Schedule

 Part 50: Rhodes Professor of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the United States
 Part 51: Sadler, Churton Collins, Smith, Cartwright, and Pickstock Fund
 Part 52: Shute Fund
 Part 53: Sibthorpian Professor of Plant Science
 Part 54: Slade Professor of Fine Art
 Part 55: Mike Soper Bursary Fund
 Part 56: Squire and Marriott Endowment Fund
 Part 57: Stanhope Studentship in Modern History
 Part 58: Horatio Symonds Studentship in Surgery
 Part 59: Reader in Transport Studies
 Part 60: Vinerian Scholarships
 Part 61: Marjory Wardrop Fund
 Part 62: George Webb Medley Endowment Fund
 Part 63: Welch Scholarships
 Part 64: Thomas Whitcombe Greene Bequest
 Part 65: Sir Edgar Williams University Parks Tree Fund
 Part 66: Winter Williams Prizes and Studentships
 Part 67: C.S. Orwin Collection
 Part 68: Foster Memorial Fund
 Part 69: T.H. Green Moral Philosophy Scholarships
 Part 70: John Gilbert Winant Visiting Professorship of American Government
 Part 71: Michael Davys Professor of Neuroscience
 Part 72: Basant Kumar and Sarala Biria Graduate Scholarship Fund
 Part 73: Talbot Trust
 Part 74: George Kelley Senior Research Fellow in Materials
 Part 75: Alfred Brendel Bodleian Curator of Music Fund
 Part 76: Murray Fellowship in History
 Part 77: Jesus Professorship of Celtic Endowment Fund

Part 50: Rhodes Professor of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the United States

Amended with effect from 29 June 2010 (Gazette, Vol. 140, p. 1296, 1 July 2010)

50.1. The main object of the endowment originally accepted by the University from the Rhodes Trustees in 1920 as a fund for the study of Roman-Dutch Law shall be the encouragement of the study of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the United States.

50.2. There shall be a Rhodes Professorship of the Laws of the British Commonwealth and the United States.

50.3. The professor shall lecture and give instruction in those laws on such conditions as Council shall from time to time determine.

50.4. The professor shall be elected by a board consisting of:

(1) the Vice-Chancellor, or, if the head of the college specified in (2) of this section is Vice-Chancellor, a person appointed by Council;

(2) the head of the college with which the professorship shall be for the time being associated by Council, or, if the head is unable or unwilling to act, a person appointed by the governing body of the college;

(3) a person appointed by the governing body of the college specified in (2) of this section;

(4), (5) two persons appointed by Council;

(6) a person appointed by the Social Sciences Board;

(7) - (9) three persons appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Law.

50.5. The net income of the endowment shall be applied towards the cost of the professorship.

50.6. Congregation may amend sections 50.2-50.5.

Part 51: Sadler, Churton Collins, Smith, Cartwright, and Pickstock Fund

51.1. The assets of the Sadler Scholarship Fund, the Churton Collins Memorial Fund, the A.L. Smith Memorial Fund, the E.S. Cartwright Testimonial Fund, and the F.V. Pickstock Testimonial Fund shall form one fund to be known as the Sadler, Churton Collins, Smith, Cartwright, and Pickstock Fund.

51.2. The fund shall be administered by the Committee on Continuing Education and the net income used to award grants to enable students to attend residential courses for which grants would not normally be available from other sources.

Part 52: Shute Fund

52. The income of the Shute Fund shall be applied in such manner as Council shall from time to time determine by regulation to the assistance of members of the University who are not members of any of the colleges listed in section 1 of Statute V, and who are in need of pecuniary assistance for their support at the University.

Part 53: Sibthorpian Professor of Plant Science

53.1. The benefaction originally accepted by the University under the will of JohnSibthorp, DM, Professor of Botany, dated 12 January 1796 shall be applied to the endowment of the Sibthorpian Professorship of Plant Science and the Sibthorpian Library.

53.2. The Sibthorpian Professor of Plant Science shall lecture and give instruction in Plant Science.

53.3. The professor shall be elected by an electoral board consisting of:

(1) the Vice-Chancellor, or, if the President of St John's College is Vice-Chancellor, a person appointed by Council;

(2) the President of St John's College, or, if the President is unable or unwilling to act, a person appointed by the Governing Body of St John's College;

(3) a person appointed by the Governing Body of St John's College;

(4), (5) two persons appointed by Council;

(6)-(9) four persons appointed by the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Board.

