Scholarship details
The QEPrize is looking for nominations from the general public that honour a wide range of engineering advances across all areas of the profession. Additionally, the QEPrize is looking for a diverse pool of nominators from all parts of the world. The £500,000 prize is the most prestigious engineering distinction that can be won anywhere in the globe. It is given to up to 10 engineers who are responsible for a daring, ground-breaking engineering breakthrough that is of benefit to humanity on a worldwide scale.
This year is significant since it commemorates the 10th anniversary of the first QEPrize being given out. Twenty of the world’s most accomplished engineers, whose work has improved the quality of life for billions of people, have been recognised here during the previous decade. As we get closer to this significant year, we are looking for a wide variety of nominees that genuinely exemplify brilliance in engineering. If you know of someone that fits this description, please send them our way. Because the QEPrize is a global prize, nominations can come from any country in the world. The only restrictions are that nominations cannot be made by the nominee themselves, nor can they be made posthumously.
About the Scholarship Provider:
The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) recognises engineering achievements that are both daring and ground-breaking and that have a positive impact on humankind as a whole. The annual £500,000 prize is the most prestigious award for engineers and engineering in the world. It recognises those who have achieved exceptional levels of engineering and honours those who have been visionaries in the field. In addition to inspiring young people to consider engineering as a potential field of work, it inspires engineers to continue expanding the boundaries of what is considered possible. The broad, multifaceted, and ever-evolving profession of engineering helps contribute to the invention of solutions to global difficulties and improves the lives of billions of people all over the world. Engineers have made it possible for people in different parts of the world to collaborate on projects, investigate everything from the tiniest cells to the farthest stars, and find our way around the world.
Previous recipients of the QEPrize include the following: Robert Kahn, Vinton Cerf, Louis Pouzin, Marc Andreessen, and Sir Tim Berners-Lee for the Internet and the World Wide Web in 2013; Dr. Robert Langer for controlled release large molecule drug delivery in 2015; Eric Fossum, George Smith, Nobukazu Teranishi, and Michael Tompsett for digital imaging sensors in 2017; and Dr. Bradford Parkinson, Professor James Spilker, Jr., Hugo Fr
The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation is in charge of managing the QEPrize, and it is made possible thanks to the generous contributions of the following businesses: BAE Systems plc, BP plc, GlaxoSmithKline, Hitachi, Ltd., Jaguar Land Rover, National Grid plc, Nissan Motor Corporation, Shell UK Ltd, Siemens UK, Sony, Tata Steel Europe, Tata Consultancy Services, and Toshiba.
SeNSS is one of only 14 Doctoral Training Partnerships in the United Kingdom that is sponsored by the ESRC, and they will be offering a handful of fully-funded ESRC doctoral studentships beginning in September 2023. SeNSS is one of the only 14 Doctoral Training Partnerships in the United Kingdom that is sponsored by the ESRC.
Scholarship Sponsor(s): Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize)
Scholarship Country: United Kingdom
Scholarship Worth: £500,000
Study Level: Undergraduate
Nationality: International Students
Scholarship Offer:
- Up to 10 engineers who were responsible for a daring, ground-breaking engineering breakthrough that was of worldwide benefit to humanity are each eligible to receive a £500,000 prize.
The Gustafsson & Skrondal Visiting Scholarship is administered by the University of Oslo’s Centre for Educational Measurement (CEMO). As part of the visiting scholar program, CEMO and the University of Oslo host a number of young researchers from Norway and elsewhere each year.
Eligibility for Scholarship.
- Because the QEPrize is a global prize, nominations can come from any country in the world.
- Both self-nomination and nomination after the nominee’s death are not permitted.
- The following standards will be utilized by the panel of judges in order to determine who will be awarded the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering:
- Is the innovation going to have an international impact?
- Are you able to name up to ten engineers who were responsible?
- Do you possess sufficient knowledge to be able to write a case for nomination?
- Are you able to come up with at least two individuals who are conversant enough with the new development to serve as referees?
- The call for nominations for the 2024 QEPrize is currently open and will remain open until the 14th of July, 2023. The date of August 11, 2023, serves as the cutoff point for referees to submit supporting remarks.
Nationality
The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering 2024 Nominations Award, UK is open to all International Students
If a student enrolls in one of the degree programs offered by SOAS University of London, they may be eligible to receive a fee waiver award in the amount of £5,000. This award is available to students who are interested in receiving a degree from SOAS University of London.
Application Procedure
- Are you interested, and do you qualify? To submit an application for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize), visit qeprize.org.
Application Deadline
The application deadline for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering 2024 Nominations Award, UK is July 14, 2023.
