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Scholarships and Awards

Scholarships and Awards

Every year the Worshipful Company of Constructors, in conjunction with the CIOB, the BRE Trust and
the College of Estate Management offers scholarships and awards to suitable applicants including
substantial research and travel awards to young persons.
As a champion of the built environment, the Company offers a range of scholarships to support
students, graduates, academics and practitioners and to promote and reward the construction
leaders of the future. The scholarships, awards and prizes on offer include awards for research,
travel, course fees and projects covering the whole built environment.
Our current scholarships are:

Sir Ian Dixon Scholarship Constructors Prize
Sir Ian Dixon was the President of the CIOB from In association with The University of
1989 – 1990 and the head of Willmott Dixon. Westminster, this prize is awarded to a First
He sadly died before he could become Master. Class Honours Degree graduate of that year
Established in 1998 in conjunction with the CIOB,
the scholarship supports research in the general
field of construction management and offers an Our current awards are:
annual scholarship award of £3,000.
The Royal Charter Award for Excellence in
The Faculty of Architecture and Surveying Construction
Scholarship
The Royal Charter Award is part of the
In conjunction with the Faculty of Architecture Constructors’ Charter Legacy Project which is
and Surveying at the CIOB, this scholarship given in honour and recognition of excellence in
supports research in the field of architecture and construction. Recipients of the award are
surveying and offers an annual scholarship nominated by members of the Company.
award of £3,000.
Royal Charter International Research Award
Sustainability Scholarship
In collaboration with the BRE Trust, this award
This scholarship in conjunction with the CIOB and seeks exceptional young individuals from the
the College of Estate Management supports construction sector to undertake an innovative,
research in sustainability and offers an annual topical study relating to construction, planning,
scholarship award of £3,000. design systems and processes or a market
study in a country of their choice. The winning
Our current prizes are:
applicant receives £7,000 towards the cost of
David Tong Cup their study and the publication of their work
through the BRE Trust publishing company; IHS
In association with London South Bank BRE Press.
University awarded to a First Class Honours
Degree in Construction Management graduate
of that year.

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