Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering 2024 Nominations Award, UK

The QEPrize seeks nominations from the public that celebrate a wide variety of engineering innovations across all sectors of the profession, and a breadth of nominators from all corners of the globe.

The £500,000 prize is the world’s most prestigious engineering accolade, awarded to up to ten engineers responsible for a bold, groundbreaking engineering innovation of global benefit to humanity.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the awarding of the first QEPrize. Over the past decade, we have honoured 20 eminent engineers whose innovations have affected billions of lives. As we approach this milestone year, we are seeking a diverse range of nominations that truly epitomise excellence in engineering.

The QEPrize is an international award and accepts nominations from anywhere in the world. The only limitations are that self-nomination and posthumous nomination are not allowed.

• Table of Content
• About Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize)
• QEPrize Nominations Award
• Aim and Benefits of QEPrize Nominations Award
• Requirements for QEPrize Nominations Award Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for QEPrize Nominations Award
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize)

Diverse, multifaceted, and continually evolving, engineering creates the solutions to global challenges and improves billions of lives. Engineers have enabled us to work together across the planet, explore the smallest cells and the most distant stars, and navigate our way through the world. Awarded every two years, the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) champions bold, groundbreaking engineering innovation which is of global benefit to humanity. The £1 million prize celebrates engineering’s visionaries, inspiring young minds to consider engineering as a career choice and... continue reading

QEPrize Nominations Award

Aim and Benefits of QEPrize Nominations Award

• A £500,000 prize is awarded to up to ten engineers responsible for a bold, groundbreaking engineering innovation of global benefit to humanity.

Requirements for QEPrize Nominations Award Qualification

• The QEPrize is an international award and accepts nominations from anywhere in the world.
• Self-nomination and posthumous nomination are not allowed.

Interview date, Process and Venue for QEPrize Nominations Award

The judges will use these criteria to select the winner, or winners, of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering:

• Does the innovation have global impact?
• Can you identify up to 10 engineers responsible?
• Do you have enough information to write a case for nomination?
• Are you able to identify at least 2 people who are familiar enough with the innovation to act as referees?

Nomination

Nominations for the 2024 QEPrize are now open and will close on 14 July 2023. The deadline for referees to submit supporting statements is 11 August 2023.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

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For more details, visit: QEPrize website.