Topics for study
Applications on our industry focussed research themes are encouraged, but you can cover other topics.
Applications
- Applications should be made by academic project supervisors on behalf of students. Each supervisor may only make one application per year
- Projects may be undertaken by a student or two students in partnership
- If you’re a student interested in a grant, please consult your supervisor
Applications will be assessed based on:
- Likelihood of scope for further research
- Extent of innovation
- Relation to a practical problem
- Feasibility
Please submit your application in English.
Conditions of the grant
By accepting the grant you agree to:
- select a suitable student to undertake the project, provide the required supervision and arrange the necessary university resources for the successful execution of the project
- deliver an A0 poster highlighting the project’s features within two months of completion of the research project
- produce an executive summary of 200 - 300 words within two months of completion of the research project (relating the project outputs to practice or further research required where possible)
- inform the IStructE technical team of any changes in circumstances that would affect the proposed project at the earliest opportunity
- allow all project details to appear on istructe.org
Grants are not transferable to other supervisors or projects.
The £800 grant will be paid in two installments: £600 will be paid at beginning of project to the supervisor for project costs including equipment, consumables and software licenses.
£200 is paid to the student on submission of all deliverables.
Poster Prize
The best poster receives a £150 prize and will be displayed at our annual Young Researchers Conference.
More information
Please contact our technical team.