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ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY

Crowther-Beynon Fund: Notice

Statutes and Ordinances, 2003, p. 749

The Museum Committee of the Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology intend shortly to make grants from the Crowther-Beynon Fund, for the current year.

Projects should be relevant to the primary purpose of the Fund, which is the improvement of the collections of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology as well as the holding of specific temporary exhibitions. Prior consultation with the Curator(s) is essential.

Applications should be made on a form obtainable from the Secretary of the Museum Committee, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3DZ, and should be returned by 7 January annually. Successful candidates will be notified in February and grants will be payable by the end of March.

On completion of the project, or at the latest by 1 October of the year following that in which the grant was made, a full report of the project should be sent to the Secretary of the Museum Committee.

Evans Fellowship: Notice

Statutes and Ordinances, 2003, p. 755

The Advisory Committee for the Evans Fund give notice that they intend to proceed to an election of an Evans Fellow or Fellows early in the Easter Term 2004.

A graduate of any university is eligible to apply for a Fellowship, provided that he or she intends to engage in research in anthropology and archaeology (broadly defined as ethnological, ethnographic or archaeological research) in relation to South-East Asia. Preference will be given to applicants who intend to engage in research in relation to Borneo, the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, and Thailand. The research shall contribute to the furtherance of the study of anthropology and archaeology in Cambridge. It is expected that the successful candidate(s) will either be based in Cambridge, or will spend a substantial period of time during or after their period of research in Cambridge.

The tenure of a Fellowship shall be for one or two years in the first instance as the Advisory Committee shall determine; candidates applying for election for an initial period of two years will be expected to be of postdoctoral status. A Fellow shall be eligible for re-election for a year at a time subject to a maximum tenure, save in exceptional circumstances, of three years in all; re-election shall be dependent on the receipt by the Advisory Committee by a specified date of a satisfactory report on the Fellow's diligence and progress in research during his or her tenure.

The stipend of a Fellow will be determined by the Advisory Committee at the time of the election, and will not exceed £6,000 a year.

Applications, together with an outline of the applicant's proposed scheme of travel and research, a curriculum vitae, and the names of two referees, must be sent to the Secretary, Evans Fund Advisory Committee, Department of Social Anthropology, Free School Lane, Cambridge, CB2 3RF, so as to reach him not later than 5 March 2004. Application forms must be obtained from the Secretary, from whom further information is also available.

The Advisory Committee reserves the right not to make an election.

Fortes Fund: Notice

Statutes and Ordinances, 2003, p. 760

The Managers of the Fortes Fund invite applications for grants towards the expenses of publications in Social Anthropology by members of the University, preference being given to those under the age of forty and to those with children under the age of ten years. Applications should be sent to the Secretary, Fortes Fund, Department of Social Anthropology, by 2 April 2004 or by 2 October 2004.

Richards Fund: Notice

Statutes and Ordinances, 2003, pp. 710 and 840

The Managers of the Richards Fund invite applications for Studentships or grants from Graduate Students registered for a course of field research in the Department of Social Anthropology as candidates, or with a view to becoming candidates, for the Ph.D., M.Phil or M.Litt. Degree. Application forms may be obtained from the Secretary of the Department, Department of Social Anthropology, Free School Lane, and returned by 5 March 2004. The aim of the Fund is to assist with fieldwork.

Ridgeway-Venn Travel Studentship: Notice

Statutes and Ordinances, 2003, pp. 710 and 841

The Awarders of the Ridgeway-Venn Travel Fund invite applications for a Ridgeway-Venn Travel Studentship to help a student of archaeology or anthropology to advance knowledge in his or her subject. Preference will be given this year to a student of Anthropology.

The value of the Studentship is approximately £850.

Members of the University in statu pupillari are eligible provided that either (a) on the day on which travel is due to begin he or she will have completed the requirements for the B.A. Degree (having obtained honours in at least one Part of the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos) and he or she intends to complete travel before the end of the academical year next following that in which the requirements for the B.A. Degree were completed; or (b) on the day on which travel is due to begin the applicant has been a Graduate Student for not more than one year (working under the supervision of the Degree Committee for the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology) and intends to complete travel before the end of the academical year next following that in which he or she was admitted as a Graduate Student.

Applications, accompanied by the dates and a short description of the nature and purpose of the proposed travel, must be submitted through the candidate's Tutor to the Regisrary so as to reach him not later than 12 March 2004. Awards will be made not later than 2 May 2004.

Before the division of the term next following the term or vacation in which the travel is completed, the Ridgeway-Venn Student must send to the Registrary (addressed to the Awards Clerk), The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TN for transmission to the Awarders a short report of his or her travel.

