IET Postgraduate Research Awards

What’s on offer?

Seven awards are available:

• one x £10,000 prize
• three x £5,000 prizes
• three x £2,500 prizes

All of our prizes recognise excellence and are awarded on a competitive basis.

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 can be in any year of your PhD or EngD research programme, but you must have started it by the application deadline. Students on MSc courses and studying MRes degrees are not eligible to 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 Enic which converts qualifications to the UK equivalent.
• 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 or have won an IET Travel Award or 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.