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Home › Awards › Professional & travel grants

Grants from other bodies

See also: Armourers' & Brasiers' Company awards and grants

 

Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Travelling Fellowships

The Fellowships offer UK citizens of all ages and from all walks of life the chance to undertake study projects overseas related to their trade, craft or profession. One hundred awards are given annually in a variety of categories, which include Science & Technology, Conservation and the Environment (including Sustainable Development) and Europe, a wide-ranging category aimed at encouraging projects within mainland Europe.

The closing date for 2008 Fellowships has passed. Applications for next year will open in June 2008.

For further information, either visit the Trust's website or contact:

 

The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, 15 Queen's Gate Terrace, London SW7 5PR

Tel: 020 7584 9315, Fax: 020 7581 0410, Email: office@wcmt.org.uk

 

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

 

Robert Blair Fellowship in Applied Science and Technology

The Robert Blair Fellowship provides a bursary for those undertaking advanced study or research overseas. Candidates must be British citizens of at least 21 years of age.


The closing date for 2007 Fellowships has now passed. The next award is expected to be made in 2010. Details of how to apply will be posted nearer the time.

Further information and application forms for the current Fellowship are available on the City of London website or in hard copy from:

Head of Adult & Community Learning (Robert Blair Fellowship)
Department of Community & Children’s Services
PO Box 270, Guildhall
London EC2P 2EJ

Tel: +44 (0)20 7332 3928

 

British Association Media Fellowships

See the media from the inside. During a 4-8 week summer placement with a print, broadcast or online news media organisation, the BA Media Fellowships offer professional scientists and engineers first-hand experience of how the media works. Further details are available from the BA website or from:

Nicholas Hillier
The British Association for the Advancement of Science
23 Savile Row
London
W1S 2EZ

Tel: +44 (0)20 7973 3062

Email: eluned.hughes@the-ba.net

 

Royal Academy of Engineering grants and awards

The RAEng provides a number of awards and fellowships for professional development. Full details can be found on the RAEng website.

 

 

National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation promotes and advances scientific progress in the United States by competitively awarding grants for research and education in the sciences, mathematics and engineering.

To get the latest information about program deadlines, to download copies of NSF publications, and to access abstracts of awards, visit the NSF website.

 

Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS) Awards

Nominations for the following awards should be submitted according to the guidelines set out at the FEMS website.

The deadline has passed for the 2009 awards. 

 

FEMS European Materials Medal

The Gold Medal is awarded in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of materials science, and is the premier award of FEMS.

Previous recipients:

1993 Prof. Michael F. Ashby, UK

1995 Prof. Herbert Gleiter, Germany

1997 Prof. André Pineau and Evry, France

1999 Prof. Wilfried Kurz, CH

2001 Prof. Colin John Humphreys, UK

2003 Prof. Gerhard Wegner, Germany

2005 Prof. Jeff T. M. de Hosson, The Netherlands

2007 Prof. Subra Suresh, USA

 

FEMS Materials Science and Technology Prize

This prize is awarded to European materials scientists under the age of 40 in recognition of a significant contribution to a materials field. The prize consists of a certificate and a full set of the 18-volume WILEY-VCH book series "Materials Science and Technology".

Previous recipients:

1995 Prof. Yves Bréchet, France

1997 Dr. Jürgen Eckert, Germany

1999 Prof. Philip John Withers, UK

2001 Dr.-Ing. Dirk Raabe, Germany

2003 Dr. Aldo Boccacini, UK

2005 Prof. Britta Nestler, Germany

2007 Prof. João F. Mano, Portugal

 

Further details can be obtained from Beate Toelle, tel: 00 49 697917750

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