How you can contribute The Stuart Warren PhD studentship
“This scholarship has made my PhD possible, otherwise I wouldn’t be sitting here today,” says Nadia Erkamp, who has been awarded the Royall studentship to investigate the causes of neurodegenerative diseases in the Knowles group.
The Stuart Warren PhD studentship would fully fund a student from sub-Saharan Africa for four years. We are seeking to raise £100,000, with the remainder covered by matching funds. If we exceed this target, we will aim to fund a studentship in perpetuity.
Dr Sven Royall, who studied Natural Sciences here in 1976 at Corpus Christi, funded this threeyear postgraduate studentship in order to create an opportunity for an outstanding young chemist to experience the same life-changing education he received. Now we are asking for your help to fund another PhD studentship.
As Dr Royall says: “Our outstanding universities have, for generations, kept the UK at the forefront of global scientific research, but we shouldn’t take these institutions for granted, which is why I am committed to support Chemistry at Cambridge.”
Because so many of you wrote in earlier this year with your reminiscences about our colleague Stuart Warren, you inspired us to find a tangible way to honour his life and achievements. The result is that we have joined with Churchill College to provide an opportunity for an outstanding student to undertake postgraduate research in chemistry.
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You can contribute to the Stuart Warren Studentship Fund via the Churchill College website or by contacting Head of Department Dr James Keeler. www.chu.cam.ac.uk/alumni/giving-college/currentappeals/stuart-warren-fund/ chemhod@hermes.cam.ac.uk
