METHOD OF APPLICATION FOR AN AWARD

THE WATT MEMORIAL TRUST

Applications for financial support under the terms of the Watt Memorial Trust should be prepared as explained on the sheet.   When complete, they should be sent to the Secretary, Anna Bennett WS, c/o The WS Society, The Signet Library, Parliament Square, Edinburgh, EH1 1RF (ABennett@wssociety.co.uk).

The closing dates for applications are 1st February for consideration by the Trustees in March and 1st September for consideration in early October.  Grants are normally made within the range of £400 to £750, but there may be exceptions to this.

Please answer the following numbered questions on an A4 sheet, numbering and spacing clearly your replies.  If you wish you may add any other sheets such as a curriculum vitae or project summary, if you feel that the listed questions leave some aspects of your application unclear.

1	Full name, address, former school, present age and years at school.

2	Work courses of study undertaken and institutions attended since leaving school and up to the present, with results achieved.

3	Your intended career.

4	The project or scheme of work for which you seek help from the Trust; any unusually expensive travel which may be involved.

5	Explain the relevance of your project to your wider aims and possible career.

6	Give the estimated cost or amount under these headings:

(a)	Total
(b)	Promised by parents or supporters
(c)	Promised by other trusts or institutions (please name them)
(d)	The amount you are contributing from your own resources
(e)	The cash balance you are seeking.

7	If after all your efforts you are short of funds, what will you do?

8	Please give the name, address and position of a referee, someone such as a supervisor or director of studies who has knowledge of your work and who would be prepared to support your application if he or she were approach by the Trustees.