IET Postgraduate Research Awards

What’s on offer?
Seven awards are available:

• Four x £2,500 prizes
• Two x £5,000 prizes
• One x £10,000 prize

All of our prizes recognise excellence and are awarded on a competitive basis. We interview shortlisted candidates, and once we’ve chosen the winners, present them with their prizes at our prestigious Achievement Awards ceremony.

IET Postgraduate Prize: up to four awards of £2,500
To assist with research leading to a Doctorate, with a preference towards electrical, electronic or manufacturing engineering.

Leslie H. Paddle Scholarship: £5,000
To encourage excellence in engineering and technology research, with a preference for electrical, electronic or manufacturing engineering.

Hudswell International Research Scholarship: £5,000
To encourage excellence in engineering and technology research, with a preference for electrical, electronic or manufacturing engineering.

IET Postgraduate Scholarship for an outstanding researcher: £10,000
To help researchers share their knowledge throughout the global science, engineering and technology community, with the aim of improving people’s lives around the world.

What else do I need to know?

• You’ll need to have been an IET member for at least one year by the closing date for applications (Student, Member and Fellow categories can apply).
• You’ll need to have achieved a 2:1 or higher in your first degree and be registered on a PhD or EngD research programme.
• Use Naric who convert qualifications to the UK equivalent.
• You can be in any year of your PhD or EngD research programme, but you must have started it by the application deadline.
• You do not need to be a professionally registered engineer, but you must meet the educational requirements for registration as either a Chartered or Incorporated Engineer.
• You can apply for an award if you have a student loan, research grant, company bursary or similar, but you can’t be a recipient of any other IET scholarship or bursary.
• On the application form you’ll need to include details of your referee.
• The panel will consider you for all postgraduate awards where you meet the eligibility requirements.
• If you’re successful, you’ll only be able to receive one IET Postgraduate Award during your PhD research.

When’s the deadline?
3 June 2021: Interviews for short-listed