53.4. The professor shall be subject to any general statutes or regulations concerning the duties of professors and to any particular regulations which are applicable to this chair.

53.5. Accommodation shall be assigned for the use of the Sibthorpian Professor of Plant Science, as the place in which the books now belonging to the Sibthorpian Library, or subsequently to be purchased out of the Sibthorpian Benefaction, shall be preserved, except that such of the books, belonging to the Sibthorpian Library and now being in the Library of the Department of Plant Sciences, as the Sibthorpian Professor shall think fit shall continue to be preserved in such last-mentioned library until Council shall make further order by regulation.

53.6. Congregation may from time to time amend sections 53.3 and 53.4 above.

Part 54: Slade Professor of Fine Art

54.1. (1) The purpose for which the trust fund and the income from it are held is the establishment of a professorship to be called the Slade Professorship of Fine Art.

(2) In each year there shall be paid out of the net income of the trust fund for that year:

(a) to the professor such allowance for his or her travelling and other expenses as the board of electors specified in section 54.4. below shall resolve;

(b) the proper costs of administering the trust in that year;

(c) such sum or sums for the purchase of slides or other illustrative material (which slides or other material shall become the property of the University) as the board shall resolve;

(d) to the professor such stipend (not being less than £400 or more than the balance of the net income of the fund) as the board shall resolve.

(3) Any part of the income of the trust fund in any year which is not applied under provisions (a)-(d) above may be applied in such other ways, for the furtherance of the study of the Fine Arts in Oxford, as may be determined by the board.

54.2. The professorship shall be tenable for one year.

54.3. (1) The professor shall give during his or her tenure of the professorship at such place as the Vice-Chancellor shall appoint not less than eight lectures on the History, Theory, and Practice of the Fine Arts or some section or sections of them.

(2) The lectures shall be given in Full Term and shall be open to all members of the University.

54.4. The professor shall be elected by a board of electors consisting of:

(1) the Vice-Chancellor;

(2) the Director of the National Gallery;

(3) a person appointed by the Governing Body of All Souls College;

(4) a person appointed by Council;

(5) a person appointed by the Humanities Board;

(6), (7) two persons elected by the Board of the Faculty of History;

(8) a person appointed by the Committee for the History of Art;

(9) a person appointed by the Visitors of the Ashmolean Museum.

54.5. The Registrar shall see that not less than one calendar month's notice is given to the electors of any vacancy in the professorship, and of the day, hour, and place proposed for the election of a successor, and of the name or names of the candidate or candidates; and shall also see that not less than a week's notice is given to the electors of the day, hour, place, and purpose of any other meeting of the board.

54.6. (1) All matters brought before the board shall be decided by a majority of votes.

(2) The members of the board shall be entitled to transmit their votes in writing for the election or compulsory retirement of a professor.

(3) The members of the board shall be entitled to vote on any other business only when personally present at a meeting of the board.

54.7. (1) Should the professor, either from illness, or from any urgent cause to be approved by the Vice-Chancellor, be temporarily prevented from discharging his or her duties he or she shall name a fit and sufficient deputy to be approved by the board; and if the professor declines or neglects to do so the board shall appoint such a deputy.

(2) It shall rest with the board to determine what portion of the professor's stipend shall be assigned to the deputy.

54.8. A professor may at any time retire from office, and may by a unanimous vote of all the electors be compelled so to retire.

54.9. Upon the death, resignation, or retirement from office of a professor during his or her tenure of the professorship:

(1) the board shall decide what proportion of the stipend which would have been payable to that professor under the provisions of section 54.1 above if he or she had completed his or her tenure shall be paid to that professor or his or her personal representative as the case may be, regard being had to the length of time during which the professor has held office and to the number of lectures which he or she has given;

(2) the board shall decide whether or not to fill the vacancy in the professorship before the next day on which a professor normally assumes office;

(3) if the board decides to fill the vacancy it may resolve that there shall be paid out of the income of the trust fund to the new professor such stipend (not exceeding the amount of any unapplied balance of the previous professor's stipend) as it may see fit in respect of the period until the next day on which a professor normally assumes office; and it may if it sees fit appoint to fill the vacancy the same person as it shall appoint or shall have appointed to be the professor for the next following year, and that person shall then hold office continuously until the end of the next following year.

