annually for study or research in any branch of knowledge relating to a Commonwealth country other than the United Kingdom, Bangladesh, India, or Pakistan. The Managers will give preference to undergraduates intending to spend the period of tenure undertaking research in one of the countries provided for in the regulations but Graduate Students will also be considered.
Grants from the Worts Travelling Scholars Fund are made annually for the promotion or encouragement of investigations in countries outside Great Britain respecting the religion, learning, law, politics, customs, manners, and rarities, natural or artificial, of those countries, or for purposes of geographical discovery or of antiquarian or scientific research in such countries, subject to any conditions as to publication of the results of investigations which may be laid down at the time of the making of the grant. The Managers will give preference to undergraduates but Graduate Students travelling to non-Commonwealth countries or to Bangladesh, India, or Pakistan will also be considered. These grants are made to individuals or expeditions on the basis of recommendations and are therefore not transferable.
The Managers wish to make known that they do not support the following activities: participation in study programmes or language courses; volunteer work with established charities; conferences (either to present a paper or to attend); fieldwork for M.Phil. theses; medical electives; seeing veterinary practice; laboratory visits or work experience.
Successful applicants will normally offer both a good academic record and a good project proposal.
Applications must be made on the prescribed form, which may be obtained from the Registrary (addressed to the Awards Clerk), The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TN, by 1 March 2011. Late applications cannot be considered. When more than one individual is involved in any project a separate application, with supporting letters, must be submitted by each applicant. Applicants must state clearly which country or countries they intend to visit.
Applications must be submitted to the Registrary, addressed to the Awards Clerk as above. Applicants must ask one person, who may be a Tutor or Director of Studies, to send a supporting letter to the Registrary to reach him not later than the closing date. The Managers will meet towards the end of April.
Successful applicants are required to submit a report and a financial report of their expedition to the Secretariat by 1 December annually.
The Electors to the Robert Gardiner Memorial Scholarships invite applications for one or more Scholarships tenable from 1 October annually. It is possible that only a small number of Scholarships will be awarded. The academic standard required is high.
The Scholarships are intended to assist or enable students of Irish universities to proceed to the University of Cambridge for the purpose of undergraduate or postgraduate study. The Electors will give preference to applicants who are to study for a research degree, or who are applying for a Master’s degree with a view to progressing to research at a later date. Students of any Irish university are eligible.
Every Scholar, if not already a member of the University of Cambridge, will be required to become one before the end of the Michaelmas Term of the year of their election to a Scholarship unless given special permission by the Electors to defer his or her matriculation until a later term, and will be required to become a candidate for a Cambridge degree or to carry out approved research. No Scholar may systematically follow any business or profession or engage in any educational or other work, which in the opinion of the Electors would interfere in any way with his or her course of study. The Scholarships may not, without the permission of the Electors, be held with any other scholarship or studentship in the University, with any office or post in the University, or with any stipendiary College Fellowship.
Students already studying at the University of Cambridge will not normally be funded.
The Scholarship will normally be for one year in the first instance but may be renewed for two further years subject to satisfactory progress.
The value of the Scholarships will be determined by the Electors in the light of the Scholar’s circumstances and the funds available. Scholars are paid quarterly in advance; the Electors may withhold payment if they are not satisfied with the diligence or progress of a Scholar.
Applications must be made on forms obtainable from the Registrary (addressed to the Awards Clerk), The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TN. Candidates must also provide an official academic transcript from their University or Head of Department as appropriate. Completed forms must be returned by the last day of Lent Term (17 March).
Details on the application procedure for the Gates Cambridge Trust are published in the Reporter. See also http://www.gatesscholar.org.
The Board of Graduate Studies invites applications from registered Graduate Students for the above Hardship Award which they propose to make in April 2011 and October 2011. Awards may be made to Graduate Students who are not eligible for a Hardship award from the Lundgren Fund and have relied, during the course of research, on a substantial part of the required fees and living expenses being met from their own funds or other private resources and have completed at least four terms of research and are formally registered for the Ph.D. Degree, have displayed a high aptitude for research, and are in demonstrable need of financial assistance as a result of unforeseen changes in their financial circumstances.
For further information see http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/fees/funding/hardship/index.html.
The Managers of the Professor Dame Elizabeth Hill Fund give notice that they are prepared to receive applications for grants from the Fund.
Grants from the Dame Professor Elizabeth Hill Fund are made to support advanced study or research in Slavonic Studies relating to the period before ad 1700. The Managers will consider applications relating to any aspect of Slav history or culture in the relevant period, but the terms of the fund specify that preference should be given to persons intending to work in any of the following fields: palaeography; medieval literature or art; the monastic tradition of the Orthodox Church; the study of the Slavonic contribution to geography, historiography, or the history of science.
