The Engineer Collaborate to Innovate

Overview of the The Engineer Collaborate to Innovate program:

Eligibility criteria of the The Engineer Collaborate to Innovate program:

• The Engineer Collaborate to Innovate Awards are open to any group, whether from academia or industry, that is - or has been - engaged in a successful collaborative engineering project.
• The project must represent a collaboration between at least two teams from different organisations; teams may be from, for example, companies, universities or research organisations.
• In order to attract entries from an as diverse and cross-disciplinary group as possible entries will be invited from projects which address engineering challenges related to the following broad themes:
  • Automotive
  • Aerospace & Defence
  • Energy & Environment
  • Healthcare & Medical ~
  • Information, Data & Connectivity
  • Manufacturing Technology
  • STEM Initiative
  • Young Innovator
  • Wildcard
• For the Young Innovator category were primarily looking for innovative projects. Evidence of collaboration is not essential.
• Shortlisted projects will meet the following criteria:
  • They must be genuinely Innovative (i.e. represent a new technology or a new application of technology
  • They must be a true collaboration between 2 or more teams (i.e. not a collaboration between different teams from the same organisation)
  • They must have an expected or demonstrable impact in their application area
• At least one partner must have a presence in the UK.
• Companies may enter more than one category as appropriate.
• Unless stated otherwise in category criteria, the awards are judging performance from January 2024 to present; the project may be ongoing or completed within the last 15 months.
• The judging panel reserves the right to move entries from one category to another if they feel it is more appropriate. However, they cannot be expected to routinely re-categorise incorrectly entered projects. The judges' decision is final.
• Sponsors are not permitted to enter any category that they are sponsoring.