Lord Rootes Memorial Fund
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The Lord Rootes Memorial Fund was endowed in memory of the late Baron Rootes
to benefit students at the University of Warwick
. Students must first submit a proposal for a research project showing both imagination and innovation. Successful proposal writers are then invited to a panel interview with the academics which compose the Lord Rootes Memorial Fund Committee. This committee then advises the trustees on which projects to fund. Awards range between £100 and £5000. Following completion of their project, students are expected to produce a report of publishable standard to justify the sponsorship they have received. This is then made available to the public through the Modern Records Centre
at the University of Warwick in Coventry
. The final 25% of the research grant is only released on receipt of a satisfactory report.
In 2005 the following projects were funded by the Lord Rootes Memorial Fund:
William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes
William Edward Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes GBE was a noted Coventry motor manufacturer and the innovative Chairman of the Promotion Committee which founded the University of Warwick.-Early life:...
to benefit students at the University of Warwick
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
. Students must first submit a proposal for a research project showing both imagination and innovation. Successful proposal writers are then invited to a panel interview with the academics which compose the Lord Rootes Memorial Fund Committee. This committee then advises the trustees on which projects to fund. Awards range between £100 and £5000. Following completion of their project, students are expected to produce a report of publishable standard to justify the sponsorship they have received. This is then made available to the public through the Modern Records Centre
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
The Modern Records Centre is the specialist archive service of the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, located adjacent to the Central Campus Library. It holds the largest archive collection on UK industrial relations...
at the University of Warwick in Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
. The final 25% of the research grant is only released on receipt of a satisfactory report.
In 2005 the following projects were funded by the Lord Rootes Memorial Fund:
- US National Parks of the Pacific West: A Guide for Travellers with Mobility Difficulties by David Baker
- Dialogue or Dichotomy: A Photographic Investigation of Poland’s New Cultural Climate by Bethany Bennett, Kathryn Johnson & Victoria Jarrett
- Evaluating the Impact of Grass-Roots NGOs in India by Brendan Donegan
- A Study of the Styles and Forms of Aboriginal Art to Gain an Insight into their Meanings by Christopher Garner
- The Fix” by Stephanie Hay, Russell Hope, Daniel Sarginson, Richard Hogg & Samantha Costigan
- Land’s End to John O’Groats: A Cyclist’s-eye view of Britain by John Huddlestone
- The Impact of Economic Factors and Reference Levels on Happiness in Venezuela by Alice Kugler & Sina Grasmann
- Culinary Crossings: The Cuisine of Yucatán by Claudia Lozada-Can, Michael Niblett, Kerstin Oloff & Ulrich Sauder
- Come Away: A Film by Beatriz Martinez-Gatell & Martin Arumemi-Ikhide
- Eurojam 2005 Sub-Camp Programme 2005 by Andy Melia
- Primum Non Nocere – The Limitations of Medical Intervention in Sexual Health by David Metcalfe
- The Culture of Marianismo, Young Women and Ecuador Today by Tina Sidemark & Katherine Brown
- A Celebration of Italy’s National Parks by Heather Scutchings & Christopher Brockelsby
- Glycemic Index Foods and Their Effect on Public Health and Obesity by Kate Williams