The James Dyson Award is an international design award that celebrates, encourages and inspires the next generation of design engineers. It’s run by the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson’s charitable trust, as part of its mission to inspire young people about design engineering.

THE BRIEF
Put simply; design something that solves a problem. For full entry details and judging criteria, go to the Enter Award page.

THE PRIZE
There will be one winner of the James Dyson Award who will receive:

• £10,000 cash
• A James Dyson Award trophy
• £10,000 cash (or equipment up to the value of £10,000) to student’s design engineering department to fund design engineering education projects
• Inclusion in the James Dyson Foundation’s publicity campaign including, but not limited to, placement on the James Dyson Award website

Monetary prizes will be converted into the winner’s local currency at the current exchange rate at the time of announcing the winner. There will also be a national winner (voted for by the public) in each of the participating countries who will receive a James Dyson Award Trophy.

WHO CAN ENTER?
The James Dyson Award is open to product design, industrial design and engineering university level students (or graduates within 3 years of graduation) who have studied in the following countries:
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, and USA.

KEY DATES
Applications Open: Wednesday 1st October 2008
Applications Close: Monday 15 June 2009
Public national vote commences: Tuesday 16 June 2009
Public national vote closes: Sunday 12 July 2009
Notification of public vote winners: Monday 13 July 2009
First national shortlists announced: Monday 27 July 2009
Second shortlist announced: Monday 10 August 2009
Finalists announced: Monday 31 August 2009
Winner announced: Monday 7 September 2009

www.jamesdysonaward.org