Applications are invited for the Royal Academy of Engineering ERA Foundation Entrepreneurs Award 2009, a national entrepreneurs' competition that is intended to encourage and reward academic staff and researchers (registered postgraduate students and post-doctoral fellows) who are at an early stage in their career. The scheme provides the winners with a personal cash prize of £10,000, a further £30,000 award to be invested in the development of their proposal with a mentor to assist, and the opportunity to access additional development capital. The competition is relevant to a wide range of disciplines that involve electro-technologies.
For further information, see the Royal Academy of Engineering website (http://www.raeng.org.uk/prizes/era/). The deadline for applications is Thursday, 30 October 2008. Please direct any queries to Sylvia Hampartumian at the Royal Academy of Engineering (tel. 020 7766 0648, email sylvia.hampartumian@raeng.org.uk).