James Dyson Award
Startup competition · run by James Dyson Foundation · Global
Design-engineering award for current and recent students, judged nationally and then internationally on a working prototype.
Apply on the programme's own siteJames Dyson Award terms
Read from the programme's own page on September 13, 2026, and re-read every morning. A figure nobody states is left empty rather than estimated.
- Who may apply
- be enrolled on an undergraduate/bachelor or postgraduate course of study, or undertaking a degree apprenticeship at Level 6 or Level 7, in either engineering, design or a related discipline (and have been enrolled on such course of study for at least one semester), at an institution situated in the Eligible Country (as defined below) in respect of which their Entry is submitted; or
“be enrolled on an undergraduate/bachelor or postgraduate course of study, or undertaking a degree apprenticeship at Level 6 or Level 7, in either engineering, design or a related discipline (and have been enrolled on such course of study for at least one semester), at an institution situated in the Eligible Country (as defined below) in respect of which their Entry is submitted; or” check it
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