The Wessex Section of the Institute of Measurement and Control is responsible for the professional activities of the Institute within the counties of Dorset and Hampshire, as well as areas covered by post codes SP and the southern part of RG. As part of the Section's educational activities, it administers an annual competitive award, details of which are given below.

1. THE AWARD Generously sponsored by Coulton Instrumentation Ltd, the Award consists of a bronze medal ( The Coulton Medal) and a cheque for £200, and is for demonstrable achievement in the field of measurement and control, usually in the form of a project report. In such cases no additional written work is required from candidates.

2. ELIGIBILITY Applicants will normally be expected to be enrolled .on courses at schools, colleges or universities in the Wessex Area. However, other forms of professional development will be considered.

3. ASSESSMENT PANEL Entries will be judged by an Assessment Panel appointed by the Wessex Section Committee.

4. APPLICATION PROCEDURE Each applicant should send a 300 - 500 word summary of his/her work via his/her supervisor to the Assessment Panel, from which a short-list of finalists will be invited to submit full copies of their reports. After the winner for the academic year has been selected, project documents will be returned to authors.

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