UK: Whitworth Senior Scholarship Awards

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Whitworth Senior Scholarship Awards
From 2006 the Trustees have decided to offer enhanced awards for Postgraduate Research. This new form of financial support will be known as a Whitworth Senior Scholarship Award. This new award will be open to existing Whitworth Award Holders and Whitworth Scholars and other eligible candidates. Conditions of eligibility will be the same as for the Whitworth Scholarship Awards, except that a degree-level programme will have already been completed.
Purpose	Available for Postgraduate Research. (For Postgraduate Research leading to a PhD or EngD). The new award is open to existing Whitworth Award Holders and Whitworth Scholars and other eligible candidates. Conditions of eligibility will be the same as for the Whitworth Scholarship Awards except that a degree-level programme will have already been completed. .
Value	Up to £7,500 p.a. for a maximum period of three years. The Award may be held concurrently with other forms of financial support (except with any other Whitworth Award).
Interviews	Mandatory for all shortlisted candidates
Closing date for applications	30th June

Whitworth Senior Scholarship Awards

PLEASE NOTE THAT WHETHER YOU ARE SEEKING A SCHOLARSHIP FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES OR FOR RESEARCH AS PART OF YOUR POSTGRADUATE STUDIES THE SAME ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS APPLY. Applicants must be a British, Commonwealth or European Union Citizen. Applicants must be normally resident in the United Kingdom and have lived here for the last 3 years. Applicants must have recently completed an engineering apprenticeship for a minimum of 2 years, within the past 6 years, before commencing undergraduate studies. Applicants must have obtained or will obtain admission to, or have already commenced, a postgraduate research degree programme. PLEASE NOTE ONLY APPLICANTS WHO MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY

Whitworth Scholarship AwardsWhitworth Scholarship Awards (for undergraduate engineering degree-level courses of any engineering discipline including MEng and MSc courses) are offered in competition to outstanding engineers:

• who have pursued a vocational training route in an engineering discipline for at least 2 years after having left full-time education and before entering a degree-level engineering course
   
• who have obtained or will obtain an appropriate qualification for admission to the planned engineering degree-level programme of any engineering discipline
   
• who are British, Commonwealth or European Union citizens, normally resident in the United Kingdom prior to starting their degree-level course.

Whitworth Scholarship Awards are also offered to students who meet the above conditions and:

• are already on an engineering degree-level programme of any engineering discipline, or
   
• are engineering graduates who wish to further their academic qualifications by completing MSc courses. (Graduates must have had two years' industrial experience before commencing their undergraduate engineering degree-level programme.)

ONLY ONE AWARD CAN BE GRANTED TO AN INDIVIDUAL

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has discretion to vary the conditions of eligibility for potential candidates who have been prevented from complying completely with the conditions attached to the award due to serious illness or other sufficient cause. 

Closing date for applications is 30 June each year.

The decision of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on any matter in connection with the selection, or award or withdrawal of the Scholarships and Awards, shall be final.*

Whitworth Scholarship AwardsPlease answer the following questions to determine eligibility for a Whitworth Scholarship Award:

FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDY:
1.	I am a British, Commonwealth or European Union Citizen	Yes	No
2.	I am normally resident in the United Kingdom	Yes	No
3.	I have pursued a vocational route in an engineering discipline for at least 2 years after having left full-time education and before entering a degree-level engineering course	Yes	No

FOR MSc STUDY:
1.	I am a recent graduate who has completed at least a 2 year engineering apprenticeship before entering an engineering degree-level course	Yes	No
2.	I am a British, Commonwealth or European Union Citizen	Yes	No
3.	I am normally resident in the United Kingdom	Yes	No

Contact Information

Email: awards@whitworthscholarships.org.uk

Tel: (01284) 717887 or 717882

http://www.whitworthscholarships.org.uk/



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