Nominations invited for the MacRobert Award for engineering innovation
Nominations are being invited for the Royal Academy of Engineering’s MacRobert Award, the UK's longest-running and most prestigious national prize for engineering innovation.
The MacRobert Award recognises outstanding engineering innovation, with a focus on projects that combine technical brilliance with commercial success and societal impact.
Named in honour of geologist, Lady Rachel MacRobert, the Award was founded by the MacRobert Trust, with support from the Worshipful Company of Engineers. In addition to receiving a gold medal and a £50,000 cash prize, the winner will also achieve national acclaim and an invitation to a weekend retreat at Douneside House on the MacRobert estate in Aberdeenshire.
Google DeepMind won the award in 2024 for its pioneering AI weather forecasting technology GraphCast and other 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.
