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Schemes for Professional Engineers
The generous financial
support of the Gatsby Charitable Foundation
in developing and establishing the Best
Programme is gratefully acknowledged.
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Sainsbury Management Fellowships (Best)
Aimed at
high-flying chartered engineers,
the award covers the cost of course fees
for MBA courses at selected
international business schools. Award
holders usually go on to become senior
managers and leaders in UK industry.
Applications may be made either in
conjunction with an employer, or by an
individual acting independently.
Scheme manager: Ian Bowbrick
[E-mail Ian]
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Engineering Professional Development Awards
These awards offer
financial assistance to companies
towards the cost of appropriate
development programmes linked to their
business plans. Companies choose the
activities to be supported – activities
include short courses in management or
new technology, training to deal with
the implementation of new legislation or
technical foreign language training.
Scheme manager: Ian Bowbrick
[E-mail Ian]
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Panasonic Trust
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Panasonic Trust Awards
The Panasonic
Trust provides grants to help engineers
undertake courses to update and retrain
in new developments and technologies.
Those wishing to enrol on part-time
modular Masters courses usually have
priority. The normal grant is 50% of the
course fees up to a maximum of £1000.
Applicants must belong to an engineering
institution and should have been working
at a professional level in engineering
in the UK for at least three years.
Support from the applicant's employer is
required.
Scheme manager: Ian Bowbrick
[E-mail Ian]
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Panasonic Trust Fellowships
These Fellowships
are aimed at recent graduates who wish
to take a full-time Masters degree
course in environmental studies or
sustainable development. The Fellowship,
currently worth £7000, covers the costs
of studying on an associated course at a
UK university. Applicants must have a
degree in engineering or allied subject,
belong to an engineering institution and
have at least 12 months’ industrial
experience.
Scheme manager: Ian Bowbrick
[E-mail Ian]
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Sir Angus Paton Bursary
A scholarship
available to suitably qualified
engineers who enrol on a full-time
Masters course related to the
environment, at selected universities.
Scheme manager: Ian Bowbrick
[E-mail Ian]
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Sir Henry Royce Bursary
Bursaries are
available for suitably qualified
engineers to undertake part-time modular
Masters courses related to automotive
engineering. Each bursary is worth £1000
and covers study in the first year only,
but awardees can apply for other sources
of Academy funding to complete their
studies.
Scheme manager: Ian Bowbrick
[E-mail Ian]
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Executive Engineers Programme (Best)
The objective of
this programme is to develop a
challenging curriculum for enhanced and
accelerated professional development to
chartered engineer status. It is
designed for highly motivated,
entrepreneurial and innovative
engineering graduates.
Scheme administrator: Sandra
Palmer
[E-mail Sandra]
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