EIBF is the registered charity that promotes business education for engineers and scientists. Each year, it awards £800,000+ in Sainsbury Management Fellows scholarships to talented and committed individuals to study for an MBA at the world’s leading business schools.
Members of EIBF (who are known as Sainsbury Management Fellows) have each received a Sainsbury Management Scholarship which enabled them to study for an MBA at a leading international business school.
Recognising the benefits of introducing young people to business at an early stage, EIBF also partners with more than 50 UK universities to sponsor enterprise competitions to reward talented engineers and scientists.
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EIBF, the charity that promotes the importance and value of business education for engineers announced today that it has added five new UK business schools to the list of 14 approved schools.
EIBF, the charity that promotes the importance and value of business education for engineers announced today that it will also promote business education for scientists, providing eight MBA scholarships of £50,000 to UK scientists each year
Widening participation in a successful scholarship scheme which has supported hundreds of engineers to become leaders in their field was the main theme of Lord Sainsbury of Turville’s keynote speech at this year’s Engineers in Business Fellowship Annual Dinner.
Business leaders who have helped to grow the UK economy, start hundreds of companies and create thousands of jobs are giving back to the scheme which supported them to get to where they are today.
For the first time, Engineers in Business Fellowship (EIBF) is an Official Partner of International Women in Engineering Day (#INWED23). International Women in Engineering Day celebrates and honours the amazing work that women engineers are doing around the world to support and uplift communities. From developing innovative solutions to longstanding problems, to advancing new technologies that make our lives better, women engineers are contributing their skills and talents in countless ways. President of EIBF, David Falzani MBE said: “As a charity that has worked for decades supporting the professional development of incredibly talented young engineers through MBA scholarships, we are delighted to be an official partner of #INWED23. Our cohort of 402 Sainsbury Management Fellows (SMFs) includes many talented female engineers who are working to improve the lives of people worldwide. “Each year we mark the achievements of our female SMFs on INWED, so we are…
Giving the keynote speech at the Engineers in Business Fellowship Annual Dinner 2023, Lord Sainsbury of Turville spoke about the need for the UK economy to continue to increase its competitive advantage by producing more innovative, high value-added products that can be sold at a premium around the world.He said: “The only way we will be able to increase our rate of growth is by increasing the innovative performance of our companies. Whilst government can help in areas such as research and development, education, and infrastructure, ultimately it is the management of our companies that will have to raise their innovation rate and produce the next generation of attractive, high value-added products.”Thirty-six years ago, Lord Sainsbury established the Sainsbury Management Fellows (SMF) scheme, an MBA scholarship that provides significant financial support to young engineers with leadership potential to acquire business skills at top international schools so that they can help companies…
15 February 2023: Today sees the launch of the first Step Challenge fundraising initiative of the Sainsbury Management Fellows Alumni. Step Challenge is aiming to raise £100,000 toward the £500,000 needed this year to fund 10 scholarships for talented young engineers to study for an MBA at one of fourteen prestigious international business schools.For 36 years Lord Sainsbury of Turville’s Gatsby Charitable Foundation, has funded the Sainsbury Management Fellows scholarships and every year 10 scholarships are awarded. This has produced 400 MBA graduates who make up the SMF Alumni, who go on to make substantial contributions in business and wider society.The SMF Step Challenge is the first drive to fund the scholarship scheme directly. In addition to pledges and single donations, the Fellows can opt for other forms of donations including regular monthly contributions of a size of their choosing.The highlight of the Step Challenge is Giving Week, which takes place between 22 and 28…
After a two-year hiatus because of the COVID pandemic, the Sainsbury Management Fellows Annual Dinner is back!On 11 May 2022, 120 guests attended a lively Annual Dinner at One Whitehall in London. The diverse mix of guests included our Patron Lord Sainsbury of Turville, and the EIBF President, David Falzani MBE, as well as many SMFs, representatives from the Royal Academy of Engineering and business leaders.EIBF was also delighted to welcome enterprise professionals from the universities supported by an Engineers in Business competition prize fund. Guests were able to network in person after such a long time, which created a tremendous buzz.Speaking about the universities’ student business ideas competitions, EIBF President David Falzani said: “During the uncertainties of the pandemic years, we aimed to keep communicating with our stakeholders and with engineering students. Several years ago, we developed the Engineers in Business Competition. This offers a prize fund to university…
After a two-year hiatus because of the COVID pandemic, the Sainsbury Management Fellows Annual Dinner is back!On 11 May 2022, 120 guests attended a lively Annual Dinner at One Whitehall in London. The diverse mix of guests included our Patron Lord Sainsbury of Turville, and the EIBF President, David Falzani MBE, as well as with many SMFs, representatives from the Royal Academy of Engineering, business leaders and enterprise professionals from the universities supported by an Engineers in Business competition prize fund. The guests were able to network in person after such a long time, which created a tremendous buzz.Speaking at the event, Lord Sainsbury said: “The Annual Dinner is an opportunity to celebrate the success of the Sainsbury Management Fellows MBA scholarship scheme. When the scheme was set up 35 years ago, the purpose was to fund a small number of talented young engineers to go abroad to get MBAs. It was hoped that the business skills they gained would help them rise…
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