The 1851 Research Fellowship is a scheme conducted by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 to annually award a three-year research scholarship to approximately eight "young scientists or engineers of exceptional promise". The fellowship is open to all nationalities and fields of science, including physical or biological sciences, mathematics, applied science, and any branch of engineering. The fellowship can be held anywhere in the United Kingdom .
Several other Fellowships are also awarded by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, including the Research Fellowship in the Built Environment, Industrial Fellowships and the Research Fellowship in Design.
Alumni
The research fellowship known as the 1851 Exhibition Scholarship , has been awarded to numerous scientists and engineers over the years, many of whom have become leaders in their fields.
Award recipients include:[ 1]
Herbert E. Watson , Ramsey Professor in Chemical Engineering at University College London [ 2] Charles Glover Barkla , English physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1917.[ 3] Noel Benson , a research geologist and academicHomi J. Bhabha , "father" of India's nuclear programme[ 4] Sydney Brenner , British biologist/geneticist and winner of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Eric Burhop , Australian physicistKelvin Campbell, South African / English urban designer, originator of 'Massive Small Theory'
Roger Cashmore , English physicistJames Chadwick , English physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics Hans Thacher Clarke , English-born biochemist who distinguished himself as University professor and Kodak researcher in the United StatesJohn Cockcroft , English physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics John Cornforth , Australian chemist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry Paul Dirac , English physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics Austin Burton Edwards , Australian geologistAlice Laura Embleton (1876–1960), biologist , zoologist and suffragist .Charles Goodeve , Canadian chemistBrian Grieve , Australian botanistGeorge Harker , Australian scientistRita Harradence , Australian chemistPeter Higgs , British physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics Edwin Sherbon Hills , Australian geologistFred Hoyle , British astronomer noted primarily for the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis and coining the term "Big Bang"Aaron Klug , winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Yamuna Krishnan , Indian-American chemist, winner of the Infosys Prize June Lascelles , Australian microbiologistGeoff Malcolm , New Zealand physical chemist[ 5] Leslie Martin , Australian physicistHarrie Massey , Australian physicistThomas E. Nevin , Irish physicistMark Oliphant , Australian physicistCormac O'Ceallaigh , Irish physicistJ. R. Partington , British chemistJoseph Pawsey , Australian radio astronomerWilliam Penney, Baron Penney , English physicistSir Robert Howson Pickard (1896), British chemist; Vice-Chancellor of the University of London Kathleen Prendergast , Australian paleontologistDarshan Ranganathan , Indian chemistRobert Robinson , English chemist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Alistair Rowe, Australian Physicist
Ernest Rutherford , New Zealand physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry [ 6] Bernice Weldon Sargent , Canadian physicistWinifred Smith , English botanistAlexander Todd , Nobel Prize for Chemistry Victor Trikojus , Australian biochemistErnest Walton , Nobel Prize for Physics
References
^ Valerie Phillips, Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851: Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 : record of award holders in science, engineering and the arts, 1891–2000 , London: Royal Commission for the Exhibition 1851, 2001, ISBN 978-0-95-395350-9
^ Aston, F. W.; Watson, H. E. (1912). "On the Relation between Current, Voltage, Pressure, and the Length of the Dark Space in Different Gases " . Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character . 86 (585): 168– 180. Bibcode :1912RSPSA..86..168A . doi :10.1098/rspa.1912.0011 JSTOR 93239 . S2CID 94925348 . ^ Forman, Paul (1990). Dictionary of Scientific Biography Charles Scribner's Sons . p. 456.^ "1851 Exhibition Studentships and Scholarships" . Nature 140 (3532): 60– 61. 10 July 1937. Bibcode :1937Natur.140T..60. . doi :10.1038/140060d0 ^ "NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Ma" . Shadows of Time . Retrieved 15 August 2019 .^ "Papers Past | Newspapers | Ashburton Guardian | 13 July 1895 | European and Other Foreign Items" . paperspast.natlib.govt.nz . Retrieved 8 August 2023 .
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