Professional and industry grants

Continuing professional development is actively promoted and encouraged for engineers. The Institution offers financial support to individual members who wish to undertake professional development programmes to enhance skills or to obtain some special engineering experience.

Travel and conference grants

Overseas conference grant

Grants for members who have been invited to contribute to a conference overseas.

Special experience award

Financial support for members to gain special engineering experience through company visit programmes, seminars and lectures.

Skills development

Return to study award

The Institution provides funds to assist members who are returning to study to improve career development opportunities.

Foreign language study award

Grants for members, both working engineers and students, to undertake foreign language programmes.

Communication skills award

Grants to assist members, both working engineers and students, to enhance their presentation skills.

Volunteering and professional development

Environmental issues award

Grants for educational programmes dealing with environmental issues or to support environmental project work.

Developing world volunteering award

Grants for students wishing to undertake overseas voluntary or project work to assist the developing world.