With the support of the Worshipful Company of Engineers, the Academy will make five awards of £3,000 each year to UK* engineers in full-time higher education, research or industrial employment, who have demonstrated excellence in the early stage of their career.
For this award, early career is defined as ten years or less since graduation from their first degree in engineering or equivalent qualification on the day of the submission deadline. Any career breaks will be appropriately considered by the Committee. The Academy aspires to recognise excellence in both academia and industry. There is no restriction on the engineering discipline of the nominee.
*By ‘UK’ we mean engineers who are either UK citizens or working in the UK for a period of not less than three years immediately before the year of the award.
From the five awardees, the Academy’s Awards Committee will select an overall winner who, in addition to the cash prize, will receive the Academy’s Sir George Macfarlane Medal.
Nominations can be submitted by anyone who would like to highlight contributions to engineering excellence.
Excellence may be demonstrated in a number of ways including, but not restricted to, individuals who have:
- Shown outstanding flair in promoting engineering in schools or groups or leadership of initiatives regionally
- Published work of significance that has attracted national and/or international attention evidenced by press or other citations
- Exhibited outstanding productivity in creativity evidenced by patents or designs
- Made a demonstrable and significant contribution to the commercial success of a project/company
- Demonstrated outstanding leadership of a project or team within their company.
The prize will be awarded annually. The prize will not be awarded if in any year the Academy so decides.
Nominations must include the following information:
- Details of the nominee
- Citation of not more than 500 words describing the nominee’s demonstrated excellence in engineering
- CV of no more than two pages should be attached, relevant to the award.
- Letters of support from two referees. At least one of the referees should be from outside the nominee's organisation. The nominator should not be one of the referees.
Letters of support should:
- State your relationship to the nominee; include your title or position if applicable
- Explain your reasons for supporting the nominee in the body of the letter
- Make specific examples of how you believe the nominee has met the criteria of the award
- Convey enthusiasm for their work
- Be unique and written from the point of view of your association with the nominee
- Printed on organisational letterhead, if applicable.
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.
Only completed nominations will be considered. Please ensure that the nomination form is complete with a CV 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 by no later than 5pm on Monday 5 February 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].