Commissioned by HRH The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh KG KT, Senior Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, for exceptional contributions to engineering through practice, management or education.
The medal is awarded biennially to an engineer of any nationality who has made an exceptional contribution to engineering as a whole through practice, management or education.
With the support of the Worshipful Company of Engineers, the Academy will be making 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 (defined as ten years or less since graduation from their first degree in engineering or equivalent qualification on the day of the submission deadline**). The Academy aspires to recognise excellence in both academia and industry
*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 awarding the prize.
** Any career breaks will be appropriately considered by the Committee.
From these five awardees, the Academy’s Awards Committee will select an overall winner who, in addition to his / her cash award, will receive the Academy’s Sir George Macfarlane Medal.
Nominations can be submitted by any individual or organisation.
Excellence may be demonstrated in a number of ways including, but not restricted to, individuals who have:
There is no restriction on the engineering discipline of the individual.
The prizes will be awarded annually. The prizes will not be awarded if in any year the Academy so decides.
Submissions must give the following information:
o State your relationship to the nominee; include your title or position if applicable.
o Explain your reasons for supporting the nominee in the body of the letter.
o Make specific examples of how you believe the nominee has met the criteria of the award.
o Convey enthusiasm for their work.
o Be unique and written from the point of view of your association with the nominee.
o 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 CV and letters of support at the time of submission.
Each nominator can submit no more than three nominations in any one year for the award.
Submissions are now open and will close at 5pm on Friday, 5 November 2021.
The Academy is committed to diversity and welcomes nominations and nominees from women and other groups who are currently under-represented across engineering, as well as recognising the full breadth of engineering.
Please direct any queries with respect to your nomination to awards@raeng.org.uk or telephone 020 7766 0630.
The award is named after past President and Academy Fellow Sir Denis Rooke and is normally 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 MacRobert Award is the UK’s longest-running and most prestigious national prize for engineering innovation.
It honours the winning organisation with a gold medal, and the team members a cash prize of £50,000. The presentation of the Award recognises outstanding innovation, tangible societal benefit and proven commercial success.
Past winners have included the engineers behind innovations such as the Pegasus jet engine, catalytic converters, the roof of the Millennium Dome and intelligent prosthetic limbs.
Originally founded by the MacRobert Trust, the Award is now presented and run by the Royal Academy of Engineering, with support from the Worshipful Company of Engineers.
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What a way to kick off the series with the first episode featuring special guest Juergen Maier CBE; the chairman of Made Smarter who joins M&E Week Event Director, Ed Tranter for an incredible chat about how UK manufacturing responded during the pandemic to help save lives and keep the country going, and also how the sector has recovered following the impact of COVID.
Watch the first episode now and be sure to look out for others in the series in the coming months.
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