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Fresh funds available for aspiring UK
engineers
High achieving engineers looking to realise a new professional goal now have the ideal opportunity to do so thanks to a new fund worth more than half a million pounds from NESTA.
High achieving engineers looking to realise a new professional goal now have the ideal opportunity to do so thanks to a new fund worth more than half a million pounds from NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts), the organisation that invests in UK creativity and innovation Dream Time supports exceptional achievers who want time to experiment or follow a passion - but who intend to continue with their career and put what they have discovered to good use
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 28 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Funding is up to GBP 40,000 per fellowship and can be used on a full or part-time basis, in tandem with professional careers or temporarily away from the constraints of employment.
Dream Time is a development of NESTA's existing fellowship programme, which helps talented and creative individuals pursue their ideas and fulfil their potential.
It aims make the programme available to a wider audience through an open application system via NESTA's website.
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As with all its awards, NESTA is looking for people who demonstrate excellence, promise, creativity, innovation and commitment.
For Dream Time, NESTA is also looking for people who can demonstrate evidence of exceptional achievement.
This would include a significant body of work collated over a minimum ten-year period in their field, the ability to work in new ways and a commitment to the proposed area of exploration.
Venu Dhupa, NESTA Fellowships Director said: "Since 2002, Dream Time has given 16 exceptional individuals in science, technology and the arts the opportunity to challenge thinking in their fields through stepping aside from their professional lives, discovering new skills or being given the tools to progress their work".
"We are delighted to be able to expand Dream Time further and invite applications for the 16 fellowships available this year." Dream Time Fellowships can be for any period of time up to one year and applications are available in four categories: science, technology, art and cross-discipline.
Applications are available from 10th May 2004.
The deadline for receiving them is 1700 on 8th October 2004, and the new Dream Time Fellows will be announced by early 2005.
Since 2002 Dream Time has made 16 awards in total.
Existing Dream Time Fellows include: acoustic engineer and composer Sarah Angliss, who is using her award of GBP 40,000 to prototype new sonic exhibits, which aim to act as a beacon for exhibit creators, encouraging them to innovate with sound; and engineer and cartoonist Tim Hunkin, who received GBP 35,000 to engage people with technology by showing how creative and exciting electricity can be.
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