The foundations are steered by a board made up of senior members of the Outokumpu and external specialists.

              A few of the students, supervisors, staff and board of the Outokumpu Research 
              Foundations during the students seminar in Avesta 2005.
              From left to right: Prof Staffan Hertzman, Dir Lars-Göran Jöbo, Dr Alan Smith,
              Res Manager Jan-Olof Andersson, Paul Airey, Jamie Moschini, Andrew Clifton, 
              Mark Jepson, John Hinton, Emma Ashcroft, Juho Talonen, Laura Pocock,
              Henrik Strandlund, Prof Hans Nordberg, Peter Hedström


The basis of sponsorship

The foundations have established a research programme in selected technical areas in the development, production and applications of stainless steels. These areas are discussed with research institutes or university departments having relevant expertise, projects are agreed and the full-time postgraduate studentships are then advertised.  

Studentships are normally for PhD or research Masters courses. Conditions of support are flexible, but are related to those of existing state studentships, for example the EPSRC CASE award scheme in the UK. Applications from students are received and processed normally by the university department in question and applicants must be able to meet the residence and entrance requirements of the university.  Projects are also performed at research institutes having specialist expertise within priority areas.

The research projects are carried out in cooperation, as appropriate, with the technical resources of Outokumpu companies in Finland, Sweden and the UK.  This enables students to gain familiarity with industrial technology and R&D practices. However, there is no commitment to employment on either side.

For further details of the Foundations and current studentship opportunities, contact either

Staffan Hertzman in Sweden (staffan.hertzman@outokumpu.com) or
David Dulieu in the UK (david.dulieu@outokumpu.com)