Henry Ling Roth Research Fund: Notice

Statutes and Ordinances, 2003, p. 844

From time to time a scholarship or scholarships are offered to aid research in social anthropology (formerly known as ethnology) and to publish the results of such research. They are tenable for up to three years and are open to any member of the University who is working or has worked in the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology. Applications should be made to the William Wyse Professor of Social Anthropology, Department of Social Anthropology, Free School Lane, to whom enquiries should also be addressed. The closing dates are 14 November 2003 and 12 March 2004.

Anthony Wilkin Fund: Notice

Statutes and Ordinances, 2003, pp. 710 and 891

The Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology give notice that they are prepared to receive applications for the Anthony Wilkin Studentship and for grants from the Anthony Wilkin Fund. The Fund is devoted to the encouragement of research in ethnology and archaeology, preferably by fieldwork among less developed societies, and in lands other than Greece, Italy, or Egypt. Preference is given to candidates for the Studentship who have obtained honours in the Archaeological and Anthropological Tripos or have received the M.Phil. Degree in Social Anthropology, or in Biological Anthropology, or in Archaeology, and are not of standing to become Masters of Arts. Awards are normally made only to cover research expenses, not for student maintenance or fees.

Candidates for the Studentship or applicants for a grant must apply to the Secretary of the Faculty Board of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology, Downing Street, Cambridge, for an application form which must be returned no later than 30 April 2004. Candidates and applicants are reminded that it is their responsibility to ensure that letters from two referees are received by the Secretary of the Faculty Board by that same date.

If there is a suitable candidate, the Anthony Wilkin Student will be elected not later than 30 June 2004. Grants from the Fund will be made by the same date.

Frederick Williamson Memorial Fund: Notice

Statutes and Ordinances, 2003, p. 892

The Managers of the Frederick Williamson Memorial Fund invite applications from suitably qualified persons, who need not be members of the University, for a one-year Fellowship and/or grants to finance advanced study or research relating to the peoples of Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, and neighbouring Himalayan areas, their society, religion, and material culture.

Detailed applications, specifying the candidate's qualifications and experience and giving the names and addresses of two referees, should be sent, by 30 November annually, to the Secretary of the Williamson Fund Managers (Professor D.W. Phillipson), Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3DZ, from whom further particulars may be obtained.

Wyse Studentship: Notice

WYSE STUDENTSHIP IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY

The Electors to the Wyse Studentship in Social Anthropology give notice that they intend to award a Studentship for tenure from October 2004. The Studentship will be awarded by competition.

The Studentship is open to any person who is admitted by the Board of Graduate Studies and intends to do research in Social Anthropology leading to the Ph.D. Degree, regardless of whether they are liable for fees at the Home or Overseas rate. It is a condition of the Studentship that UK and EU students apply to the ESRC or equivalent funding body and that overseas students apply for an ORS award.

The Studentship shall normally be tenable for three years, and will not be renewable thereafter, but the Electors have discretion to award it for a shorter period.

The emoluments of the Studentship will cover University and College fees (excluding the year in which the Student will undertake field research) and maintenance. It will not include fieldwork expenses. The Student will be able to apply for maintenance cover while on fieldwork but will be expected to meet additional field expenses, including travel, from other sources.

Candidates for the Studentship should apply to the Admissions Secretary, Department of Social Anthropology, Free School Lane, Cambridge, CB2 3RF, enclosing a curriculum vitae and a statement of their proposed plan of research. Candidates will also be required to submit a substantial piece of written work to the Admissions Secretary by 13 April 2004 for election to an award commencing in the Michaelmas Term 2004. Interviews may be held at the discretion of the Electors. The offer of an award will be conditional on the candidate fulfilling any conditions set by the Board of Graduate Studies. Further details may be obtained from the Admissions Secretary, Department of Social Anthropology, Free School Lane, Cambridge, CB2 3RF.

The successful candidate will automatically be considered for admission by Trinity College. If accepted, the Student will be required to become a member of Trinity College. However, if the Student is not accepted by Trinity College, the Studentship may be held at any of the other Cambridge Colleges.

The Student shall, during the tenure of the Studentship, pursue to the satisfaction of the Electors the course of study proposed in the application. If the Electors report that the Student is failing to pursue this course of study with due diligence, the Studentship may be forfeited. The Student shall not, during the tenure of the Studentship, follow any business or profession or engage in educational or other work which in the opinion of the Electors would interfere with the approved course of research. In any books, memoirs, or other writings, which publish the results of the investigations carried out during the tenure of the Studentship, the Student shall, where practicable, be described as the Wyse Student in Social Anthropology.

WYSE FUND (FIELDWORK) GRANTS

Applications are invited from research students working towards a Ph.D. Degree under the supervision of the Department of Social Anthropology for grants towards fieldwork expenses. Further information is available from the Admissions Secretary, Department of Social Anthropology, Free School Lane, Cambridge, CB2 3RF, from whom application forms may also be obtained. Applicants should return the forms by 1 June each year to the Department of Social Anthropology, marked for the attention of the Fieldwork Grants Committee.


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Cambridge University Reporter, 14 November 2003
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