Part 55: Mike Soper Bursary Fund

55.1. The Mike Soper Bursary Fund, established to commemorate on his retirement the services of Mr M.H.R. Soper to the University and to agriculture, and including a gift from Messrs Heygate and Sons Ltd, shall be applied in the award of travel bursaries to members of the University who, at the time of making application, are studying biological sciences within the University, preference being given to those whose studies relate to agriculture, forestry, or some other use of rural land.

55.2. The first charge on the net income of the fund shall be the award of bursaries to undergraduates to enable them to pursue their studies outside Oxford in a scientific, economic, or practical context.

55.3. The fund shall be administered in accordance with arrangements determined by Council.

55.4. Congregation may from time to time amend this Part so long as the main object of the fund, as defined in section 55.1 above, is always kept in view.

Part 56: Squire and Marriott Endowment Fund

Amended with effect from 6 March 2012 (date of effect 1 October 2012, Gazette Vol. 142, p. 362, 8 March 2012)

56.1. The net income of the Squire and Marriott Endowment Fund shall be used for the making of grants to any member of the University who declares at the time of application that he or she sincerely desires and intends to seek, when qualified, ordination in the Church of England or any church in communion with that church and who requires financial assistance in connection with his or her studies at the University.

56.2. The Board of the Faculty of Theology and Religion shall be the board of management of the fund and shall have discretion to make grants under section 56.1 above.

56.3. The board shall have discretion to make additional bursaries available, after Anglican candidates have been considered, to matriculated students of the University intending ministry in churches with which the Church of England has ecumenical relations, or who as lay men or women intend to serve their church as theologians.

56.4. Of the grants made under the provisions of section 56.1 above one-half (as near as may be) shall be called Rebecca Flower Squire Bursaries and the others James William Squire Bursaries, except that from time to time and in any case not less than once in five years a grant to a student of theology shall be called a Marriott Bursary.

56.5. Grants shall normally be paid in termly instalments subject to such conditions as the board shall determine.

56.6. (1) The board may appoint a committee to exercise any or all of the powers given to it by this Part.

(2) If such a committee is appointed, it shall report on its activities to the board at least once in each year.

56.7. Congregation may from time to time amend this Part so long as the main object of the fund, as defined in section 56.1 above, is always kept in view.

Part 57: Stanhope Studentship in Modern History

57.1. The main objects of the Stanhope Fund, accepted by the University in 1855 from Philip Henry, fifth Earl of Stanhope, shall be the encouragement of the study of Modern History and the perpetuation of the memory of the founder.

57.2. The net income of the fund shall be used to maintain a studentship, to be called the Stanhope Studentship in Modern History.

57.3. The studentship shall be subject to the same administration and terms as the Marquis of Lothian's Studentship in Modern History.

57.4. Congregation may from time to time amend this Part so long as the main objects of the fund, as defined in section 57.1 above, are always kept in view.

Part 58: Horatio Symonds Studentship in Surgery

58.1. The main object of the bequest of Miss Anne Harrison Symonds shall be the maintenance of a postgraduate studentship in Surgery which shall be called the Horatio Symonds Studentship in Surgery.

58.2. The electors to the studentship shall be

(1) the Regius Professor of Medicine;

(2) the Nuffield Professor of Surgery;

(3) Dr Lee's Professor of Anatomy.

58.3. Candidates for the studentship must be suitably qualified graduates who intend to reside in the University and to undertake postgraduate study in the science and art of Surgery.

58.4. The studentship shall be offered from time to time as the electors may determine (but not less often than once in any period of two years during which there is a vacancy in the studentship) and shall be awarded, unless no candidates of sufficient merit present themselves, either after examination or upon consideration of the past records of the candidates and of the programmes of work proposed by them.

58.5. The studentship shall be tenable for such period not exceeding five years, and shall be of such value, as the electors shall determine.

58.6. The electors shall have power to deprive any student of his or her studentship or of any part of the emoluments of that studentship on account of idleness, misconduct, or failure to comply with this Part.

58.7. (1) The first charge on the net annual income of the fund shall be the necessary expenses of its administration, and the payment of any examiners who may be appointed under section 58.4 above.

(2) The remainder of the income (other than any surplus income) shall be applied to the emoluments of the studentship.

58.8. Congregation may from time to time amend this Part so long as the main object of the bequest, as defined in section 58.1 above, is always kept in view.

