Student grants and awards from other bodies
Ceramic Bursary Awards
The Pottery Mechanics Institute (PMI) Trust has created three annual bursary awards for students of ceramics. An undergraduate, postgraduate and industrial award are available, each worth in the region of £2,000 in travel bursaries.
The undergraduate award is open to all students studying ceramics wholly or as part of a course in materials science and technology.
The postgraduate award is open to all those working in ceramic science or technology who are under 35 years of age.
The industrial award is open to anyone aged under 35 years employed in the ceramic manufacturing industry.
For further information please write to:
c/o Mrs S C Wallin
16 Holm Oak Avenue
Madeley
Cheshire CW3 9HR
EPSRC Research Grants Information about EPSRC research grants can be accessed online through the EPSRC web site. You can view information about recently announced grants, grants in progress and completed projects by person, topic or institution. You can also monitor the progress of your own grant application within the EPSRC consideration process.
Toshiba Research Fellowship
Toshiba, in association with the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council), offers outstanding European scientists the opportunity to join one of its high-technology research teams in Japan for up to two years. During the Fellowship, Fellows will have the opportunity to work with Japanese researchers in Toshiba's research laboratories (where the working language is English). They are also encouraged to gain maximum benefit from opportunities to become familiar with Japanese industry and culture. For full details and a list of research subjects see http://www.toshiba.co.uk/fellowship
The Science, Engineering & Technology Student of the Year Awards
Designed in 1997, and first presented in London in 1998, the Awards were created to meet a widely perceived need to raise the status of technology education in Britain.
With the support of fifteen of Britain's leading institutions, and twelve of Britain's most important companies, the Awards have become the "Oscars" of British technology education, with entries being received from all of Britain's leading universities.
The Awards are multidisciplinary, to reflect the wide range of degrees our universities offer, and individual awards are made in the following categories -
- Best Biology Student
- Best Chemical Engineering Student
- Best Chemistry Student
- Best Civil Engineering Student
- Best Computer or Computer Software Student
- Best Electrical Engineering Student
- Best Electronic Engineering Student
- Best Food Technology Student
- Best Maritime Technology Student
- Best Materials Student
- Best Mechanical Engineering Student
- Best Pharmacology Student
- Best Physics Student
If you are a student or a lecturer at a British university, then the Science, Engineering & Technology Student of the Year Awards website will give you details of how to enter, plus any other information you may need about the awards. You can also download copies of the rules and the entry form directly from the site.
Institution of Engineering & Technology awards
The IET offers a range of achievement awards and other competitions open to engineering students, including the Young Woman Engineer of the Year Award.
The Ford WISE Prize for female engineering students is currently under discussion for 2008; for more information please contact the IET direct.