"I've met lots of amazing people at 1851 events [and] ...the generous funding from the Commission has also allowed me to visit several international conferences and continue to grow my scientific network. I've taken a great deal of inspiration from the objectives of the Commission - the Fellowship has driven me to think harder about the industrial applications of my research”

Adam Hornsby
University College London and dunnhumby

"I never thought of doing a PhD before, but the Industrial Fellowship opportunity with the 1851 Royal Commission really sparked my interest...I highly recommend the Industrial Fellowship to anyone looking for a PhD opportunity, as you get both the research madness of the University and the engineering mindset you need in industry”

Marta Ferran
Cranfield University and Sensor Coating Systems

"Pursuing an Industrial Fellowship allowed us to create a PhD project that was interesting to our employee and aligned to the company's ambitions. It gave us access to leading researchers in materials science which opened up new techniques and possibilities and was crucial in guiding us through a new area of exploration. The funding allowed us to balance ensuring R&D was low cost and industry leading. Without the Industrial Fellowship, the project would have been a much more limited scope. It allowed us to turn what would have been a 6-month research project into a 3-year PhD”

Pierre Martin-Tanchereau
Performance Coatings Polymer Research Group, Akzo-Nobel

Case Studies