IET Postgraduate Research Awards

What’s on offer?

Seven awards are available:

• three x £2,500 prizes
• three 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, we will send them their certificate in recognition of their award.

IET Postgraduate Prize: one award of £5,000

To assist with research work in engineering leading to the award of a Doctorate.

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 Enic which converts 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.
• Students on MSc courses and studying MRes degrees are not eligible to apply.
• 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.