The Rooke Award is awarded to an individual or small team (of no more than five) based in the UK that has supported the Academy's aims and work through their initiative in promoting engineering to the public.
The recipient(s) of the Rooke Award will be selected by the Royal Academy of Engineering's Awards Committee.
The Award consists of a medal and will be awarded annually. The Award will not be made if in any year the Academy so decides.
Nominations can be submitted by anyone who would like to highlight contributions to engineering excellence.
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 for each nominee, focusing on the nominee’s contribution to the Academy's aims and work through promoting engineering to the public. This should be combined into one document.
Summary
A short summary of up to 50 words, identifying how the nominee has promoted engineering to the public.
Citation
A citation of up to 500 words, identifying nominee’s contribution to the Academy's aims and work through promoting engineering to the public.
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 11 February 2025.
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]