The Launch Scholarship is for students, degree apprentices and apprentices, who have faced financial or personal challenges and have a passion for engineering.
For this engineering scholarship you can be in any year of study, and you will receive £1,500 per year for up to four years.
Applications for 2025 are now closed
Register your early interest for our 2026 scholarships.
Criteria overview
- For UK residents only*
- Open to part-time and full time students
- For students, degree apprentices and apprentices who have overcome financial or personal challenges
- Students can be in any year of a degree course that has been accredited by the IET.
Benefits for recipients
- You’ll receive £1,500 per year for up to four years (paid in January each year)
- An event designed specifically for Future Talent Award Scholars to enable you to meet your peers, your new donor and the IET.
- Free IET Student membership during your course (if not provided by your university)
- Professional Development support
- The opportunity to become an ambassador for the IET and inspire young people to pursue engineering studies and STEM careers.
Take a look at the full criteria below to see if you are eligible to apply.
Full criteria
- For UK residents only
*Applicants must be a resident of the UK for three years at the time of applying for a scholarship.
- Open to part-time and full-time students
- For students, degree apprentices and apprentices who have overcome financial or personal challenges
- Students can be in any year or about to enrol on an undergraduate degree course that has been accredited by the IET but must not be graduating in 2025.
- Apprentices can be in any year or about to start an IET accredited apprenticeship scheme - the apprenticeship must not end before September 2025.
Please check that your course / apprenticeship is accredited by the IET:
Useful downloads
The PDFs below are links to a step-by-step guide to help you through the scholarship application process, and an offline Future Talent Awards Application form.
Current donors
Please look at our current list of donors for Future Talent Awards - Launch Scholarships.
These are split into engineering companies and also charitable trusts/individuals.
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