Now in its 38th year, the MacRobert Award is Britain’s pre-eminent award for innovation in engineering. Open to individuals or teams of up to five people from any size of company who have exploited a major engineering breakthrough
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the MacRobert Award honours the winning company with a gold medal and up to five team members with a tax-free prize of £50,000 between them. HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, Senior Fellow of the Academy, takes a close interest in the MacRobert Award and has presented it almost every year since it was created.

Apply. Previous awards granted for: the roof structure of the Millennium Dome (1999), Light-emitting polymers (2002), development and commercialisation of a unique non-invasive retinal imager (2006).