The President's Medal is awarded to a Fellow of the Academy who has contributed significantly to the Academy's aims and work through their initiative in promoting excellence in engineering.
Who is eligible to be nominated?
The Medal is awarded to an Academy Fellow who has contributed significantly to the Academy's aims and work through initiatives in promoting excellence in engineering.
For the President’s Medal, only Academy Fellows may submit nominations, and only Academy Fellows are eligible for nomination.
The recipient of the President's Medal will be selected by the Royal Academy of Engineering's Awards Committee.
The Award consists of a medal and will normally be awarded annually. The Medal will not be awarded if in any year the Academy so decides.
Meet our 2026 winner
Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE FREng FRS FMedSci FINAE
Chair of the Committee on Climate Change’s Adaptation Committee
Baroness Brown is a celebrated engineer and Crossbench Member of the House of Lords. As Chair of the Committee on Climate Change’s Adaptation Committee and a former Chair of the Carbon Trust, she has established herself as a leading voice in the drive to combat climate change and in promoting responsible policymaking.
She also chairs the Academy’s Green Future Fellowship Steering Group – a programme that supports academics, entrepreneurs and innovators to develop and scale up their breakthrough climate solutions. She has led the design and delivery of this landmark programme, funded by a unique government endowment, that is helping to establish a new standard of sustained support for pioneering engineering innovation.
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