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The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering 2026 is now accepting nominations. The QEPrize welcomes public nominations that honor engineering improvement from all sectors of the profession and a diverse range of nominators worldwide.
Opportunity Details
The world’s most prestigious engineering honor is the prize for up to ten engineers for daring, game-changing engineering advancements that benefit humanity worldwide. The QEPrize welcomes public nominations that honor engineering improvement from all sectors of the profession and a diverse range of nominators worldwide.
Since 2013, they have honoured 33 eminent engineers whose innovations have affected billions of lives. Again, this year, we are seeking a diverse range of nominations that truly epitomise excellence in engineering.
The £500,000 prize is the world’s top engineering honor, given to 10 engineers for a bold innovation benefiting humanity globally.
The judges will use these criteria to select the winner, or winners, of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering:
The rules and conditions of the prize state that each nomination must be accompanied by three references from ‘suitable referees, who are distinguished people not employed in the same organization as the nominee, who are not the nominee’s collaborators and who are not part of the nominee’s immediate family’. What is a distinguished person?
A ‘distinguished person’ is someone who is a recognised expert in the relevant field with a profile in the academic or corporate world, as demonstrated by their publication record and/or international recognition. They must be very familiar with the technical detail and significance of the work of the nominee and able to speak with authority about the nature and impact of the innovation.
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