Grants may be made to University officers or other persons employed by the University and to Fellows of Colleges in the University. Applications should be made on forms available from the Secretary, Department of Slavonic Studies, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge. Completed applications must be submitted no later than 1 May 2011.
The Jebb Electors give notice that:
(a) Three Jebb Studentships for advanced study, one of some subject in the field of European literature from the time of the foundation of Constantinople to the birth of Dante, one of some subject in the field of European literature from the time of the birth of Dante onwards, and another of some subject in the field of European literature of any period, are offered for award annually. ‘European Literature’ includes works of literature written in the British Isles. Candidates must not have attained the age of twenty-six years on 17 April of the year of the award, and must be graduates of the University by the time when, if elected, they take up the Studentship.
A Student is normally expected to become a Graduate Student of the University if not one already, and the Electors regard preparation for the Ph.D., not the M.Phil., as the appropriate level of study.
A Student may be re-elected for a year at a time, subject to a maximum tenure of four years. The age limit does not apply to candidates for re-election.
The value of the Studentships will be determined by the Electors, taking account of any other financial resources available to the Student. The maximum stipend of the Studentship is at present £10,000.
The Electors may also make grants to Students for travel, and for other special needs (e.g. books and research expenses).
(b) The Electors will receive applications for grants from persons engaged in study or research in the University in classical or other literary studies. They regularly make grants for maintenance, travel in connection with research, and research expenses.
Applications for Studentships and grants must be made on forms obtainable from the Registrary (addressed to the Awards Clerk), The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TN. Applications should be sent to the Registrary, at the same address, to reach him by 1 May annually. The elections and grants made will be known by the end of the Easter Term each year.
A Le Bas Prize will be offered in every year for an essay on a literary subject. The value of the Prize is £200.
Candidates must be members of the University who are graduates, of this or another university, and who will not have attained the age of thirty years on 30 June of the year of the award.
Candidates must send the proposed subject of their essay to the Registrary (addressed to the Awards Clerk), The Old Schools, Trinity Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1TN, so as to reach him not later than 14 February annually. The Registrary will submit the subject to the Examiners and will communicate their approval or rejection to the candidate. Essays must be submitted to the Registrary so as to reach him not later than 30 June each year and the award of the Prize will be announced no later than 31 October following.
Each essay must be clearly written, or typewritten, or printed, and be prefixed by a declaration of its length, which must not exceed 30,000 words and be not less than 15,000 words. An essay or dissertation for which any other University Prize has been awarded will be inadmissible. The successful candidate must deposit a printed or typewritten copy of the essay in the University Library.
N.B. Candidates’ attention is drawn to the general regulations (Statutes and Ordinances, 2010, p. 738), and in particular to Regulations 10 and 11.
The Cambridge Home/EU Scholarships Scheme Committee will select candidates for the above Studentships for the furtherance of the study of literature from applicants who propose to be registered for a research M.Phil. in the University.
The award will be to the value of at least University Composition fees (at the Home rate) and College fees, plus a small maintenance bursary for home students. For the academical year 2011–12 tenure begins on 1 October 2011 and is for one year only. If you are successful in obtaining another scholarship to cover your fees, the award can be used towards your maintenance.
Eligible Home/EU students will be automatically considered within the CHESS competition for those submitting a gradSAF application by 14 January 2011.
For further information see http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/fees/funding/chess/lebas.html.
Successful candidates will be notified in May 2011.
The Board of Graduate Studies invites applications from registered Graduate Students for the above Hardship Award which they propose to make in April 2011 and October 2011. Awards may be made to Graduate Students who are ordinarily resident overseas (including EU countries), are undertaking research in a scientific subject (and including architecture, biological anthropology, geography, management studies and mathematics), have completed four terms of research and are formally registered for the Ph.D. Degree, have displayed a high aptitude for research, and are in demonstrable need of financial assistance as a result of unforeseen changes in their financial circumstances.
For further information see: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/gradstud/.
The Managers expect in 2011 to elect at least two Qualcomm European Research Studentships in Technology, tenable in the University, for full-time postgraduate work.
The Studentships will normally be available to home or EU students. The financial support may include approved College and University fees (at the Home or EU rate) and maintenance at the standard rates, together with any fee approved by the Managers for training. Depending on fee status (Home or EU), a maximum of £19,700 per annum will be available. In fixing the value of the Studentship, account will be taken of other resources available to the student, including other awards held. The Studentships will normally be held, subject to satisfactory progress, for the prescribed duration of the course. The Studentships are not normally intended for support of candidates who have already embarked on a course of research leading to a Ph.D.
