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Find out if you are eligible for one of the annual scholarships or fellowships worth up to £6,000.
On this page you will find the following information:
- Travelling fellowships and scholarships
- Application details
- Who is Sir Edwin Chadwick
- Chadwick Trust Management Committee
- Current membership of the Chadwick Trust Management Committee
- Other awards made by the trust
Travelling fellowships and scholarships
Scholarships
Awarded annually to undergraduate students registered at UCL at the time the Scholarship is utilised.
Fellowships
Awarded annually to any postgraduate student at UCL or the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine registered at the time the Fellowship is utilised.
Funding available
Student proposals and requests for funding from the Trust should not exceed the maximum thresholds of:
- £6,000 for MPhil/PhD students
- £3,000 for Master's students
- £1,500 for undergraduate students.
Due to the limited nature of the funds available, the final amount awarded to successful project proposals is at the discretion of the Trustees and may be less than that initially requested.
Regrettably, the Trustees are able to fund only a relatively small proportion of applications. The Trust typically awards 2-3 Fellowships and 1-2 Scholarships each year.
Information for applicants
All applications and project proposals should demonstrate their relevance to the aims and objectives of the Trust.
Students should also demonstrate the contribution of the research to their programme of study.
The Trust is unable to consider retrospective applications.
Guidance notes for further details:
Examples of projects funded by the Trust:
Forms
For initial enquiries please email secretariat@ucl.ac.uk.
Information on Sir Edwin Chadwick
Born in January 1800, Sir Edwin Chadwick was a leading 19th century English social reformer. For many years an assistant to Jeremy Bentham, Chadwick applied Bentham's utilitarianism to the reform of the Poor Law (1834) and to the development of public health measures, particularly in his Report on the Sanitary Conditions of the Labouring Population (1842). He was largely responsible for the passage of the Public Health Act of 1848, which established a board of health. Following his death in July 1890, his work was carried on through the Chadwick Trust, provision for which had been made in his will.
Further information on the life and achievements of Public Health Pioneer and UCL Benefactor, Sir Edwin Chadwick, can be found by visiting the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering web pages.
Chadwick Trust Management Committee
In accordance with the Scheme for the Charity and on behalf of UCL as trustee, the Chadwick Trust Management Committee is charged:
- To promote the objects to which the funds of the Chadwick Trust and its income are to be applied as laid down in the Trust Deed and to determine policy for the fulfilment of those objects;
- To manage and administer the property of the Chadwick Trust;
- To make such regulations as may be necessary for the management of the Charity and for the conduct of its business.
The Trust awards travelling funds annually to students of UCL or the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to enable them to visit, investigate and report on a current public health problem. The Trust also awards certificates and prizes to students at the above institutions who have shown exceptional merit in subjects within the Trust scheme. Once in every five years the Trust may also make an award to an officer of the Navy, Army or Air Force Medical Services who has especially assisted in the promotion of the health of the armed forces.
Current membership of the Chadwick Trust Management Committee
- Sarah Price, Executive Lead - Population Health & Commissioning, Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership (Chair)
- Dr Luiza Campos, Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and & Geomatic Engineering, UCL
- Dr Brian McCloskey, Senior Consulting Fellow, Global Health Programme, Chatham House
- Professor Pam Sonnenberg, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Institute for Global Health, UCL
- Professor Nick Tyler, Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil, Environmental and & Geomatic Engineering, UCL
Other awards made by the Trust
Chadwick Certificate and Prize
Awarded annually to the best performing graduating student of a BEng or MEng programme in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering with a minor in Environmental Engineering.
Chadwick Military Prize and Medal
Awarded every five years to an Officer of the Armed Forces who has, in the preceding five years, especially assisted in promoting the health of personnel in the Navy, Army or Air Force.
Chadwick Certificate and Prize for Preventive Medicine
Awarded annually to the most proficient student in the final MBBS examinations in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL.
Chadwick and Allen Daley Prize
Awarded annually for outstanding merit in the MSc degree in Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
