Reporter 3/12/97: Tiarks German Scholarship Fund: Notice

Tiarks German Scholarship Fund: Notice

Statutes and Ordinances, pp. 679 and 835

Please note that the following notice replaces that originally published in the 'Reporter' Special No. 7 on 12 November 1997.

Tiarks German Scholarship

The Electors to the Tiarks German Scholarship Fund give notice that they are prepared to receive applications, which must be sent to the Registrary so as to reach him not later than 15 June 1998. Candidates must send with their application a statement of the course of advanced study or research which they propose to undertake if elected, and the means by which it is proposed to finance the course, including all sources of income, available or applied for, and the names of two referees.

Any person who is or is about to be registered as a Graduate Student in the University is eligible for the Scholarship, but preference may be given to candidates in their second year of work towards the Ph.D. Degree.

The Scholarship is tenable for one year from 1 October following the election. Some considerable portion of the year should be spent in Germany or some other German-speaking country, though the Electors may in special cases relax this restriction. It will be the duty of the Scholar to undertake advanced study or research in the language or literature of Germany, under the direction of the Head of the Department of German, according to a scheme to be approved by the Electors.

The stipend of the Scholarship will amount to not more than £5,050 and will be determined by the Electors after taking account of any other financial resources that may be available to the Scholar. The stipend will be paid in two equal instalments on 1 October and 1 February following the election. The Electors have power to withhold the second instalment if they are not satisfied that a Scholar is pursuing his or her studies with sufficient diligence.

The Scholar is eligible for re-election on not more than two occasions.

The Election will be made in September 1998.

Tiarks Bursaries

The Electors to the Tiarks German Scholarship give notice of their intention to award Tiarks Bursaries for the academical year 1998-99. The Bursaries will have a value of up to £4,000, depending on the other sources of income available to the successful candidates. Applicants from outside the EU will be considered only if they have been successful in the competition for ORS awards.

Applications are invited from candidates for the M.Phil. in European Literature offering themselves for examination in at least one German module in 1999, or from Graduate Students in the Department of German who in 1998-99 will be in their first year of work towards the M.Litt. or Ph.D. Degree. Applications, stating the course of study or research which it is proposed to undertake in 1998-99 and the means by which it is proposed to finance the course, including all sources of income, available or applied for, in that period, must be sent to the Registrary so as to reach him not later than 30 April 1998. Applicants for the Bursaries should state that they are willing for the papers they have submitted as applicants for admission to the relevant courses to be scrutinized by the Electors.

The Bursaries will be paid in two equal instalments on 1 October 1998 and 1 February 1999. On the second occasion the Bursars will be required to satisfy the Electors that they are diligently pursuing the proposed course of study or research. If the Electors are not so satisfied they have power to withhold the payment of the second instalment.

It is expected that the award will be made in September 1998.

Grants from the Tiarks German Scholarship Fund

The Electors to the Tiarks German Scholarship Fund give notice that they are willing to consider applications for grants from the Fund from (a) Tiarks Scholars and Bursars and (b) other persons engaged in the University in study or research in the language or literature of Germany. Grants may be made to assist travel for research or to assist the publication, or preparation for publication, of research work, or for other purposes in furtherance of German studies in the University at the discretion of the Electors. Individual grants will not normally exceed £500. Applications will be considered in each of the Lent, Easter and Michaelmas Terms 1998 and should be sent to the Chairman of the Electors at the Department of German, Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages, Sidgwick Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 9DA, before the beginning of the relevant Full Term.

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