CHARLES AND JULIA HENRY FUND
HENRY AND PROCTER FELLOWSHIPS 2016-17
REFERENCE FORM
PART A:
To be completed by the candidate
.................................................................... of ..............................................…................
(Name of Candidate)
(University or College)
has named you as a referee in an application for a:
1.
2.
3.
Henry Fellowship for a year’s postgraduate study at Harvard University.
Henry Fellowship for a year’s postgraduate study at Yale University.
Procter Fellowship for a year’s visiting postgraduate study at Princeton University.
Candidates: delete 1, 2, or 3 as appropriate.
The Trustees of the Henry Fund would value a statement from you about the suitability of
this candidate, based on personal knowledge and referring to the candidate’s character,
personality, specific interests and scholarly ability. The candidate should have given you
a copy of their application, as submitted, to assist you in writing a reference.
The terms of the trusts establishing the two Fellowships differ somewhat. Henry
Fellowships were established ‘in the earnest hope and desire of cementing the bonds of
friendship between the British Empire and the United States’. Candidates must produce
evidence of character and intellectual ability, and must also submit a definite scheme of
study or research to be carried out at the American Universities. While a high academic
standard is required for Henry Fellowships the Trustees also attach importance to other
attainments and personal qualities relevant to the purposes of the Fellowships.
Candidates are therefore required to provide evidence of full engagement in the wider
cultural, social, and community life of their university. The Trustees also consider the
Fellow's potential for full involvement in the intellectual, social and communal life of the
host American university, and their future promise to make a mark in public life or for
leadership.
Procter Fellows are required to have ‘a degree in distinctively liberal studies and be in
reasonably good health, possessing high character, excellent education and exceptional
scholarly promise’. Candidates must normally have completed at least 3 terms of their
current postgraduate course; Princeton furthermore prefers candidates who would be in
their second or third year of doctoral study when, if elected, they take up their Fellowship.
The Trustees are very grateful indeed to those who act as referees for Henry and Procter
Fellowships. Their opinions are of great assistance in selecting candidates.
Part B of this form may be used for your statement if you wish. The Trustees would be
grateful if the form could be returned by 1 February 2016; this will help them in short
listing.
ANDREW BENNETT
Deputy Secretary to the Charles and Julia Henry Fund
Email: secretary@henry.fund.cam.ac.uk Post: c/o The Scholarships Administrator, Fees &
Graduate Funding, Student Registry, 4 Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1RZ
Charles & Julia Henry Fund (registered charity number 1155582)
http://www.henry.fund.cam.ac.uk/index.html
PART B:
Statement by referee
To be returned after completion to the Secretary of the Henry Fund at the address shown.
IN CONFIDENCE
1. Name of Candidate ……………..........…...........................................................…...
2. Name, institutional address and position of Referee
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DATA PROTECTION ACT (1998): Please indicate, by ticking the box below, whether you agree to this reference being
released to the person in respect of whom it is written, should that person make a request for disclosure. If you do not wish
to give your permission at this time, please note that there might be circumstances, as required by law, under which the
Henry Fund trustees would be required to make a disclosure irrespective of your wishes. However, the Henry Fund will
treat your reference in strict confidence insofar as the law permits.
I agree to the release of this reference if the person concerned seeks disclosure
Signature:
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Date:
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