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No 6403

Wednesday 11 November 2015

Vol cxlvi No 8

pp. 115–157

Graces

Graces submitted to the Regent House on 11 November 2015

The Council submits the following Graces to the Regent House. These Graces, unless they are withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 111), will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 20 November 2015.

1. That a Corfield Fund for Mathematics be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:1

Corfield Fund for Mathematics

1. The funds received from Mr Charles Nicholas Corfield, together with such other sums as may be received or applied for the same purpose, shall form an endowment fund called the Corfield Fund for Mathematics to promote the study of mathematics by women and to advance research in the field of mathematics.

2. The Fund shall be administered by Managers who shall comprise three members of the Faculty Board of Mathematics appointed by the Faculty Board of Mathematics for such period as the Board shall determine, one of whom shall be appointed Chair by the Board.

3. Subject to Regulation 4, the income of the Fund shall be applied towards the payment of the stipend, national insurance, pension contributions, and associated indirect costs of a University office in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, provided that the duties of the holder of the office shall include the promotion of the study of mathematics by women.

4. Any unexpended income in any financial year, including income accrued in circumstances where it has not been possible to apply the income of the Fund in accordance with Regulation 3, whether as a result of a vacancy in an office or otherwise, may at the discretion of the Managers:

(a)be applied to support the work of the holder of any office in respect of which the income of the Fund is being applied in accordance with Regulation 3, including by the provision of doctoral research studentships or postdoctoral fellowships;

(b)be applied, with the approval of the General Board, to support research in the field of mathematics in the University; and/or

(c)be carried forward for use as income in accordance with these regulations in any one or more subsequent financial years.

2. That a Walters Kundert Next Generation Chemistry Fellowships Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:1

Walters Kundert Next Generation Chemistry Fellowships Fund

1. The benefaction received from the Walters Kundert Charitable Trust shall form an endowment fund called the Walters Kundert Next Generation Chemistry Fellowships Fund, which shall be used to support innovative research in chemistry in the University which would not otherwise take place in the absence of such support.

2. The Managers of the Fund shall be responsible for the administration of the Fund, including the awarding of grants under Regulation 3, and shall comprise the persons for the time being occupying the positions of Head of the Department of Chemistry, the Geoffrey Moorhouse Gibson Professor of Chemistry, the Professor of Physical Chemistry (1920), the Professor of Chemistry (1968), and the BP Professor of Chemistry (1702). If one Manager is both the Head of Department of Chemistry and one of the Professors named above, then in the event of a tied decision, that Manager will have a casting vote.

3. The income of the Fund shall be used to provide grants to support innovative research in the field of chemistry carried out by one or more Walters Kundert Next Generation Fellows, who shall be persons of any age who are employed at an early stage of their postdoctoral academic careers in the Department of Chemistry. The Managers shall determine the amount of the grant available annually to support the work of each Fellow. A Fellowship shall usually be held for a period of five years but the Managers may award a Fellowship for a shorter period of years and may subsequently extend such period for one or more years up to a maximum period of five years. In the event that a Fellow ceases to be an employee of the University, her or his Fellowship shall cease and any grant associated with the Fellowship shall cease to be available to support the research work of the individual concerned and may be applied by the Managers to support the work of other Fellows.

4. In the event that there is a vacancy for a Fellow and no suitable candidate carrying out innovative research in the field of chemistry is available, the Managers may, after consulting with the donor or such representative or representatives as the donor may appoint, award a Fellowship to a person undertaking innovative research in the Natural Sciences. Preference shall be given to persons undertaking research in an area closely related to the field of chemistry.

5. Any unexpended income in any financial year may, at the discretion of the Managers, be carried forward for use as income in accordance with Regulations 3 and 4 in any one or more subsequent financial years.

3. That a Walters Kundert Outreach in Chemistry Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:1

Walters Kundert Outreach in Chemistry Fund

1. The benefaction received from the Walters Kundert Charitable Trust shall form an endowment fund called the Walters Kundert Outreach in Chemistry Fund, which shall be used to support the University’s outreach activities to schoolchildren in the field of chemistry.

2. The Managers of the Fund shall be responsible for the administration of the Fund, including the awarding of grants under Regulation 3, and shall comprise the persons for the time being occupying the positions of the Head of the Department of Chemistry, the Geoffrey Moorhouse Gibson Professor of Chemistry, the Professor of Physical Chemistry (1920), the Professor of Chemistry (1968), and the BP Professor of Chemistry (1702). If one Manager is both the Head of Department of Chemistry and one of the Professors named above, then in the event of a tied decision, that Manager will have a casting vote.

3. The income of the Fund shall be used to provide grants to support the activities in the field of chemistry provided as part of the University’s Science Festival or a successor event targeted at schoolchildren, failing which to support other outreach activities to schoolchildren undertaken by members of the Department of Chemistry. The grants shall be awarded in such sums and in such manner as the Managers shall determine.

4. Any unexpended income in any financial year may, at the discretion of the Managers, be carried forward for use as income in accordance with Regulation 3 in any one or more subsequent financial years.

4. That a Kirby Laing Graduate Studentship Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:1

Kirby Laing Graduate Studentship Fund

1. The benefaction received from the Kirby Laing Foundation, together with such other sums as may be received or applied for the same purpose, shall form an endowment fund called the Kirby Laing Graduate Studentship Fund to support Graduate Students working within the field of New Testament Studies in the University.

2. The Fund shall be administered by a Board of Managers who shall comprise:

(a)the Chair of the Faculty Board of Divinity, who shall be Chair;

(b)the Lady Margaret’s Professor of Divinity

(c)one member of the Faculty of Divinity appointed by the Faculty Board of Divinity, for such period as the Faculty Board shall determine.

3. Subject to Regulation 4, the income of the Fund shall be used to provide awards, to candidates for the M.Phil. or Ph.D. Degrees whose studies complement the research of the Lady Margaret’s Professor of Divinity, which shall be called the Kirby Laing Studentships. Arrangements for awards, including the number, tenure, and conditions of Studentships to be awarded in any given year, the expenses to be covered by an award, and the form of the application and selection processes, shall be at the discretion of the Managers and may provide for applications by persons who are not yet members of the University and for the financial circumstances of candidates to be taken into consideration.

4. Any unexpended income in any financial year may, at the discretion of the Managers, be awarded to support Graduate Students working within the field of New Testament Studies in the University in any one or more subsequent financial years.

5. That (i) the stipends for all non-clinical University staff whose stipends are steps on the Cambridge general stipend and salary scale be increased as set out in the Schedule to the Council’s Notice on University salaries and stipends (p. 118), and (ii) the stipends for officers whose stipends are not steps on the general scale, except the stipend of the Deputy High Steward, be increased by 1% with effect from 1 August 2015, until further notice.

6. That the BAE Systems Nevill Mott Prizes (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 741) be retitled the BP Nevill Mott Prizes.2

Footnotes

  • 1See the Vice-Chancellor’s Notice (p. 116).


  • 2The General Board proposes the retitling of the Nevill Mott Prizes, which are supported by annual benefactions, to reflect the name of the benefactor which now supports the prizes.