Students applying to undertake research in the eligible Departments (the Department of Engineering, the Computer Laboratory and the Judge Business School in the School of Technology) will be considered for nomination for a Qualcomm European Research Studentship by their Departments. Departments will apply for the studentships on behalf of the eligible students by mid March. There is no need for prospective students to apply separately.
It is expected that successful candidates will be informed mid May 2011.
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.
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.
Entries shall be submitted to the University Librarian so as to arrive not later than the first day of Full Lent Term (18 January 2011) and the Prize shall be awarded in the Easter Term.
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.
For further details see the University Library website or Statutes and Ordinances, p. 738.
The Managers expect in 2011 to elect one or two George and Lillian Schiff Studentships, tenable in the University, for full-time postgraduate work in engineering, physics or related sciences.
The holders of the Studentships must undertake a full-time course of postgraduate work in the University approved by the Managers, in the fields of engineering, physics or related sciences. Applications are encouraged from outstanding candidates with a background in other disciplines who now wish to work in these fields, and from candidates within one of these fields who wish to broaden or change their work to another aspect or aspects of the fields. The Managers will take into account industrial interest. Applications from candidates who wish to proceed to the Ph.D. Degree or other postgraduate qualification in the relevant field are invited. The Studentships are not normally intended for support of candidates who have already embarked on a course of research leading to a Ph.D.
The Studentships will normally provide full cost support comprising approved College and University fees (at the Home or EU rate as appropriate) and maintenance at the standard EPSRC rate plus £500, together with any fee approved by the Managers for training. In fixing the value of the Studentship, account will be taken of other resources available to the student, including other awards held. The Studentships will normally be held, subject to satisfactory progress, for the prescribed duration of the course. In accordance with the wishes of the benefactor, preference may be given to candidates who are British nationals.
An application form and forms for referees are available from the Registrary (addressed to the Awards Clerk), The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TN. The closing date for receipt of applications and completed reference forms is 31 May 2011.
Sims Scholarships are awarded for outstanding merit and promise in the subjects of physics and chemistry, mathematics, and medicine, on a rotational basis. The next available Sims Scholarship will be for outstanding merit and promise in any of the subjects covered by the Degree Committee of physics and chemistry. The Scholarship will be tenable for three years from October 2011 but applications for a Scholarship of shorter duration will also be considered. The annual value is determined by the Managers and is usually comparable with that of a full Research Council award, including College and University fees.
The Scholarship is open to members of the University who have been admitted to a degree of this University. Each candidate must either (a) have been born in Great Britain or Northern Ireland, or (b) be the child of parents who were British subjects at the date of birth. The Degree Committee of physics and chemistry will interview those candidates whom they consider most deserving of election, and will take into consideration the personal qualifications as well as the academic record of such candidates.
The duty of the Scholar is to pursue a course of research or graduate study under a named Supervisor approved by the Managers. The Scholar must, at the end of each year’s tenure of the Scholarship, furnish the Managers with a report certified by the Supervisor. The Scholar must pursue the approved course at an institution in Great Britain approved for the purpose by the Managers, who may, however, give the Scholar leave to work outside Great Britain during part of the tenure of the Scholarship. During tenure of the Scholarship, the Scholar may not, without the permission of the Managers, hold any position of emolument other than a Fellowship, studentship, scholarship, or exhibition at a College.
Applications for the Scholarship should be sent to the Registrary (addressed to the Awards Clerk), The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TN, by 30 April 2011. They must contain an outline of the candidate’s proposed research, academic record, and financial position, and must be accompanied by evidence of eligibility for a Scholarship (second paragraph above) and by the names of at least two referees. Not more than two testimonials may also be sent.
The Managers may also be in a position to make grants from the Fund, particularly for a lesser period than three years, to Graduate Students who are ineligible for a Scholarship by reason of not being graduates of this University. Applications for such grants will be considered from students in any of the subjects physics and chemistry, mathematics, and medicine. Applications, with a full statement of the applicant’s proposed research, academic record and financial position, and the names of at least two referees, should be sent to the Registrary (addressed to the Awards Clerk), The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TN, by 30 April 2011.
Applicants are reminded that if they hope to study at Cambridge University they must apply in the usual way through the Board of Graduate Studies for admission as Graduate Students of the University.
The Managers of the Smuts Memorial Fund invite applications for grants in support of study or research that would contribute to the advancement of Commonwealth Studies in the University. Students must make their applications on the forms provided, which can be downloaded from http://www.smutsfund.cam.ac.uk.
