Named after HRH The Princess Royal, a lifelong advocate of engineering, the Princess Royal Silver Medal recognises outstanding and evidenced personal contribution to UK engineering, which is resulting in successful market exploitation, by an engineer with less than 22 years in full time employment or equivalent on 1 January 2025.
Consideration will be given where an equal contribution has been made by more than one person. In which case, a joint award of two medals may be justified. Co-nominations should be made on the same form. The recipient(s) of the Princess Royal Silver Medal will be selected by the Royal Academy of Engineering's Awards Committee.
The Award consists of a medal and up to four medals will be awarded annually. The medal will not be awarded if in any year the Academy so decides.
Nomination Requirements
Details of the Nominee
- Provide full details of the Nominee, including their job title, organisation, contact details and a summary of their outstanding personal contribution to UK engineering.
- CV of no more than two pages focusing on achievements relevant to the award.
Citation
A citation of up to 500 words, identifying Nominee’s individual contributions to UK engineering resulting in successful market exploitation. It should also include:
- The ways in which the Nominee is performing outstandingly for experience and seniority.
- An indication of the future potential of themselves and their innovation.
Details of the Nominee’s technical achievements
A description of no more than 250 words. This may include:
- The development of new technologies or ways of work.
- The development of new knowledge within existing systems, markets or products.
The Nominee’s commercial success
A description of no more than 250 words. This may include:
- Evidence of financial success or economic gain.
- Examples of positive impact upon enterprises.
These examples are provided for guidance and are not intended to limit the scope of what can be included.
Letters of Support
Nominators must provide letters of support from two referees. To ensure an impartial perspective, at least one referee must be from outside of the Nominee's organisation. The Nominator is ineligible to be a referee. Each reference should be:
- Evidence-based, with specific examples of the nominee's achievements and influence.
- Objective, providing an unbiased evaluation of the nominee's qualifications, work, and contributions to the area.
- Authored by an individual with relevant experience and a thorough understanding of the Nominee's work and field of expertise.
Additional guidelines
- Self-nominations are not accepted. However, if you are interested in this award but do not know of anyone to nominate you, please contact the Academy for assistance.
- Only completed nominations will be considered. Please ensure that the nomination form is complete with CVs and letters of support at the time of submission.
- Each nominator can submit up to three nominations for the Award in any year.
- Submissions must be made via the Academy’s Grant Management System no later than 4pm on Tuesday 29 October 2024.
The Academy is committed to diversity and welcomes nominators and nominees from women and other groups who are currently under-represented across engineering, as well as recognising the full breadth of engineering.
If you have any queries about your nomination, please contact [email protected]