Part 59: Reader in Transport Studies

59.1. The sums contributed between 1958 and 1968 by the Chartered Institute of Transport acting on behalf of the contributors shall be applied to the establishment and maintenance of a Readership in Transport Studies and the promotion of transport studies in the University under the arrangements set out in sections 59.2 and 59.3 below.

59.2. (1) The first charge on the net income of the endowment shall be the cost of the readership.

(2) Such part of the income of the endowment in any year as exceeds the cost of the readership shall be carried to a separate fund which shall be known as the Transport Studies Fund and which shall be applied under such conditions as may be laid down by Council by regulation for the support of the work of the reader and for the encouragement and advancement of transport studies in the University.

(3) During any vacancy in the readership the whole of the income of the endowment shall be paid into the fund.

59.3. The duties of the reader, which shall always be consistent with the primary purpose of the endowment to promote the study of transport in the University, and the manner of the reader's election shall be laid down by Council by regulation.

Part 60: Vinerian Scholarships

60.1. (1) The net income of the Vinerian Fund shall be used for the provision of one Vinerian Scholarship and one second-award each year.

(2) Any surplus income of the fund which remains after the payment of the emoluments of the scholars shall be applied towards defraying the cost of the stipend of the Vinerian Professor of English Law unless on any occasion Council determines otherwise by regulation.

60.2. The scholarship and the second-award shall be offered for competition in the Trinity Term of each year, and shall be open to any member of the University who is qualified to obtain honours in the examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law held in that term.

60.3. The value of the scholarship and the second-award shall be set at such sums, not exceeding one-sixth of the net annual income of the fund, as the Board of the Faculty of Law shall from time to time determine, and the scholar and the second-award-winner shall be paid those sums on their election.

60.4. The scholarship shall be awarded by the examiners for the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law to the candidate whose work in the examination for that degree is of the highest merit if in their opinion his or her work renders the candidate worthy of election to the scholarship.

60.5. The second-award shall be given by the examiners for the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law to the candidate whose work in the examination for that degree is of the second highest merit if in their opinion his or her work renders the candidate worthy of the award.

60.6. In making the awards the examiners shall attach special importance to proficiency in English Law.

60.7. Congregation may from time to time amend this Part so long as the main objects of the fund, as defined in section 60.1 above, are always kept in view.

Part 61: Marjory Wardrop Fund

61.1. The main object of the Marjory Wardrop Fund shall be the encouragement of the study of the language, literature, and history of Georgia, in Transcaucasia, and in particular:

(1) the improvement and increase of the Georgian section of the Bodleian Library;

(2) the publishing, or assisting in the publication of, Georgian and English works on the language, literature, or history of Georgia;

(3) the assistance of carefully selected British students to study the language, literature, and history of Georgia;

(4) the public teaching, and encouragement of the study, in Oxford, of the language, literature, and history of Georgia.

61.2. There shall be a board of management for the fund, which shall at its discretion, and in such manner and at such times as it may judge most expedient, apply the net income arising from the fund, and from any additional gifts or bequests which may be made in augmentation of the fund, to one or more of the purposes specified in section 61.1. above.

61.3. The board of management shall consist of:

(1) a person appointed by the Curators of the University Libraries;

(2) a person appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages;

(3) a person appointed by the Curators of the Oriental Institute;

(4) a person appointed by Council;

(5) a person, being a member of Convocation and of Balliol College, appointed by the Master and Fellows of Balliol College.

61.4. (1) Each appointed member of the board of management shall hold office for five years and shall be re-eligible.

(2) The board shall have power to co-opt up to two additional members for periods of five years.

61.5. Congregation may from time to time amend this Part so long as the main object of the fund, as defined in section 61.1 above, is always kept in view.

Part 62: George Webb Medley Endowment Fund

62.1. The Social Sciences Board shall be the board of management of the George Webb Medley Endowment Fund.

62.2. The board shall use the net income of the fund for the promotion of the study and advance of the science of Political Economy by giving scholarships, prizes, and grants on such terms as it shall think fit.

Part 63: Welch Scholarships

63.1. The main object of the bequest to the University from Christopher Welch, MA, Wadham College, the Founder of the Welch Scholarships, shall be the promotion of the study of Biology within the University by:

(1) the support of scholarships, to be called the Welch Scholarships, to be awarded to persons who are, or who have been accepted for admission as, graduate students of the University, and more especially for the encouragement of those who give proof of capacity for original observation and research;

(2) the discharge of all expenses incidental to the purposes of the fund, including the payment of honoraria to examiners;

(3) all or any of the following:

(a) the purchase of books or instruments such as microscopes, to be awarded to deserving but unsuccessful candidates for the scholarships;

(b) the award of prizes or exhibitions; and

(c) such other way or ways as shall be thought fit by the board of management of the fund.

