Students are invited to apply to the Managers of the J. Arthur Ramsay Fund for research funds to work in the research laboratories of the Department of Zoology during the summer of 2023.  The Managers would particularly like to hear from candidates for Part II of the Natural Sciences tripos intending to offer the subject of Zoology.

Applicants may request funds either for maintenance (in which case this will be paid as an internship in line with the national minimum wage of £346.75 per week for up to 6 weeks) and/or for research costs, such as travel or equipment. The application should include:

• A brief outline of the studies to be carried out, describing the purpose for which the grant is required.
• A brief outline of the risk assessments/ethical approval involved and current state of these approval(s)
• An estimate of the full costs of the internship; the amount applied for; details of any other related applications (ie to college).
• A short (max 2 page) CV
• A brief letter of support from the applicant’s Director of Studies
• A brief letter of support from the prospective supervisor

Application form

Please note that all research activities and trips must be covered by appropriate risk assessments. Any award will be contingent on such risk assessments. In addition, some research (e.g. on animals or involving humans may need additional regulatory or ethical approval. Please outline any such requirements and describe the current state of those approvals (i.e. pending, granting, to be applied for etc.)  You should discuss these matters with your supervisor before submitting your application.

Students are expected to take it upon themselves to make contact with members of the Department in whose laboratories they would like to work, who would also supply a letter of support. This funding is not for undergraduate work that may subsequently be submitted for assessment. Recipients of awards are expected to submit a report of their project.

PLEASE NOTE: The Fund Managers of both J Arthur Ramsay Fund and the Balfour-Brown Fund intend to consider all applications in tandem, so if you are eligible to apply to both funds you do not need to submit two applications, or supply two sets of letters of support.

The closing date is 15 April 2023. 

From the Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge, 2007

1. The royalties accruing from the publication in 1977 of a book entitled Transport of Ions and Water in Animals in honour of Professor J. A. Ramsay shall form a fund, called the J. Arthur Ramsay Fund, which shall be devoted to the furtherance of education and research in Experimental Zoology in the Department of Zoology.
2. The Managers of the Fund shall be the Head of the Department of Zoology and two of the University officers in the Department of Zoology who shall be appointed by the Head of the Department in the Michaelmas Term to serve for two years from 1 January following their appointment.
3. The income arising from the capital of the Fund shall be applied at the discretion of the Managers, and subject to such conditions as the Managers may think fit, to make grants as follows:
   • to assist registered Graduate Students pursuing a course of research in the Department of Zoology to visit laboratories outside the University in connection with their research.
   • to assist persons, admitted as Graduate Students to pursue a course of research in the Department of Zoology, to participate before coming into residence in experimental research under the supervision of a person normally working within the Department or to visit laboratories outside the University in connection with their research
   • to assist candidates for Part II of the Natural Sciences Tripos intending to offer the subject Zoology to participate, in one or more of the three vacations in the twelve months preceding the Tripos Examination, in experimental research under the supervision of a person normally working within the Department.
4. The preceding regulations may be altered by Grace provided that the object of the Fund as defined in Regulation 1 is adhered to.

Applications should be sent to the Departmental Administrator, Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge.