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Engineering Explanatory Note

EXPLANATORY NOTE: ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE

ADVISORY COMMITTEE 
 
PROFESSOR A F NEWELL FRSE (CHAIRMAN)
Department of Mathematics & Computer Studies, University of Dundee
Dundee DD1 4HN

1 PURPOSES OF GRANTS

By the Will of the late Mrs. Emma Grace Caird or Marryat, who was a sister of the late Sir James Caird, Baronet of Dundee, a sum was appointed to be held in Trust for the foundation of Travelling Scholarships to be known as “Sir James Caird’s Travelling Scholarships” in (1) ENGINEERING, (2) ELECTRICITY and ELECTRONICS, and (3) AERONAUTICS.

  • Engineering - includes any recognised branch of the subject, such as chemical, civil, electrical, mechanical, metallurgical, mining, production.
  • Electricity and Electronics - includes any study in physics or the closely related sciences, pure or applied, connected directly with electrical phenomena.
  • Aeronautics -  includes any recognised scientific or engineering branch of the subject. Training for qualifications relating to flying duties does not fall within the scheme.
  • Computer Science - qualifies under 1 or 2 above.

2 ELIGIBILITY

Applicants, who may be of either sex, must be of Scottish nationality, i.e. either (a) having been born in Scotland or (b) if not born in Scotland having at least one parent or grandparent who was born in Scotland.

3 NATURE AND VALUE OF TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS

The grant can be used towards travel, subsistence and accommodation costs (but not conference fees).  It is intended to support attendance at overseas conferences, and is open to junior Engineering Research Staff and Research Students.  The maximum grant is £500.  Awards are limited in number and are made annually in May.  Applications must be received by 28 February.

4 PAYMENT

Payment will normally be made in one instalment to the University/Institution where the applicant is based.

5 INFORMATION AND APPLICATIONS

Further information can be obtained from the Administrators, who will also supply the application form.  All applications must be submitted on the prescribed form and must be forwarded to Mr. A F McDonald, Thorntons Law LLP, Whitehall House, 33 Yeaman Shore, Dundee, DD1 4BJ, the Administrators of the Trust. Tel: 01382 229111. Applications must be received by 28 February

 

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