63.2. The fund shall be administered by a board of management the membership of which shall be determined by Council by regulation, except that the Warden of Wadham College, or the Warden's representative, shall always be a member.

63.3. The board shall determine the terms and conditions on which the scholarships shall be awarded, including their tenure and annual value, except that no person shall hold a scholarship for more than four years.

63.4. Congregation may from time to time amend this Part so long as the main object of the bequest, as defined in section 63.1 above, is always kept in view.

Part 64: Thomas Whitcombe Greene Bequest

64.1. The main objects of the Thomas Whitcombe Greene Bequest shall be the foundation of a prize, to be called the Thomas Whitcombe Greene Prize, for Classical Art and Archaeology, and the foundation of postgraduate scholarships, to be called the Thomas Whitcombe Greene Scholarships, for advanced research.

64.2. The prize and scholarships shall be awarded by a committee consisting of the Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art together with five persons appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Classics.

64.3. The prize shall be open to members of the University who are reading for an honour school in the University.

64.4. The value of the prize shall be determined by the Board of the Faculty of Classics, and the prize shall be offered annually.

64.5. If there is no candidate of sufficient merit the prize shall not be awarded.

64.6. The prize shall not be awarded a second time to the same person.

64.7. The scholarships shall be open to members of the University who are engaged in advanced research, subject to any further conditions which the Board of the Faculty of Classics may prescribe, except that if an undergraduate is elected to a scholarship the election shall be conditional on his or her proceeding to a degree in the University before he or she receives any part of the emoluments.

64.8. The value of the scholarships shall be determined by the Board of the Faculty of Classics.

64.9. The committee shall determine the conditions of award of the prize and scholarships, and of the tenure of the scholarships, and there shall be defrayed from the net income of the bequest any expenses incidental to the carrying out of its purposes, including the remuneration of examiners (if any).

64.10. Any balance of income, so far as not required for the above purposes, may, if the committee so determines, be applied to one or more of the following:

(1) the provision of occasional additional prizes or scholarships;

(2) the maintenance of a foundation to be known as the Thomas Whitcombe Greene Reserve Fund, which shall be applied by the committee to furnish grants to members of the University for the furtherance of the study of Classical Art and Archaeology, or to institutions connected with those subjects;

(3) the foundation of an additional scholarship or scholarships.

64.11. Congregation may from time to time amend this Part so long as the main objects of the bequest, as defined in section 64.1 above, are always kept in view.

Part 65: Sir Edgar Williams University Parks Tree Fund

65.1. The moneys raised to mark the notable service of Sir Edgar Williams as Warden of Rhodes House, 1952-80, shall, together with any further sums which may be contributed for this purpose, constitute the Sir Edgar Williams University Parks Tree Fund, the net income of which shall be devoted to the planting and cataloguing of trees and shrubs on land owned by the University and maintained by the University Parks Department.

65.2. The fund shall be administered by the Curators of the University Parks.

65.3. Congregation may from time to time amend this Part so long as the main object of the fund, as defined in section 65.1 above, is always kept in view.

Part 66: Winter Williams Prizes and Studentships

66.1. The main object of the Winter Williams Fund (originally established as separate funds for the Winter Williams Law Prize for Undergraduates and for the Winter Williams Law Prize for Women Undergraduates), endowed by Ivy Williams, BCL, MA, Society of Oxford Home-Students (now St Anne's College), to found awards in Jurisprudence in memory of Winter Williams of Corpus Christi College, shall be the encouragement of the study of Law in the University.

66.2. The fund shall be administered by the Board of the Faculty of Law for the purpose of providing prizes and studentships in Law.

66.3. Congregation may from time to time amend this Part so long as the main object of the fund, as defined in section 66.1 above, is always kept in view.

Part 67: C.S. Orwin Collection

Approved with effect from 25 July 2007 (Gazette Vol. 138, p. 4, 20 September 2007)

67.1. A collection of paintings and prints has been received by the University from Dr C.S. Orwin. The collection is to be retained and exhibited so far as practicable as a single collection within the University at such location as is considered appropriate from time to time, with power for the University to lend the collection wholly or in part (but in so far as practicable as a whole) from time to time to such other museum or institution for public display as it considers appropriate.

