IUVSTA Procedures Manual
The Welch scholarship is offered to a promising scholar who wishes to contribute to the study of vacuum science techniques or their application in any field. The scholarship is awarded to encourage international cooperation by helping to make it possible for the winner to spend a year in a research lab in a country other than one in which they obtained their degree(s) by providing a substantial contribution to the expenses of the scholar.
Candidates for the scholarship should have at least a Bachelors degree; a Doctors degree is preferred. Applicants must make arrangements for the proposed research program directly with a laboratory of their choice.
The successful candidate must produce satisfactory evidence (preferably in the form of examination certificates, etc.) of reasonable fluency either in the language of the country where he/she will work during the tenure of his/her scholarship or in English.