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[Univ of Cambridge] [Dept of Engineering] Cambridge University Engineering Department Prizes

Graduate/Postgraduate Prizes - Bursaries/Scholarships/Sponsorships


The John Winbolt Prize

Sponsored by :- CUED - Endowed Prize

Awarded based on the submission of a paper accepted for publication in a professional or leaned journal. Student must be under 28 on the date of submission and not qualified for a PhD.

Number of Awards :- 1
Total Award :- ~£ 1000
Award Constituency :- CUED Only
Submission date :- May
Application Details :- See Prize notice board. ( Submission of accepted paper )
CUED contact :-M. McKerchar (Sec. to Faculty Board)

The Hamilton Prize

Sponsored by :- CUED - Endowed Prize

Awarded based on the submission of a abstract/report in the field of communication or signal processing. Student must be in the first three years of a graduate course.

Number of Awards :- 1
Total Award :- ~£ 900
Award Constituency :- CUED Only
Submission date :- September
Application Details :- See Prize notice board. ( Submission of accepted paper )
CUED contact :-M. McKerchar (Sec. to Faculty Board)
Additional CUED Information

Zienkiewick Silver Medal

Sponsored by :- Institution of Civil Engineers/John Wiley & Sons. Ltd

Awarded on the basis of a paper for publication/submitted to International Journal of Numerical Methods in Engineering or ICE Proceedings. Applicant must be a post-graduate under 35.

Number of Awards :- 1
Total Award :- £1000
Award Constituency :- UK
Submission date :- June
Application Details :- See ICE notice board. ( Paper/submission/postgrad under 35 )
CUED contact :-Dr. J.M. Lees
Additional Information :- Institution of Civil Engineers/John Wiley & Sons. Ltd

IEE Postgraduate Scholarship

Sponsored by :- Institution of Electrical Engineers

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Number of Awards :- 3
Total Award :- £3000
Award Constituency :- UK
Submission date :- End of April
Application Details :- See IEE notice board. ( Application + Reference )
CUED contact :-Dr. P. Palmer
Additional Information :- Institution of Electrical Engineers

Leslie H. Paddle Scholarship

Sponsored by :- Institution of Electrical Engineers

Awarded by the IEE to assist postgraduates to further the art

Number of Awards :- 2
Total Award :- £2500
Award Constituency :- UK
Submission date :- End of April
Application Details :- See IEE notice board. ( Application + Reference +(Interview) )
CUED contact :-Dr. P. Palmer
Additional Information :- Institution of Electrical Engineers

IEE Management Scholarship

Sponsored by :- Institution of Electrical Engineers

Awarded by IEEE to encourage IEE members to undertake formal management training.

Number of Awards :- 1
Total Award :- £1000
Award Constituency :- UK
Submission date :- April
Application Details :- See IEE notice board. ( Application + Reference )
CUED contact :-Dr. P. Palmer
Additional Information :- Institution of Electrical Engineers

Leonard Research Grant

Sponsored by :- Institution of Electrical Engineers

Award to assist exceptional engineering graduates who, through financial constraint, might not otherwise be able to undertake or complete a postgraduate degree.

Number of Awards :- 1
Total Award :- £1000
Award Constituency :- UK
Submission date :- April
Application Details :- See IEE notice board. ( Application + Reference )
CUED contact :-Dr. P. Palmer
Additional Information :- Institution of Electrical Engineers

Robinson Research Fellowship

Sponsored by :- Institution of Electrical Engineers

Awarded to an exceptional engineering graduate in the first year of a PhD in electrical, electronic science or engineering.

Number of Awards :- 1
Total Award :- £6000
Award Constituency :- UK
Submission date :- April
Application Details :- See IEE notice board. ( Application + Reference )
CUED contact :-Dr. P. Palmer
Additional Information :- Institution of Electrical Engineers

Lord Lloyd of Kilgerran Memorial Prize

Sponsored by :- Institution of Electrical Engineers

Awarded to a student undertaking research in the field of mobile radio and mobile data. (N.B. The candidate shoudl have been a practising engineer for a minimum of three years.)

Number of Awards :- 1
Total Award :- £2000
Award Constituency :- UK
Submission date :- September
Application Details :- See IEE notice board. ( Application + nomination + (interview) )
CUED contact :-Dr. P. Palmer
Additional Information :- Institution of Electrical Engineers

The Vodafone Scholarships

Sponsored by :- Institution of Electrical Engineers

For postgraduate study in Telecommunications (preferably Mobile Telecommunications and related subjects)

Number of Awards :- 2
Total Award :- £5000
Award Constituency :- uk
Submission date :- September
Application Details :- See IEE notice board. ( Application/IEE member )
CUED contact :-Dr. P. Palmer
Additional Information :- Institution of Electrical Engineers

NCE Graduate Award

Sponsored by :- New Civil Engineer

Awarded for the best all round graduates

Number of Awards :- 10
Total Award :- £2000
Award Constituency :- UK
Submission date :- March
Application Details :- See Civil notice board. ( Graduate + job + Submission )
CUED contact :-Dr. J.M. Lees
Additional Information :- New Civil Engineer

Eurotherm Young Scientist Prize/Awards

Sponsored by :- Eurotherm Committee

Number of Awards :- 3
Award Constituency :- Euro
Submission date :- Every 4 yrs (2012-16-20...)
CUED contact :-
Additional Information :- Eurotherm Committee

Industrial Design Studentships

Sponsored by :- Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851

Sponsorship for postgraduate design courses/degrees

Total Award :- Tuition+Stipend+Allowance
Award Constituency :- UK
Submission date :- April
Application Details :- See Prize/Graduate notice board. ( Postgraduate Course place + application )
CUED contact :-Dr.P.J.G. Long
Additional Information :- Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851

Hudswell Bequest Travelling Fellowship

Sponsored by :- Institution of Electrical Engineers

Awarded to research student members of IEE to enable them to further research projects overseas.