67.2. The administration of the collection shall be under the general direction of the Committee for the Museums and Scientific Collections.

67.3. Congregation may from time to time amend this Part so long as the main object of the bequest, as defined in section 67.1 above, is always kept in view.

Part 68: Foster Memorial Fund

Approved with effect from 11 February 2009 (Gazette Vol. 139, p. 697, 26 February 2009)

68.1. Sums contributed by his friends in memory of the late M.B. Foster, MA, Student of Christ Church, shall form a fund (to be known as the Michael Foster Memorial Fund), the income of which shall be used, together with the annual sum generously provided by the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, to award scholarships tenable at Oxford in any subject for up to two years by a student from the Federal Republic of Germany, selected in consultation with the German Academic Exchange Service.

68.2. The German Academic Exchange Service shall award scholarships tenable in any subject for one or more years at any university or other institution of higher learning, excluding art or music academies, in the Federal Republic of Germany by a student from Oxford recommended to the German Academic Exchange Service by a selection committee consisting of the members of the Board of Management for the Michael Foster and Michael Wills Scholarships.

68.3. For as long as students holding scholarships under clause 2 hereof are excused university fees by universities or other institutions of higher learning in the Federal Republic of Germany no university fees shall be required from students from the Federal Republic of Germany holding Michael Foster Memorial Scholarships in Oxford.

68.4. The scholarships shall be administered by the Board of Management for the Michael Foster and Michael Wills Scholarships, which shall consist of up to six permanent members, who shall be elected for a period of three years and shall be re-eligible. The board shall have the power to co-opt up to three additional members for any periods of time it shall specify, and shall have full power to do all things necessary for the administration of the scholarships and to defray its expenses out of the income of the Michael Foster Memorial Fund.

Part 69: T.H. Green Moral Philosophy Scholarships

Approved with effect from 11 May 2010 (Gazette, Vol. 140, p. 1066, 27 May 2010)

69.1. The income from the trust shall be used to provide scholarships for the support of students who have been accepted by the University for a graduate degree in Philosophy, in some subject relating to Moral Philosophy.

69.2. The scholarships shall be known as the T.H. Green Moral Philosophy Scholarships.

69.3. The Board of the Faculty of Philosophy shall be the board of management for the fund.

69.4. The scholarship shall be awarded by the Philosophy Graduate Studies Committee on the recommendation of:

(1) the Director of Graduate Studies in Philosophy;

(2) the Director of Graduate Admissions in Philosophy;

(3) a representative of the college where the scholarship shall be held appointed by the college's Governing Body; and

(4) the White's Professor of Moral Philosophy.

69.5. If on any occasion a scholarship is not offered, the income not expended shall at the discretion of the board either (i) be carried forward for expenditure in subsequent years; or (ii) be invested in augmentation of the capital of the fund; or (iii) be used for some other purpose relevant to the study of moral philosophy.

Part 70: John Gilbert Winant Visiting Professorship of American Government

Approved with effect from 11 May 2010 (Gazette, Vol. 140, p. 1066, 27 May 2010)

70.1. The University accepts with gratitude the moneys offered by Mr R. Winant in memory of his late father, John Gilbert Winant, and any further sums which may be contributed for the same purpose, for the provision of a John Gilbert Winant Visiting Professorship of American Government.

70.2. The professor shall lecture and give instruction in American Government, as broadly defined.

70.3. The professor shall hold the appointment in the Rothermere American Institute and shall be elected by an electoral board consisting of:

(1) the Vice-Chancellor;

(2) the Master of Balliol College, or, if the Master is unable or unwilling to act, a person appointed by the Government Body of Balliol College on the occurrence of a vacancy to act as an elector on that occasion;

(3) a person appointed by the Governing Body of Balliol College;

(4), (5) two persons appointed by Council;

(6) a person appointed by the Humanities Divisional Board;

(7) the Director of the Rothermere American Institute;

(8), (9) two persons appointed by the Social Sciences Divisional Board, one of whom shall be appointed from among the members of the Department of Politics and International Relations.

70.4. The professor shall hold office for a period not exceeding one year as the electors may determine.

70.5. The professor shall be subject to the General Provisions of the regulations concerning the duties of professors and to those Particular Provisions of the same regulations which are applicable to this chair.

