Applications for young professionals to travel to America to explore a work-related topic of their choice for up to three months has opened for 2018.
The Nottingham Roosevelt Memorial Travelling Scholarship gives professionals aged between 21 and 35 the chance to research in America.
Last year, two former students from Nottingham Trent University were awarded the scholarship including graduate Miles Waghorn, who went to research the relationship between ageing and technology in American society.
Miles runs TechSilver, an e-commerce company which sells technology and provides gadget advice to older people.
He also set up a music events company from The Hive and writes a weekly column in The Lady – Britain’s longest running women’s weekly.
Miles also runs a drum and bass night in Nottingham called Square One, which held the city’s first ever drum and bass rooftop party.
Speaking before he went, Miles said: “My plan is to meet with digital skills charities and Silicon Valley start-ups to gain advice on how to grow TechSilver and my new venture Square One.
“I’m the fourth person from The Hive to be selected for the scholarship, which shows how popular the US is for young businesses.”
Angelena Efstathiou studied MSc Endangered Species Recovery and Conservation at the Brackenhurst Campus and was also involved in the scholarship last year.
She went to research how to increase community and youth engagement with wildlife.
Before she went to the US, Angelena said: “My passion is nature and wildlife and the US has some of the most beautiful and diverse landscapes in the world.
“This is an amazing opportunity for me to learn more about conservation in the US and find out how to increase youth engagement with nature.”
The scholarship was set up in 1946 by Nottingham Lord Mayor Francis Carney to honour former President Roosevelt and has since seen over 150 young people from Nottinghamshire visit the country.
The deadline for the applications is Friday March 2.
