Engineering Leaders

Scholarships:
Supporting future engineering leaders.
Applicant guidance notes 2019

Deadline: 14 January 2019

Introduction

Engineering Leaders Scholarships

The Engineering Leaders Scholarship (ELS) programme aims to
support undergraduates at UK Higher Education Institutions who
demonstrate a passion for engineering, the potential to become
leaders in engineering and who will act as role models to future
engineers.

These scholarships help ambitious and inspiring students, who

want to become leadership role models for the next generation of
engineers to undertake an accelerated personal development
programme.

Academy support
If you are successful in your application, you will receive an
exceptional package of support, including:

Primary
• £5,000 to use on career development activities over 3 years
• An annual training and networking event (over a weekend,
usually in September or October)
• Access to Royal Academy of Engineering Fellows, Sainsbury
Management Fellows and ELS Alumni for advice and support

Additional
• Invitations to Academy events and opportunities to
participate in other activities such as the Academy stand at
New Scientist Live and the Big Bang Fair!

Sir Ralph Robins Scholarships

In addition, if your application meets some additional criteria,
you could also receive the following enhanced support:
• £5,000 towards your university fees
• A 10 week or 1 year paid internship at Rolls-Royce plc
• An award produced by Rolls-Royce plc and presented at an
annual drinks reception at the Academy, attended by current
and previous scholars, organisers and funders of the
scholarship
• Your name on an roll of honour plaque in the Rolls-Royce
Room at the Academy
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 £5,000
over 3
Eligibility criteria years

Engineering Leaders Scholarships

Scholarships are available to undergraduates who meet the following criteria:
• Undertaking an undergraduate degree at a UK Higher Education
Institution, including those completing degree apprenticeships
• The degree must be in an engineering or related discipline
• Have completed at least one year (full time equivalent) of your degree, and
have at least two years full time equivalent (including the current year) left
until graduation
• Ordinarily resident in the UK and eligible to pay UK home fees

Sir Ralph Robins Scholarships

If you wish to be considered for the enhanced Sir Ralph Robins Scholarship you
will need have attended a non – fee paying secondary school AND meet one or
more of the following criteria:
• You have at some point been eligible to receive free school meals
• You are from the first generation of your immediate family to attend
university
• You have spent time in local authority care

You can find Frequently Asked Questions about the scheme on our website

Scholars attend
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 Additional
support
Sir Ralph Robins Scholarship

What is a Sir Ralph Robins Scholarship?

As part of the Engineering Leaders Scholarships, enhanced scholarships will be made
to three eligible individuals to encourage and support students from under-
represented backgrounds.
The Scholarships will support the next generation of leading engineers, and helping
to address the engineering skills shortfall by driving more exceptional, ambitious and
diverse students to pursue careers in engineering.
To be eligible you will need to answer some additional questions within the
application form. We can only consider you for this additional support if you answer
these questions.

Who is Sir Ralph Robins?

Sir Ralph Robins FREng Hon.FRAeS is one of the UK’s most distinguished
industrialists. During his 48-year career at Rolls-Royce plc he held many senior roles,
including Managing Director, Deputy Chairman and then Chairman, serving in the
latter post for 11 years. Renowned for his foresight – and unwavering belief in
investing for the long-term - Sir Ralph was instrumental in committing Rolls-Royce to
the ground-breaking Trent engine programme. Trent engines continue to power
much of the world’s civil aviation fleet and are one of the UK’s most successful
technology exports.

Sir Ralph was born in 1932 and studied at Imperial College. He first joined Rolls-
Royce in 1955. Amongst many honours he was knighted in 1988 and elected a Fellow
of the Royal Academy of Engineering the same year. In 1990 he was elected an
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. During his long career, he has
also held senior roles at, amongst others, Cable & Wireless plc, Marshall of
Cambridge Holdings Ltd and Schroders plc.

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What to expect

Planning for your career development

Each year you will be given an opportunity to develop a Career
Personal Development Plan (PDP), taking the time to stop and
think about what activities will help you to meet your career goals
and to help shape the activities you will use your funding for.

£5,000 to spend over three years -

What can you use your funding for?
What you can use your funding for is many and varied. Some of
the activities that have been funded in the past include:
• Visits to engineering companies
• Volunteering on engineering
Training and Mentoring projects
• Attending conferences
• An annual training and • Non course related learning to
networking weekend enhance skills
early in the academic
year
• Access to advice and Reporting
mentoring from senior
An annual report is expected
engineers and scheme each year, detailing the activities
alumni you have undertaken, how you
have spent your award and the
benefits you have received

Sir Ralph Robins Scholarships

You will receive:
• An additional £5,000 to be used for university tuition fees
• A paid internship at Rolls-Royce plc
• An award presented at an annual drinks reception
• Your name added to a roll of honour plaque

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Application process
Applications need to be
Application submitted via the grant
management system (GMS) by
submitted 4pm on Monday 14th January
2019

Unsuccessful applicants
Reviewed by Panel informed

Invited to Selection
Event
(50% of applicants invited to the
selection event in 2018)

Selection Event -
Interviews and team
activities (50% success rate) The Selection Event will be held on
Monday 25th March 2019 in London

Awardees will be announced in

April 2019
Award made

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How to apply
All applications must be submitted via the online system, available
here: https://grants.raeng.org.uk. All applicants must first register
with the system and provide some basic log-in details to create a
profile. Select ‘start application’ from the list of available funding
programmes.