70.6. Any surplus in the annual net income from the endowment after the salary and related costs of the professorship have been met shall be used, at the discretion of the director of the Rothermere American Institute, to meet the costs incurred by the professor in the furtherance of research and teaching in American Government as broadly defined. Any income not expended in any year shall be carried forward for expenditure for the same purpose in subsequent years.

70.7 Sections 70.3-6 may be amended by Council.

Part 71: Michael Davys Professor of Neuroscience

Approved with effect from 9 February 2011 (Gazette, Vol. 141, p. 462, 24 February 2011)

71.1. The benefaction of £1,997,000 from the Davys Family Trust for Neuroscience Fund, together with any further donations for this purpose, shall be used to establish and maintain the Michael Davys Professorship of Neuroscience.

71.2. The University shall retain all of the benefaction as permanent endowment and shall apply the net income towards the salary and expenses of the holder of the professorship, and associated overheads. If the salary of the professor is wholly or partly covered from other sources, there shall be discretion to apply the net income directly to support the professor's research.

71.3. The administration of the benefaction, and the application of its income, shall be the responsibility of the Medical Sciences Board.

71.4. The Michael Davys Professor of Neuroscience shall undertake research in neuroscience with a special interest in mental illnesses and shall lecture and give instruction in this subject. In the event there is sufficient income, this shall be applied to an annual Michael Davys Lecture in Neuroscience on a topic of relevance to mental illness.

71.5. The professor shall be elected by an electoral board consisting of:

(1) the Vice-Chancellor, or, if the head of the college specified in paragraph (2) below is Vice-Chancellor, a person appointed by Council on the occurrence of a vacancy to act as an elector on this occasion;

(2) the head of the college to which the professorship shall be for the time being allocated by Council under any regulation in that behalf, or, if the head is unable or unwilling to act, a person appointed by the governing body of the college on the occurrence of a vacancy to act as an elector on that occasion;

(3) a person appointed by the governing body of the college specified in paragraph (2) above;

(4), (5) two persons appointed by Council;

(6)-(9) four persons appointed by the Medical Sciences Board.

71.6. Sections 71.3-71.5 may be amended by Council.

Part 72: Basant Kumar and Sarala Biria Graduate Scholarship Fund

Approved with effect from 30 May 2012 (Gazette, Vol. 142, 14 June 2012, p. 588)

72.1. The benefaction from Birla International Limited of eight hundred and fifty one thousand pounds (£851,000), together with any further donations for this purpose, shall be known as the Basant Kumar and Sarala Birla Graduate Scholarship Fund for the Support of Graduate Study in Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics.

72.2. The University shall retain all of the Fund as permanent endowment and shall apply the net income of the Fund towards the Basant Kumar and Sarala Birla Graduate Scholarship in the Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics.

72.3. The administration of the Fund, and the application of its income, shall be the responsibility of the Board of the Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics.

72.4. The Scholarships shall be open to students from any country of residence who are undertaking graduate study or research in the Faculty of Linguistics, Phonetics and Philology.

72.5. The Fund may be used to provide one or more Scholarships in any year. Each Scholarship may provide full funding for the standard duration of the student's course (typically three years in the case of doctoral students), or may provide partial funding.

72.6. Sections 3 and 5 may be amended by Council.

Part 73: Talbot Trust

Approved with effect from 30 May 2012 (Gazette, Vol. 142, 14 June 2012, p. 588)

73.1. The University accepts from the present trustees thereof the sum of approximately £37,000, which shall form a fund to be known as the Talbot Trust. The said sum shall be held by the University for the benefit of the students of the University.

73.2. The Committee for Educational Studies shall be the board of management for the fund.

Part 74: George Kelley Senior Research Fellow in Materials

Approved with effect from 30 May 2012 (Gazette, Vol. 142, 14 June 2012, p. 588)

74.1. There shall be a George Kelley Senior Research Fellow in Materials who will be appointed by a committee appointed by the Department of Materials and who will undertake research and teaching in Materials.

Part 75: Alfred Brendel Bodleian Curator of Music Fund

Approved with effect from 30 May 2012 (Gazette, Vol. 142, 14 June 2012, p. 588)

75.1. The benefaction from the Dunard Fund which comprises £500,000, together with any further donations for this purpose, shall be known as the Alfred Brendel Bodleian Curator of Music Fund.

