James Dyson Award for Design Engineering Students

The James Dyson Award is an international design award that celebrates, encourages and inspires the next generation of design engineers. The Award is open to current and recent design engineering students. It’s run by the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson’s charitable trust, as part of its mission to get young people excited about design engineering.

Entrants must be, or have been within the last four years, enrolled for at least one semester in an undergraduate or graduate engineering or design program at a university in a country chosen to participate in the James Dyson Award. In the case of team entries, at least one team member must meet the above criteria and register as the team leader. All other members of the team must be, or have been within the last four years, enrolled for at least one semester in an undergraduate or graduate program at a university in a country chosen to participate in the James Dyson Award.

All entrants are required to provide documentation of their student or alumni status. Acceptable documentation includes: transcript, dated schedule of classes, grade report, signed and dated letter from a professor or dean, or a degree certificate. You will be required to provide this documentation during the registration process and can upload a PDF, JPEG or MS Word document.

Prizes include:

International Winner:
$45,000 to the student or student team
$7,500 to the student(s)’ university department
James Dyson Award certificate

International Runners-Up (up to two):
$7,500 to the student or student team
James Dyson Award certificate

National Winner (one from each region):
$3,500 to the student or student team
James Dyson Award certificate

National Finalists (up to four from each region):
James Dyson Award certificate

Click the photo above to take you to the official contest website.

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