The Kaye Prize for the best English dissertation upon some subject or question relating to ecclesiastical history up to the death of Gregory the Great, or Biblical studies which aid enquiry relating to the Scriptural authority for Christian doctrines, or which substantially advance the knowledge of Biblical history or of Biblical Hebrew or Greek, will next be offered for competition in 2009.
The Prize is open to graduates of the University and to all persons whose names are entered on the Register of Graduate Students provided that on the last day appointed for sending in essays they are of not more than ten years' standing from admission to their first degree whether of this or another university and to whom the Prize has not previously been awarded. The value of the Prize will be approximately £2,000.
Candidates must notify the subject of their proposed dissertation to the Registrary (addressed to the Awards Clerk), The Old Schools, Cambridge, CB2 1TN, before 19 December 2008 for the approval of the Adjudicators. The dissertations must be sent to the Registrary so as to reach him not later than 15 November 2009. The attention of candidates is drawn to the statements required from them under the general regulations for Prizes and Medals (Statutes and Ordinances, 2008, p. 716).
If dissertations of sufficient merit are submitted, it shall be open to Adjudicators to award one or more additional Kaye Prizes not exceeding in value such sum as shall be determined by the Faculty Board of Divinity within a range approved from time to time by the Council.
A prize-winner shall deposit two printed or typewritten copies of his or her dissertation in the Cathedral Library at Lincoln and one copy in the University Library. This prize is offered every fourth year.