75.2.The University shall retain all of the Fund as permanent endowment and shall apply the net income of the Fund towards the support of the post of the Alfred Brendel Curator of Music.

75.3. Bodley's Librarian shall be responsible to the Curators of the University Libraries for the administration of the Fund and the application of its income.

Part 76: Murray Fellowship in History

Approved with effect from 30 May 2012 (Gazette, Vol. 142, 14 June 2012, p. 588)

76.1. The bequest of the late Robert Henry Murray, MA, LittD, TCD, shall be applied in the first instance to the endowment of Fellowships in History at Oxford, and whenever the income of the Fund allows, for grants to graduates of the Queen's University, Belfast, who are of exceptional promise in historical studies, and for assisting publications.

76.2. The Fellowships shall be open to graduates of any university, without restriction by age. Those appointed to the Fellowships will have completed, or be studying towards, a doctoral degree - or demonstrate a commensurate level of academic achievement - in history, or a cognate discipline.

76.3. The administration of the Fund, and the application of its income, shall be the responsibility of the History Faculty Board.

76.4. The Fellowships shall be awarded by a selection committee consisting of:

(1)-(5) five nominees of the History Faculty Board;
(6), (7) two nominees of the college associated with the Fellowship.

76.5. Congregation may amend sections 76.2-76.5.

Part 77: Jesus Professorship of Celtic Endowment Fund

Approved with effect from 12 February 2013 (Gazette, Vol. 142, 28 February 2013, p. 383)

77.1. The University receives with gratitude a benefaction from Jesus College, Oxford, to be held as permanent endowment on the trusts declared in this regulation. Further money or property may be paid or transferred to the University to be held on the same trusts. The assets so held will be known as the Jesus Professorship of Celtic Endowment Fund ("the Fund").

77.2. The University shall retain as permanent endowment those of the assets in the Fund which are contributed on the express understanding that they are to be treated as permanent endowment ("the Permanent Endowment").

77.3. The University shall (a) apply the income of the Permanent Endowment; and (b) apply the income and, in its discretion, the capital of the remainder of the Fund, towards the salary and expenses of the holder of the Jesus Professorship of Celtic and associated overheads. The Professor shall undertake research, lecture and give instruction in Celtic. If the salary, expenses and overheads of the Professor are wholly or partly covered from other sources or there are further funds available, there shall be discretion to apply the income and/or the capital of the Fund to support the Professor's research. Whenever, for whatever reason, there is no holder of the Jesus Professorship of Celtic there shall be discretion to apply the income and/or the capital of the Fund to promote the teaching and research of Celtic in the University.

77.4. The administration of the Fund, and the application of its income, shall be the responsibility of the Humanities Divisional Board.

77.5. The Professor shall be elected by an electoral board consisting of:

(1) the Vice-Chancellor, or, if the Principal of Jesus College is Vice-Chancellor, a person appointed by Council;

(2) the Principal of Jesus College, or, if the Principal is unable or unwilling to act, a person appointed by the Governing Body of Jesus College;

(3) a person appointed by the Governing Body of Jesus College;

(4), (5) two persons appointed by Council;

(6) the Head of the Humanities Division, or his or her nominee;

(7) a person appointed by the Board of the Faculty of English;

(8), (9) two persons appointed by the Board of the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages.

77.6. The University may in its absolute discretion in the period ending on 30 January 2033, instead of applying the income of the Fund in any year, accumulate all or any part of such income by investing it, and holding it as part of the capital of the Fund. The University may apply the whole or any part of such accumulated income in any subsequent year as if it were income of the Fund arising in the then current year.

77.7. The University shall have power to pay out of the capital or the income of the Fund all costs of and incidental to the creation of the Fund, and the management and administration of the Fund and the Professorship.

77.8. The University may exercise any of its corporate powers in the management and administration of the Fund in so far as those powers are not inconsistent with this Part.

77.9. Sections 77.1-4 and 77.6-11 shall be deemed to be trust provisions under the provisions of Part D of Statute XVI.

77.10. Subject to section 77.11, Council may amend, repeal or add to this Part in accordance with Part D of Statute XVI, but no amendment is valid if it would cause the Fund to:

(1) cease to be exclusively charitable according to the law of England and Wales; or

(2) be outside the objects of the University.

77.11. Any amendment to section 77.3 is an amendment to the main objects of the Fund for the purposes of Part D of Statute XVI and must be approved both by Congregation of the University and subsequently by Her Majesty in Council.