James Watt International Gold Medal

This award is the premier international award of the Institution. Nominations are invited from overseas societies and eminent UK engineers are also eligible.

• History of the Award.

Eligibility

Open to Institution members of all grades as well as non-members, worldwide.

Award conditions

• Nominations are considered by the Trustee Board Awards Committee in May and recommendations for awards are forwarded to the Trustee Board for approval in June.
• Successful recipients are notified by the President at the end of June and invited with a guest of their choice to a celebration of their success in London in the Autumn.

Value of award

• Gold medal.

Application process

Closing date: 30 April 2024.

• Submit the nomination form and any other supporting documents to:
  
  Karen Frost 
  IMechE Prizes and Awards Department 
  Eagle House
  Sudbury Road
  Great Whelnetham
  Bury St Edmunds
  Suffolk
  IP30 0UN

Previous winners

• 2019 - Sir David McMurtry
• 2016 - Professor Dame Ann Dowling
• 2014 - Professor Richard Parry-Jones.