Students travelling overseas to take part in civil engineering related projects and activities can apply for an award worth up to £1,500 for individuals and up to £4,500 for a group.
This award was made possible due to a generous bequest received from the estate of the late Kenneth Tomalin Watson CBE, a former ICE Fellow who worked in Nigeria.
You can apply for an award if you meet the following criteria:
- You must be an ICE Student member
- You must be studying in the UK
- Your travel must take place after completing at least 1 year of your current course and after 31 May 2013
- You must not have already received more than three ICE QUEST scholarships or awards
This award doesn’t fund travel directly linked to a student’s course, such as for industrial placement/sandwich years or travel to attend international conferences. If you’re planning on travelling after the end of a course, you can still apply but the travel must take place no later than 6 months after the course has finished.
Making an application
Whether you’re applying as an individual or group you’ll need to do two things before the deadline of 26 April 2013:
Individuals:
Your referee should know you well enough to write about you and a reference from your college or university is expected.
When an application or reference form is emailed to us, an automatic response is sent to confirm we’ve received the forms.
Groups:
Groups need to choose one group member to be the lead applicant
Your referee should know you well enough to write about you and a reference from your college or university is expected.
When an application or reference form is emailed to us, an automatic response is sent to confirm we’ve received the forms.
Selection
Applications are assessed by the QUEST Committee and awards are discretionary in value up to £1,500 for individuals and £4,500 for groups.
Preference is given to projects and activities that have an international development focus and other considerations are:
- How much the experience will benefit the applicant(s)
- The aims and merit of the project or activity
- How the project or activity will benefit others and ICE
- The amount of financial support required
- The length of time spent overseas
- The relevance of the project or activity to civil engineering
The decision of the QUEST Committee is final and feedback to anyone who is unsuccessful will not be given.
Award winners are required to submit a report of approximately 1000 words on their experiences when they return.