Engineering has been ignored in the world of science and economic awards. We have the Nobel Prize, the Asahi Prize, Fields Medal, Turning Award, Kyoto Prize, IgNobel Prize, Abel Prize, ant the Fundamental Physics Prize. All of these awards and prizes cover contributions from the scientific communities.
But enter the first award for engineering - the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. The prize committee honored Marc Andreesen, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Vint Cerf, Robert Kahn, and Louis Pouzin for their contributions in the development of the modern Internet. The prize money? Current prize money is $1,500,000 - one of leaders in the prize and award category.
The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering is a new global engineering prize that will reward and celebrate an individual (or up to three individuals) responsible for a ground-breaking innovation in engineering that has been of global benefit to humanity.
The first winner of the £1million prize will be selected by a distinguished and eminent panel of judges from across the world. The prize will be presented by HM the Queen in the summer of 2013.
During the search for a winner, the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering will discover and celebrate stories of engineering success, raise the international public profile of engineering and inspire new generations of engineers to take up the challenges of the future.
Nominations are now closed. Judging for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering is now underway.
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