The Scholarship and Bursary Awards of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining 2008
Applications are invited for the following scholarship and bursary awards for 2008, which must be received by the Institute by Friday 28 March 2008. Preference will be given to Institute members, and for the Centenary Scholarship, Student Membership of the Institute is a requirement.
The Institute will judge the applications received for each award in respect of academic excellence and scholarship. The application must therefore specify academic ability. Candidates merely seeking assistance for financial hardship will not be considered.
Bosworth Smith Trust Fund
Approximately £5000 will be available in 2008 for grants from the Fund for the assistance of postgraduate
research in metal mining, nonferrous extraction metallurgy or mineral dressing.
Applications will be considered for grants towards working expenses, the cost of visits to mines and plants in
connection with such research, and purchase of apparatus.
Application form (Word doc 29k)
Centenary Scholarship
The annual Scholarship (value £500/annum), which is restricted to first or second year undergraduates in student
membership of the Institute, will be awarded for projects, visits, etc in furtherance of the recipient's
career development in the fields of minerals and mining.
Application form (Word doc 24k)
Edgar Pam Fellowship
The Fellowship will be awarded for October 2008 for postgraduate study in subjects within the fields of
minerals and mining. Those eligible for the award are young graduates, domiciled in Australia, Canada,
New Zealand, South Africa and the UK, who wish to undertake advanced study or research in the UK. The maximum value
of the Fellowship, which is tenable for one year, will be £2000.
Application form (Word doc 28k)
G Vernon Hobson Bequest
The Bequest was established for the 'advancement of teaching and practice of geology as applied to mining'.
One or more awards may therefore be made for travel, research or other objects in accordance with these
terms (up to a value of £1300).
Application form (Word doc 26k)
Mining Club Award
The Award will be offered to British subjects between the ages of 21 and 35 who are actively engaged
(in full- or part-time postgraduate study or in employment) in the minerals industry, as defined by the
Institute, for travel purposes - for example, to study mineral industry operations in the UK or overseas,
to present a paper at an international minerals industry conference or to assist the applicant in attending a
full-time course of study related to the minerals industry outside the UK - or for any other similar purpose that
may be regarded as being within the spirit of the Award (value of up to £1500).
Application form (Word doc 24k)
Stanley Elmore Fellowship Fund
Stanley Elmore Fellowships are tenable at a UK university for research into all branches of extractive
metallurgy and mineral processing and, in special cases, for expenditure related to such research
(normally two scholarships of up to £14000 may be funded for any one year).
Application form (Word doc 25k)
The Tom Seaman Travelling Scholarship
The Scholarship is awarded annually to a member, not older than 35 years, who is training or has been
trained for a career in mining and/or related technologies. The scholarship shall be to assist the study for an
aspect of engineering in the minerals industry, with the intention of advancing the associated standards or techniques.
Nomination will be via an application and possible subsequent interview (value of up to £5500).
Application form (Word doc 28k)
Applicants for the above awards must ensure that the particular fund from which support is being sought is relevant to their field(s) of interest. Applications not in accordance with the specified terms and conditions of the various funds, those which are received after 28th March 2008, and those for which the appropriate letters of support have not been received by that date, will not be accepted for consideration.
Full details of the funds and application forms and further information may be obtained from:
Dr G J M Woodrow,
Deputy Chief Executive
The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
Danum House, South Parade
Doncaster DN1 2DY
Tel: +44(0)1302 320486
Fax: +44(0)1302 380900
Email: graham.woodrow@iom3.org