Graces

Graces submitted to the Regent House on 9 May 2024

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 These Graces, unless they are withdrawn or a ballot is requested in accordance with the regulations for Graces of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 112), will be deemed to have been approved at 4 p.m. on Friday, 17 May 2024. Further information on requests for a ballot or the amendment of Graces is available to members of the Regent House on the Regent House Petitions site.§

1. That PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP be reappointed, in accordance with Statute F I 5, to be the qualified accountants for the audit of the University’s financial statements for the financial year 2023–24.

2. That an Aola Mary Richards Fund be established in the University, to be governed by the following regulations:1

The Aola Mary Richards Fund

1. The benefaction received from the trustee of a charitable trust established under the terms of the will of Dr Aola Richards, together with such other sums as may be received or applied for the same purpose, shall form an endowment fund called the Aola Mary Richards Fund to further education and research in the zoological sciences by supporting studentships for Ph.D. students and research grants for postdoctoral researchers.

2. The Managers shall be responsible for the administration of the Fund and the application of its income and shall comprise the Head of the Department of Zoology, who shall be Chair, the Director of the Museum of Zoology, and one person appointed by the Faculty Board of Biology on the nomination of the Head of the Department of Zoology for three years from 1 January, which appointment may be renewed for one further period of three years.

3. Subject to Regulation 4, the income of the Fund shall be used to provide awards to Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers in the Department of Zoology (or exceptionally in other University institutions) conducting research in the zoological sciences, which shall be called respectively Aola Mary Richards Studentships and Aola Mary Richards Grants. When making an award, the Managers shall give preference to the following in the order shown:

(a)within the scope of zoological sciences, to areas of study relevant to, or involving, insect biology;

(b)where possible and legally permissible, to Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers with some personal connection with Australia or New Zealand, and preferably who have at some time resided in either of these two countries, in recognition of Dr Richards’ own heritage;

(c)to Ph.D. students and postdoctoral researchers who are or will be members of Trinity College.

Arrangements for awards, including the number, tenure and conditions of awards to be made 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. The expenses to be covered by an award may include the payment of the stipend, national insurance, pension contributions, and associated indirect costs of postdoctoral research posts payable by the University in addition to the other costs of the research.

4. Any unexpended income in any financial year may, at the discretion of the Managers:

(a)in so far as is legally permissible and after consultation with such other educational bodies or organisations as the Managers shall consider appropriate, be applied to make awards to any students studying at the University who have at some time resided in either Australia or New Zealand, for the promotion of education and research in the zoological sciences (and preferably insect biology). Such awards need not be confined to research, but may include any other academic enterprise;

(b)be applied to make an annual award to support an invited lecturer in the Department of Zoology to commemorate the contribution made by Professor Sir Vincent Wigglesworth to insect biology;

(c)be carried forward in any financial year for use as income in accordance with Regulation 3 in any one or more subsequent financial years or, for a period of not more than 21 years,^[1] added to the capital of the Fund.

^[1] This period will expire on 26 March 2045.

3. That Regulation 3, the third sentence of Regulation 4 and the first sentence of Regulation 7(c) of the Ordinance for the Adams Prize (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 772) be amended to read as follows:2

3. The Prize shall be open to any person who, on 31 October preceding the year in which the Prize is to be awarded,

(a)holds an appointment in the United Kingdom, either in a university or in some other institution;

and

(b)is under forty years of age, provided that the Adjudicators may vary this age limit, on a case‑by‑case basis, where they consider it fair and reasonable to do so.

Applicants may consult the Adjudicators in advance for a determination of eligibility.

[4.] Nominations for any person qualified under Regulation 3 to be a candidate for the Prize should be submitted to the Secretary to the Adjudicators not later than 31 October next following.

[7.(c)]one-third to the prize-winner on the acceptance for publication within three years from the award of the Prize, by the editor of an internationally recognised journal, of a substantial original article (normally of at least twenty-five printed pages) of which the prize-winner is an author, surveying the general field of the prize-winner’s research.