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The James Dyson Award is an international student design award running in 18 countries. It’s run by the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson’s charitable trust, as part of its mission to encourage the next generation of design engineers to be creative, challenge and invent.

The James Dyson Award supports students not only with monetary prizes but also by promoting and recognizing good quality entries.

The James Dyson Award will cover the cost of transporting required projects to and from desired locations and therefore insure items against loss and damage. All items will be returned to the owner once any publicity and promotional activity surrounding the James Dyson Award and future awards has finished.

At all times, the intellectual property in relation to the project will remain the entrant’s.

Eligibility

The James Dyson Award is open to product design, industrial design and engineering university level students (or graduates within 4 years of graduation) who have studied in the following countries:

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, UK and USA.

Prize

International Winner:
• £10,000 the student or student team (of up to four members)
• £10,000 for their university department
• James Dyson Award trophy and Certificate

Two International Runners-up:
• £2,000 each
• James Dyson Award Certificate

Twelve International Finalists:
• James Dyson Award Certificate

National Winners:
• £1,000 each
• James Dyson Award Certificate

Up to nine National Finalists from each country:
• James Dyson Award Certificate