Senior Aneesha Manocha receives Kanders Churchill Scholarship for science policy

Aneesha Manocha, a senior studying electrical and computer engineering who plans to pursue a Ph.D. to model macro-energy systems, has been selected as one of this year’s two Kanders Churchill Scholars.

As a Kanders Churchill Scholar, Manocha will spend a year studying at the University of Cambridge while living at Churchill College, which comprises students mainly in STEM fields. She will be pursuing a master’s in public policy and said she looks forward to learning how to communicate energy systems research effectively to policymakers, stakeholders and community members.

The Kanders Churchill Scholarship was created in 2017 to complement the Churchill Scholarship program and address the growing divide between science and science policy. The scholars are selected by the Churchill Foundation from a pool of applicants who first apply and are admitted to the master’s in public policy at the University of Cambridge. The two Kanders Churchill Scholars will join this year’s 16 Churchill Scholars there. The Churchill Scholarships, first awarded in 1963, were set up at the request of Sir Winston Churchill as part of his vision for a scientific exchange between the United States and the United Kingdom.

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