The Managers have agreed not to make grants to undergraduates or to those following M.Phil. or other one- year courses; they will not ordinarily award grants for the financing of group expeditions; nor will they make grants to persons not returning to Cambridge at the end of their period of study abroad. The Managers do not normally expect to make more than one substantial award of up to £1,800 to a Graduate Student in the course of his or her research for a degree. The Managers are prepared also to consider, applications for grants not exceeding £100 for the copying of documents in the field of Commonwealth Studies.
Applications for study grants are considered by the Managers once each term. The closing dates for applications are 1 January 2011 for consideration in the Lent Term 2011, 1 March 2011 for consideration in the Easter Term 2011, and 1 October 2011 for consideration in the Michaelmas Term 2011.
The Managers also consider applications for Grants by Senior Members of Staff. Staff must make their applications on the forms provided which can be downloaded from http://www.smutsfund.cam.ac.uk.
The Managers give notice that they intend to proceed to the election of one or more C. T. Taylor Studentships, to be tenable from 1 October 2011, by persons who are not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom who are either registered or about to become registered as Graduate Students in the University. The awards will provide part-cost support for courses of advanced study or research in science, including engineering, mathematics, geography and land economy, but excluding medical research.
If two or more candidates are equally well qualified, preference will be given to candidates from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, or the United States of America. Awards may be for periods of one year or more, provided that Studentships may not normally be held for more than three years in all. The Managers hope to be able to make several awards of up to £6,000 a year to students who are not currently in residence.
Eligible students applying through the Board of Graduate Studies to undertake graduate research will be considered automatically and no specific application is necessary.
For students who are already in residence, awards are normally only made where a material and unforeseen change of circumstance can be demonstrated. Such applicants should obtain an application form from the Registrary (addressed to the Awards Clerk), The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TN, and return the completed form to the Registrary by 30 April 2011. Referees should be asked to send references direct to the Registrary by the same date.
The Managers of the Tennant Fund give notice that applications for the Tennant Studentship and for grants from the Tennant Fund must be submitted through the candidate’s Tutor to the Registrary (addressed to the Awards Clerk), so as to reach him not later than 1 June 2011.
The Tennant Studentship for advanced study or research in Norway is open to members of the University who at the date of election have passed some final examination for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, provided that at the same date not more than twenty-four terms have elapsed since the end of their first term of residence. The Studentship is tenable for one year; but a Student may be re-elected if otherwise qualified.
Applications for the Studentship should be accompanied by a statement of the course of advanced study or research, which the candidate proposes to undertake. The course proposed must involve residence in Norway for not less than three months.
The Student will receive a stipend of £50, which will be paid not later than the thirtieth day following the election, and such additional stipend as may be determined by the Managers after taking account of any other financial resources that may be available to the Student.
It is open to any member of the University to apply for grants from the Tennant Fund for the furtherance of studies in Norway. Applications for the Studentship or for a grant should be made on special forms, copies of which are available from the Secretary, Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, 9 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP or may be downloaded from the Department website at http://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/currentstudents/grants/index.htm. N.B. Applications for grants to support joint projects should be made by the senior member supervising the project on behalf of the individuals taking part.
The General Board give notice that they will consider applications for grants from the Travelling Expenses Fund at any time during the course of the academical year 2010–11.
Grants from the Travelling Expenses Fund are made towards the cost of travelling and other expenses incurred by University officers in attending learned conferences, or in travel for study or research connected with their University duties; provided that holders of offices for which no stipend is paid or which have been established for so long as the whole cost is provided from specified funds are not eligible to receive grants.
No applicant will be awarded more than one grant in any financial year.
Application forms are obtainable from the Education Section (Academic Division), 9 Jesus Lane. Completed forms, countersigned by the Head of the Department or Chairman of the Faculty Board, should be submitted to the Education Section before any expenditure on the proposed journey is incurred. Forms may also be downloaded from the Education Section’s website at http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/education/funds/index.html.
The Winchester Reading Prizes are open for competition to any junior member of the University, undergraduate or graduate, provided that they are in residence.
The examination date will be published in the Reporter in the course of the Michaelmas Term. The names of the candidates shall be sent to the Registrary by their Tutors not less than fourteen days before the day of the examination.
The examination shall be confined to reading in public, passages
(a)of classical English Prose and Poetry;
(b)of the Old and New Testament and the English Liturgy; and
(c)of a work or portion of a work of some standard English Divine, to be announced by the Examiners at the conclusion of the preceding year’s examination.
The selected subject for 2011 will be published in the Reporter in the course of Michaelmas Term. The Examiners may institute a preliminary trial in all or any of the foregoing subjects, and to admit only such candidates to the examination as shall have satisfied them in that trial. The winner of a Prize shall not be eligible to compete a second time.
The Examiners may award a First Prize and a Second Prize or two prizes of equal value.