Engineering X Engineering Skills where they are Most Needed programme gives £1.27 million worth of grants to projects across 10 countries to projects that will help develop domestic engineering capability and ensure that critical infrastructure can be built, operated and maintained safely.
Following the successful implementation of the 2019/21 grant scheme, Engineering X Engineering Skills where they are Most Needed (ESMN), under the 2021/23 grant scheme, awarded £1.27 million grants to develop domestic engineering capability to build, operate and maintain critical engineering infrastructures safely and/or develop engineering capacity and skills needed most.
Engineering X ESMN – has awarded grant funding between £50,000 and £80,000 to each 19 projects in 10 different countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America to support the delivery of skills and education programmes. The projects will help develop domestic engineering capability and ensure that critical infrastructure can be built, operated, and maintained safely without an over-reliance on multinational organisations and temporary, expatriate labour. These projects provide an opportunity for recently graduated engineers to enhance the skills and employability of early-career engineers and new graduates.
Some of the projects aim to support policy and partnerships which develop necessary skills to tackle existing or emerging engineering skills and safety challenges, enhancing the quality of challenge-oriented educations in engineering institutions, and upskilling the capacity of the engineering and technician workforce, new engineering graduates, in order to enhance capability to leverage emerging technologies which will improve engineering safety practices that will lead to safer engineering infrastructures.
Below is a list of projects funded by the Royal Academy of Engineering and Lloyd's Register Foundation.
More information about the projects is coming soon.
Country |
Organisation |
Project title |
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Jordan/UK |
Applied Science University |
Enhancing capabilities of Engineering Safety practices by using emerging Technology in Sanitation infrastructure: prototype of mobile latrine in poverty pockets in Jordan (E-ESTS) |
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Kenya |
Moi University |
Strengthening Safety Skills Capacity in the Kenyan Engineering Construction Sector for Sustainability in Socio-economic Development |
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Nigeria |
Clintonel Innovation Centre |
Engineering for Industry (E4I) |
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Malaysia and Philippine |
Monash University Malaysia |
Virtual Reality: Enhancing Engineering Students' Learning in Process Safety |
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Nigeria |
University of Nigeria Nsukka |
Engineering Program for Safety and Industry (EPSI) |
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Malaysia |
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia |
Boosting Engineering Safety and Reliability for IR 4.0: Integrated Approach of Soft and Hard Skills |
|
Mexico |
HUBIQ Energía e Innovación Tecnológica AC |
Open Innovation Platform to Develop Technological Capabilities for a Sustainable micro-electro-mobility in Queretaro |
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Nigeria |
Nenis Engineering Limited |
Safe Automotive Work |
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India/Philippines |
Vellore Institute of Technology |
Skill Enhancement in Additive Manufacturing and Challenges Involved in Occupational Health and Safety: Transport, Energy and Health Care Applications |
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) - Uganda |
RedR UK |
Humanitarian Skills for Engineers – East Africa |
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India/UK |
Vellore Institute of Technology Chennai |
Capability Building and Collaborative Research on Developing an Electric Compact Tractor for Sustainable Family Farming |
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Uganda |
Makerere University |
Advancement of Occupational Safety, Health and Environment (OSHE) Knowledge and Skills in Uganda’s Higher Educational Institutions and Industrial Sectors |
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Nepal/US |
Impact Hub Kathmandu |
Title: Building safe Engineering designs and practices for Nepal |
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Tanzania, the United Republic of |
University of Dar es Salaam |
Strengthening Safety Consideration in Software Engineering Practices in Tanzania |
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Malaysia/Jordan |
Universiti Sains Malaysia |
Elevating the safety of rainwater harvesting systems for non-potable uses through interdisciplinary training |
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Uganda |
Smart Havens Africa |
Enhancing the participation of women in Uganda's construction sector |
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Zimbabwe/UK |
Midlands State University |
Safe, rapid drone-supported digital geological mapping in Zimbabwe |
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Uganda |
Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers |
Enhancing Engineering Safety in Uganda’s Manufacturing Sector (EESUM) |
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Nigeria |
Onyia Construction |
Sustainable Engineering Education through innovation and Industry based Skills Development and Practice |