b'Member News March 2024 25Awards and scholarshipsMy IET Scholarship experience by Adebiyi Odebode Future Talent Award recipient, kindly supported by The Engineers TrustThe scholarship has acted as a springboard The IET Future Talent Scholarshipfor me in finding internships, summerAdebiyi Odebodeplacements and other beneficial has been a huge help and hasopportunities. The mentorship I receivedso my parents didnt have to take on given me the opportunity towas pivotal, offering clear guidancemore night shifts. It enabled me to attend for short, medium, and long-termtalks from engineering leaders and stay meet and convene with somegoals, along with practical tasks toupdated on the latest developments and wonderful people. I had thestay on track for the next meeting.innovations in the engineering field, whilst having access to online courses that privilege of attending the IETThrough the scholarship, I discovered themake me a more well-rounded engineer. Future Awards workshopsBright Network Festival, which introducedI was recommended How to Find Your me to people who worked at Dyson,Breakthrough and Build a Following Around and celebrations whichRolls Royce and lots of other successfulIt by Dorie Clark which has helped me allowed me to network withcompanies. I was able to gain ideas fromgain insight into networking intricacies people of a similar age to me who could onethat I never knew before the scholarship.a wide range of people andday be the next leaders of our industry. meet with my sponsors.The scholarship money helped myFuture talent Awards applicationsfamily support me in university, with itopen on Friday, 22 March 2024.alleviating the cost of university tuitionPlease visit theiet.org/future-talentWant up to 10,000 of fundingfrom the IET for your PhD?Research students around the world, this is yourthat could one day becomeAward, Krishanu has won both opportunity to get funding for your work and, moreour reality. an international and national importantly, your research recognised.travel award and these have Dr Krishanu Dey, one of our 2022helped him attend conferences The IETs Postgraduatewinners was awarded the IETin the UK and in the US.Research Awards celebrateHudswell International Research excellence and innovationScholarship. Since completingYou can see his career in engineering and help thehis PhD at the University ofprogression since winning here: winning researchers to shareCambridge, Krishanu joinedtheiet.org/postgradawardstheir knowledge throughoutthe Physics department at the University of Oxford as aThe awards are open to our the global science, engineering,Postdoctoral researcher. He hasmembers at universities and technology community.also become an IET Volunteer onaround the world whove These awards supportone of the IETs award panels.started their research innovative work conductedprogramme. Applicants must every year by PhD studentsIn the last year since winningbe a member of the IET for the Postgraduate Researchone year by the deadline. Dr Krishanu Dey, awarded the IET HudswellTake a look at our 2023 winners and if youd like to be among them, our 2024 International Research Scholarship, in 2022 applications are now open with seven awards up for grabs: theiet.org/postgradawards'