Three new scholarships will be available for students starting PhD studies in 2023, thanks to the generosity of Mrs Amelia Kentfield.

Mrs Kentfield left Imperial College a gift in her will in honour of her late husband Professor John Kentfield. Professor Kentfield studied at Imperial, completing a PhD in mechanical engineering in 1960 before moving to Canada for the majority of his career.

Amelia and John Kentfield Scholarships specifically aim to support projects which align with the following areas: Transition to Zero Pollution (TZP), I-X (leading advances in AI and its applications) and space-related research areas. They are available to women, those belonging to an underrepresented ethnicity at Imperial and those with a disability.

The scholarships reflect projects related to Dr Kentfield’s time at Imperial. After studying at the College, he was an inventor responsible for several patents, and a consultant to corporations in Canada and the United States.

Imperial’s Professor Julie McCann, Vice-Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Engineering, commented:

‘It’s an honour to host the Amelia and John Kentfield scholarships in the Faculty of Engineering. Great ideas thrive on adventure and serendipity and we do not get these without a diversity of researchers. We aligned the topic areas with those that John Kentfield impacted, and we hope we have honoured Amelia's community spiritedness though specifically targeting widening participation.’

The scholarships provide the following support:

• Full funding for tuition fees (at Home or Overseas rate)
• A stipend of £22,900 per annum to assist with living costs
• A consumables fund of £2,000 per annum for the first 3 years of study

The deadline for scholarship applications is Friday 3 March 2023.

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