Who are our prizes and medals for?
Our prizes and medals are for engineers and teams whose work is shaping a more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient world.
They offer the engineering community a chance to spotlight colleagues making exceptional contributions – those whose innovations are solving society’s greatest challenges and inspiring future generations. Explore the stories of recent winners under the individual prize pages found below.
What do our prizes and medals do?
Celebrate engineering excellence
Inspire the next generation of engineers
Demonstrate the influence of engineers on technology, sustainability and the economy
Recognise impactful contributions within and beyond engineering
How do I make a nomination?
Nominations for our prizes and medals typically open in the autumn each year and are organised into two nomination windows, opening in September and December. Full details of the nomination process for each prize are included on the individual prize pages found below.
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Individual prizes and medals
Colin Campbell Mitchell Award
For an outstanding contribution to the advancement of UK engineering by an individual or small team.
Prince Philip Medal
For an exceptional contribution to engineering through practice, management or education.
The Princess Royal Silver Medal
For an outstanding personal contribution to UK engineering resulting in market exploitation.
RAEng Young Engineer of the Year
For demonstrating excellence as an early-career engineer.
Rooke Award
For the public promotion of engineering by an individual, small team or project.
Sir Frank Whittle Medal
For outstanding and sustained achievement resulting in a profound impact on an engineering discipline.
Team awards and medals
Bhattacharyya Award
For a team collaborating across industry and academia within any discipline to achieve real-world benefits.
Colin Campbell Mitchell Award
For an outstanding contribution to the advancement of UK engineering by an individual or small team.
Major Project Award for Sustainability
For a team that has delivered a sustainable solution to a societal problem.
President’s Special Medal for Engineering in the Service of Society
To celebrate only the most unusual instances of excellence in engineering.
Celebrations and past winners
News
World-first life-saving technology wins 2025 MacRobert Award
OrganOx devices offer hope for thousands more patients requiring liver or kidney transplants.
AI innovators win Princess Royal Silver Medals for brain-inspired systems and autonomous driving
Two of the UK’s leading tech pioneers are to be presented with The Princess Royal Silver Medal, one of the Royal Academy of Engineering’s most prestigious individual awards.