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Sainsbury Management Fellows Scholarship is sponsored by Gatsby Charitable Foundation. This scholarship equips engineers with commercial and strategic skills needed to drive innovation, lead businesses, and contribute to the UK's economic growth. While not exclusively for women, it supports engineers, which can include women in tech who are pursuing an MBA.
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Sainsbury Management Fellowship Sainsbury Management Fellowship Sainsbury Management Fellowship Applications re-open on 2 June Join our applicant webinar and Q&A Get insights on eligibility, the application process, and expert advice to help you submit a strong application.
Become a Sainsbury Management Fellow Submit an application via our grant management system The Sainsbury Management Fellowship (SMF) scheme enables engineers of high career potential to undertake a full-time MBA, at one of nineteen leading national and international business schools. SMF is funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and is an MBA scholarship scheme of the Engineers and Scientists in Business Fellowship (ESBF) .
The overall aim of SMF is to develop UK engineers as industry leaders , and to improve the economic performance of UK businesses by providing a resource of highly motivated engineers with a first-class business education, in an international environment. Since 1987, the scheme has supported more than 400 engineers.
Sainsbury Management Fellows have an excellent track record in securing leadership roles in UK industry and have made a major contribution to the UK’s economic prosperity.
Over 210 Fellows have founded or co-founded one or more businesses, with a total value of over £5bn , and the creation of over 21,000 jobs Over 300 businesses that were created by Fellows are still thriving today Over 250 Fellows have helped further develop some of the UK’s largest corporations, enhancing economic wealth Over 80 Fellows are repeat entrepreneurs , establishing multiple businesses For more information about this subject, please contact Lauren Pattle.
Successful candidates will receive: £50,000 to be used towards an eligible, full-time MBA Access to Royal Academy of Engineering opportunities and network groups The chance to engage in ESBF activities, to support future generations of engineers Applications can be submitted at anytime, even before having applied for Business School.
If you would like to register your interest in applying for a Sainsbury Management Fellowship, please contact Lauren Pattle, the Programme Manager . In your email, please let us know which Business Schools you are considering apply to, and when you are thinking about applying. To find out about where an MBA could take you, read the case studies of previous awardees .
Eligible business schools and courses Fellowships are tenable for full time MBA courses only. The scheme does not support part-time, distance learning, or executive MBA courses.
Our eligible business schools are: Sloan School of Management - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Stanford University – Graduate School of Business Wharton - University of Pennsylvania Kellogg School of Management – NorthWestern University Booth School of Business - The University of Chicago Alliance Manchester Business School Cambridge Judge Business School Saïd Business School, University of Oxford Cranfield School of Management INSEAD - France and Singapore Rotterdam School of Management - Erasmus University, Netherlands IESE Business School – University of Navarra, Spain SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy "The beauty of the SMF network is that there is always somebody who knows something about what you need to know."
Henning von Spreckelsen FREng "An important lesson I learnt at business school was to embrace people and their ideas, and to [not] be afraid of failure." Kofoworola Agbaje, SMF, Awarded 2017 "Doing an MBA gets you out of your comfort zone, and the scholarship allowed me to have one less thing to worry about and focus on my studies and future career."
Konstantinos Moustidis, SMF, Awarded 2022 "The community of SMFs was very generous with mentorship and direction. They were a great sounding board for my post MBA career path, helping me understand the different roles & sub-sectors in energy businesses that I could pursue."
Chris Holmes, SMF, Awarded 2022 "It enabled a significant career change from a technical role in industry to a broader strategic consulting role that opens up exciting future career opportunities. I feel the MBA helped me get a foot in the door for roles that previously weren’t as accessible." Enrico Tranchina, SMF, Awarded 2022 This scholarship scheme is provided by:
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Engineers of high career potential applying to eligible business schools for a full-time MBA program. Supports 19 leading institutions including Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, and Cambridge. Part-time and executive MBAs are not supported. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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Creative Arts Business Specific Grant (October) is a grant from WomensNet (Amber Grant Foundation) that funds women entrepreneurs running creative arts businesses. Each October, WomensNet awards a ,000 category-specific Amber Grant to a woman-owned creative arts business, recognizing the diversity of women-led enterprises. Monthly grant winners also become eligible for one of three ,000 year-end Amber Grants. Founded in 1998 to honor Amber Wigdahl, the program issues at least ,000 in grants monthly across several categories, including startup and business-specific grants. Eligible applicants are women entrepreneurs with a creative arts business who submit the standard Amber Grant application—one application provides eligibility for all applicable grants. No lengthy forms are required.
Since its inception in 1953, SBA has served to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small businesses. While SBA is best known for its financial support of small businesses through its many lending programs, the Agency also plays a critical role in providing funding to organizations that deliver technical assistance in the form of counseling and training to small business concerns and nascent entrepreneurs in order to promote growth, expansion, innovation, increased productivity and management improvement. The mission of SBA’s Office of Innovation & Technology, which bears responsibility for administering the FAST Program, is to strengthen the technological competitiveness of small businesses across the country through coordination of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The FAST program focuses on increasing the participation of small firms in the innovation and commercialization of high risk technologies, keeping the United States on the cutting edge of next generation research and development. The Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program provides one year funding to organizations to execute state/regional programs that increase the number of SBIR/STTR proposals (through outreach and financial support); increase the number of SBIR/STTR awards (through technical assistance and mentoring); and better prepare SBIR/STTR awardees for commercialization success (through technical assistance and mentoring). Funding Opportunity Number: FAST-2018-R-0012A. Assistance Listing: 59.058. Funding Instrument: G. Category: BC,ST. Award Amount: $50K – $125K per award.