The application process is in two stages and will require a response

from us (Stage one), followed by an invitation to attend a Selection
Event (Stage two). Please allow sufficient time to complete your
application as you will require a letter from your Higher Education
Institution.

All the questions are listed in the

next few pages, and inserted into
the application form is additional
guidance on what to include in
79% of previous your answers.
awardees have If you have any questions about
gone into the application process or the
engineering online system, please contact the
Programme Manager.
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At any stage in the application
process you can save your work,
log-off and return to it at a later
time.

Higher Education Institution Endorsement – we require a letter to

be submitted by your institution to support your application which
should confirm:
• that you are studying an undergraduate degree at a UK Higher
Education Institution and that you have satisfactory academic
standing
• The length of your degree programme and which year of the degree
you are currently on (including if you are currently on a placement
year)

Personal Reference – as part of your application we also require a

personal reference and in what capacity that person knows you
(important: your referee should not be a family member)

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 Questions: Stage 1
The questions from the application form are listed below and on the
following page. Additional information and tips on how to answer can
be found on the application form itself.

1. Applicant details
Question Type
1 Institution Text box

2 Course details Text box

3 Name of department / school Text box

4 Year of your course you currently in Numerical

5 Duration of course Numerical

6 Course start date Date

7 Course graduation date Date

8 Engineering sector Text box

9 Post 16 studies Text box

2. Sir Ralph Robins Scholarship

If you wish to be considered for a Sir Ralph Robbins Scholarship you will
also need to answer the questions below
(please note if you do not answer these questions you cannot be considered
for this additional support)
Do you wish to be considered for this additional
1 Check box
support

1 Type of secondary school attended Check box

2 Free school meals Check box

12 First generation university attendance Check box

13 Local authority care Check box

14 Additional circumstances to be considered Text box

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2. Case for Support

Question Type
Experience demonstrating your suitability for the
1 Textbox (250 words)
scholarship

2 Evidence of leadership aspirations Textbox (250 words)

3 How will you make a difference Textbox (250 words)

What will you do with the opportunities the

4 Textbox (150 words)
scholarship provides
Multimedia message – outlining your case for
Upload
5 support

3. Declarations

Question Type
1 A personal reference PDF upload

Letter of confirmation from your Higher Education

2 PDF upload
Institution

Assessment of stage 1
Your application will be assessed by Royal Academy of Engineering staff to confirm
your eligibility, followed by an assessment by two assessors (usually Royal
Academy of Engineering Fellows) who will score your application. Applications will
be ranked and reviewed by a panel to determine which applicants to invite to the
Selection Event.
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Selection Event – stage 2
The Selection Event will take place on the 25th March 2019, the event will be held
at the Royal Academy of Engineering.

To be eligible for an award you must be able to attend the Selection Event in
person.

What to expect
The 70 applicants that best meet the selection criteria at the application stage will
be invited to attend the Selection Event at the Royal Academy of Engineering.

It is a day long event with various elements, including an interview of up to 30

minutes. The interview is conducted by two people, usually at least one Royal
Academy of Engineering Fellow and either another Fellow, a Sainsbury
Management Fellow or an Alumni of the Engineering Leaders Scholarship scheme.

Also, during the event participants will take part in at least one group activity and
formal lunch with the selectors and Royal Academy of Engineering staff.

Following the event the Selectors and staff of the Royal Academy of Engineering
will come together to decide which applicants will be awarded an Engineering
Leaders Scholarship.

Applicants will generally by provided with the outcome within a month of

attending the selection event.

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Information
Key dates

The submission deadline is 4pm (GMT) Monday 14th January

2019.

If you are successful in being invited to the Selection Event you will be
notified in late February or early March 2019.

Applicants must be able to attend the Selection Event in person to be

considered for an award. The Selection Event will be held in central London
on 25th March 2019.

Contact
If you have any questions about your eligibility, the programme, or problems
with your application, please contact the Programme Manager:

Jacqueline Clay +44 (0) 20 7766 0629 | els@raeng.org.uk

FAQs
For more information on eligibility and Frequently Asked Questions, please
follow the links to the website.

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About us

The Royal Academy of Engineering

As the UK’s national academy for engineering and technology, the Royal Academy of
Engineering brings together the most talented and successful engineers – our Fellows –
to advance and promote excellence in engineering for the benefit of society.

We have three strategic priorities:

• Make the UK the leading nation for engineering innovation and businesses
• Address the engineering skills and diversity challenge
• Position engineering at the heart of society

We bring together engineers, policy makers, entrepreneurs, business leaders, academics,

educators and the public in pursuit of these goals.
Engineering is a global profession addressing global challenges, so we work with
partners across the world to advance engineering’s contribution to society on an
international, as well as national scale.

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