Other CIWEM Awards

The CIWEM President's Award
 
The President's Award is presented annually to a CIWEM member in recognition of exceptional service to the work of the Institution. It is awarded by the President at the AGM in June. The winner receives a badge and a framed certificate and the award is reported in the November issue of the CIWEM Journal. The award is the choice of the President but each CIWEM Branch and Group may make one nomination per year.

The 2006 winner was Derek Netherton. Nominations for 2007 should be made to Lorraine Poole at CIWEM by 29 June 2007 (Email: lorraine@ciwem.org; Tel: 0207 831 3110)

The CIWEM Certificate and Diploma Awards

Prizes are awarded annually to the two candidates who achieve the overall highest marks in the CIWEM Certificate and Diploma in Environmental Management and commencing for the 2006/07 academic year to the best overseas student.

Each winner receives a framed certificate and a cheque for £500.

For further details of the Certificate and Diploma Awards, contact Tom Owen at CIWEM (Email: tom@ciwem.org; Tel: 0207 831 3110)

The Tony Drake Scholarship of the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators

The Tony Drake Scholarship commemorates the life and work of Tony Drake, a distinguished former member of CIWEM and the first Clerk to the, then, Company of Water Conservators.  It is offered to CIWEM members (in any grade) to mark the close ties between the Worshipful Company and the Institution.

The award is a travelling scholarship, which provides for the study of a subject within the objects of the Institution and normally in a place outside the country of residence of the scholar.  The value of the Scholarship on this occasion will be £3000 towards qualifying expenditure.  Details of the latter shall be included in the Application

Applicants for consideration of the Award will be required to complete a formal application and must obtain the support of their employer/educational establishment and will be required to nominate two sponsors with close professional/academic affiliations.  The scholar will be required to provide quarterly progress reports during the period of his/her studies and a Final Report on the findings of these studies.  Disbursements against the Award value will be linked to receipt of these reports and the successful applicant will additionally be required to offer a paper for presentation at an Institution event with a view to potential publication in one of the Institution’s publications if so merited.

Requests for an Application Form should be submitted prior to 30 April 2008 to (and must be returned to) the Clerk of the Worshipful Company of Water Conservators prior to 31 May 2008.

For further details, the Rules governing the Award and to obtain an Application Form please write to:

The Clerk
Worshipful Company of Water Conservators
The Lark
2 Bell lane
Worlington
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP28 8SE