R6.18 - Grimwade Prize

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Recitals-

1. The Honourable Frederick Sheppard Grimwade presented to the University £1000 and signified his desire that the sum should be applied to the foundation of an annual prize in the University for the promotion of the study of industrial chemistry to be called the "Grimwade Prize".
2. The Council agreed to the foundation of such prize on the terms declared in this regulation.
3. The sum of £1,000 increased to $40,369 at 31 December 1994.

It is provided as follows -

1. The sum of $40,369 and any accumulations and additions to the sum forms a fund called the "Grimwade Prize" (“the fund”) and the fund must be paid into an investment pool and remain there until the Council directs otherwise.
2. The Grimwade prize is of the value of the annual interest of the sum and of the accumulations if any thereof subject to deduction of necessary expenses.
3. The competition for the Grimwade prize is open to -
   
   1. such graduates of the University or any university or tertiary educational institution whose degrees are recognized by the faculty of Science (“the faculty”) for the purposes of this regulation; and
   2. such undergraduates of the University,
      
      as have, in each case, spent a period of not fewer than two semesters in study or research in a laboratory or laboratories of the University.
4. The examiners for the Grimwade prize are the head of the School of Chemistry and one or more co-examiners appointed annually by the Council after consultation with the faculty.
5. A candidate for the Grimwade prize in any year must, by a date specified by the faculty, submit an original thesis embodying the results of an investigation pursued by the candidate in Victoria within five years of the competition in connection with some branch of industrial chemistry. The subject of the investigation must be approved by the faculty.
6. The examiners are to be guided by consideration of -
   
   1. the scientific ability, originality and chemical knowledge displayed by the candidates;
   2. the importance of their work in respect to its bearing on any branch of industrial chemistry such as metallurgy, pharmacy, agriculture or the manufacture of chemical products.