All Scholarships and awards

We recognise and reward engineering achievement wherever we can. Our awards are here to support you wherever you are in your career.

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Apprentice and EngTech awards
Conference and training awards
Industry and special interest group awards
Prestige Awards
Undergraduate and postgraduate awards
Vision Awards
Volunteering, group and project awards
Young Member Awards

Apprentice and EngTech awards	Eligible - World/UK	Award type
Advanced Apprenticeship Provider Award: Best Apprentice Award	Members -UK	certificate
Advanced Apprenticeship Provider of the Year Award	n/a - UK	certificate + plaque
Bryan Hildrew Apprentice of the Year Award	Members - UK	prize
EngTech of the Year Award	Members - UK	prize
EngTech Visionary of the Year Award	Members -World	certificate + plaque
Foundation Degree Grants	Members - UK	grant
Scholarships and Awards for Undergraduates and Apprenticeships	All - UK	prize
Whitworth Scholarship Awards	All - UK	scholarship
Whitworth Senior Scholarship Awards	All - UK	scholarship

Conference and training awards	Eligible -World/UK	Award type
Conference grants	Members - World	grant
Skills and CPD awards	Members - World	grant

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Industry and special interest group awards

Aerospace Division	Eligible - World/UK	Award type
Derek George Astridge Safety in Aerospace Award	All	shield + medal
Kenneth Harris James Prize	All	prize
Western Aerospace Centre Prize	All - UK	prize
Whittle Reactionaries Prize	All - UK	prize + medal

Automobile Division	Eligible - World/UK	Award type
Crompton Lanchester Medal	All	Bronze medal
Viscount Weir Prize	Members - UK	prize

BioMedical Engineering Division	Eligible - World/UK	Award type
Duncan Dowson Prize	All - World	prize
Healthcare Technologies Student and Early Career Awards	All - UK	prize

Construction and Building Services Division	Eligible - World/UK	Award type
Construction and Building Services Division Prize	All - UK	prize
Geoffrey Engert Award for Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning	All - UK	prize

Energy, Environment and Sustainability Group

Eligible -

World/UK

Award type

Energy, Environment and Sustainability Group Prize

All - World

prize

Fluid Machinery Group	Eligible - World/UK	Award type
Donald Julius Groen Prize	All - World	prize
Geoffrey Soar Award	Members - World	prize

Management Group	Eligible - World/UK	Award type
Donald Julius Groen Prize	All - World	prize

Manufacturing Industries Division	Eligible - UK/World	Award type
AM Strickland Prize	All - World	prize
Joseph Whitworth Award	All - World	scholarship + medal
Thatcher Brothers Prize	All - World	prize

Mechatronics, Informatics & Control Group

Eligible -

UK/World

Award type

Donald Julius Groen Prize

All - World

prize

Joseph Bramah Medal

All - World

prize + medal

Power Industries Division	Eligible - World/UK	Award type
Arthur Charles Main Prize	All - World	prize
Edwin Walker Prize	All - World	prize
Harold V Disney Prize	All - World	prize

Powertrain Systems and Fuels Group	Eligible - World/UK	Award type
Dugald Clerk Prize	All - World	prize
Herbert Akroyd Stuart Prize	All - World	prize
Powertrain Systems and Fuels Group Award	All - World	prize

Pressure Systems Group	Eligible - World/UK	Award type
Donald Julius Groen Prize	All - World	prize

Process Industries Division	Eligible - World/UK	Award type
Filtration Prize	All - World	prize
IMechE Bulk Materials Handling Award for Innovation	All - World	prize
IMechE Bulk Solids Handling Award	All - World	prize + plaque
Ludwig Mond Prize	All - World	prize
Moss Prize	All - World	prize
Most Distinguished Achievement Award	All - World	prize
Most Distinguished Developing Career Achievement Prize	All - World	prize
Paul Lidgett Memorial Prize	Members - World	prize
Renewable Strategy Engineering Prize	All - World	prize
Thomas Lowe Gray Prize	All - World	prize
Viscount Weir Prize	All - World	prize

Railway Division	Eligible - World/UK	Award type
A R Bennett/C S Lake Award	All - World	prize
J F Alcock Memorial Prize	All - World	prize
Richard Herbert Innes Prize	All - World	prize
Stanley Herbert Whitelegg Memorial Grants	Members - World	grant
T A Stewart-Dyer/F H Trevithick Prize	All - World	prize
W A Agnew/C N Goodall Award	All - World	prize

Safety & Reliability Group	Eligible - World/UK	Award type
Donald Julius Groen Prize	All - World	prize

Structural Technology and Materials Group	Eligible - World/UK	Award type
Donald Julius Groen Prize	All - World	prize

Thermofluids Group	Eligible - World/UK	Award type
Donald Julius Groen Prize	All - World	prize

Tribology Group	Eligible - World/UK	Award type
Donald Julius Groen Prize	All - World	prize
Joint BGA and IMechE Prize	All - UK	prize
Tribology Gold Medal	All - World	Gold medal
Tribology Silver Medal	All - UK	Silver medal
Tribology Bronze Medal	All - UK	Bronze medal

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Prestige Awards	Eligible - World/UK	Award type
Alastair Graham-Bryce Award	All - World	prize
Award for Risk Reduction in Mechanical Engineering	All - World	prize
James Clayton Prize	Members - World	prize
James Watt International Gold Medal	All - World	Gold medal
Thomas Hawksley Gold Medal and George Stephenson Gold Medal	Members - World	Gold medal
Verena Winifred Holmes Award	All - World	prize

Undergraduate and postgraduate awards	Eligible - World/UK	Award type
Astridge Postgraduate Research Scholarship	All - UK	scholarship
Best Project Certificate	All - World	certificate
Best Student Certificate	All - World	certificate
First Year Undergraduate Scholarship	Members - UK	scholarship
Frederic Barnes Waldron Best Student Award	Members - World	Bronze medal
James Clayton Award	Members - UK	prize
Postgraduate Masters Scholarships	Members - UK	scholarship
Project Award	Members - World	Bronze medal
Scholarships and Awards for Undergraduates and Apprenticeships	All - UK	scholarships and prizes
Undergraduate Scholarships	All - UK	scholarship

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Vision Awards

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Volunteering, group and project awards	Eligible - World/UK	Award type
Best Project Certificate	All - World	certificate
Community and Charity Grant	Members - World	grant
Group Project Award	Members - World	grant
Groups, schools and clubs	All - World	grant
James Bates Grant	Members - World	grant
Project Award	Members - World	Bronze medal
Volunteering and Personal Development Award	Members - World	grant

Young Members Awards	Eligible - World/UK	Award type
Community and Charity Grant	Members - World	grant
Developing Engineer of the Year	Members - World	certificate + plaque
IMechE Volunteer of the Year	Members - World	certificate + plaque
James Bates Grant	Members - World	grant
Young Member Visionary	Members - World	prize, plaque + certificate

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All Scholarships and awards

Apprentice and EngTech awards

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Conference and training awards

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Industry and special interest group awards

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Manufacturing Industries Division

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Powertrain Systems and Fuels Group

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Prestige Awards

Eligible - World/UK

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Undergraduate and postgraduate awards

Eligible - World/UK

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Vision Awards

Volunteering, group and project awards

Eligible - World/UK

Award type

Young Members Awards

Eligible - World/UK

Award type

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