Number of Awards :- 8
Total Award :- £500
Award Constituency :- UK
Submission date :- April and September
Application Details :- See IEE notice board. ( IEE member )
CUED contact :-Dr. P. Palmer
Additional Information :- Institution of Electrical Engineers

Amelia Earhart Fellowship

Sponsored by :- Zonta International Foundation

Awarded to female gradute students studying for a PhD in aerospace-related sciences and engineering

Number of Awards :- ~20
Total Award :- $10000
Award Constituency :- World (Female)
Submission date :- November
Application Details :- See Prize notice board. ( Submission form )
CUED contact :-Dr.P.J.G. Long
Additional Information :- Zonta International Foundation

John F. Kennedy Student Paper Competition

Sponsored by :- International Association for Hydraulics Research

Selected by the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) on the basis of written and oral presentations

Number of Awards :- 1
Award Constituency :- World
Submission date :- conf
CUED contact :-Dr.P.J.G. Long
Additional Information :- International Association for Hydraulics Research

Churchill Scholarship

Sponsored by :- Winston Churchill Foundation

Awarded based on a submission and support from the students undergraduate school/university

Number of Awards :- >14
Total Award :- $45000-$50000
Award Constituency :- US
Submission date :- November
CUED contact :-Dr.P.J.G. Long
Additional Information :- Winston Churchill Foundation

QUEST Eloise Plunkett Award

Sponsored by :- Institution of Civil Engineers/Quest

This award offers £1500 to a UK-based newly qualified female civil engineer. It is for travel outside the UK that has a civil engineering focus and ideally takes an innovative or unusual approach.

Total Award :- £1500
Award Constituency :- UK
Submission date :- February
Application Details :- See ICE notice board. ( Application (Female/Recent Graduate) )
CUED contact :-Dr. J.M. Lees
Additional Information :- Institution of Civil Engineers/Quest

QUEST Foreign Language Award

Sponsored by :- Institution of Civil Engineers/Quest

This award offers financial support of up to £500 to an ICE Graduate member studying to learn a foreign language that will equip them to work overseas.

Total Award :- £500
Award Constituency :- UK
Submission date :- February
Application Details :- See ICE notice board. ( Application )
CUED contact :-Dr. J.M. Lees
Additional Information :- Institution of Civil Engineers/Quest

Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Sponsored by :- Gates Cambridge

Gates Cambridge Scholarships are prestigious, highly competitive full-cost scholarships. They are awarded to outstanding applicants from countries outside the UK to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge.

Total Award :- Fees + >=£13500
Award Constituency :- World (Not UK)
Submission date :-
CUED contact :-
Additional Information :- Gates Cambridge

G-Research PhD Prize

Sponsored by :- Gresearch

G-RESEARCH is working with closely with University of Cambridge and University of Oxford to give PhD students working on interesting topics that may impact the area of mathematical finance the chance to win prizes of £10000 by submitting a paper or excerpt from their thesis during the Michaelmas term of their final or penultimate year.

Number of Awards :- 1
Total Award :- £10000
Award Constituency :- CU
Submission date :- December
CUED contact :-Dr. P.J.G. Long
Additional Information :- Gresearch
Additional CUED Information

The Hawley Award for Engineering Innovation

Sponsored by :- The Engineers Trust

The Hawley Award is awarded annually for the most outstanding Engineering Innovation that delivers demonstrable benefit to the environment.

Number of Awards :- 1 (+)
Total Award :- £5000
Award Constituency :- UK
Submission date :- April
CUED contact :-Dr. P.J.G. Long
Additional Information :- The Engineers Trust

The Leete Premium Award

Sponsored by :- The Engineers Trust

PhD Sponsorship – The applicant must be a UK national who has been accepted on a course of PhD study at the Cambridge University Department of Engineering

Number of Awards :- 1
Total Award :- £18000 over 3 years
Award Constituency :- CUED/IfM
Submission date :- n/a
CUED contact :-

The Sir Peter Gadsden Britain Australia Award

Sponsored by :- The Engineers Trust

To encourage an exchange between Britain and Australia of engineers undertaking post graduate studies

Number of Awards :- 1
Total Award :- Grant
Award Constituency :- UK
Submission date :- n/a
CUED contact :-
Additional Information :- The Engineers Trust

Mercia Award

Sponsored by :- The Engineers Trust

The Award is made for a postgraduate paper describing how engineering techniques are being used for the advancement of medical treatment.

Number of Awards :- 1
Total Award :- £500 Bursary
Award Constituency :- UK
Submission date :- n/a
CUED contact :-
Additional Information :- The Engineers Trust