Formula Student Award

The Formula Student and Transport Challenges Awards Committee is pleased to be able to provide financial awards to teams to compete in the competition.

The Formula Student competition provides a unique opportunity for mechanical engineering undergraduates to participate in a complex project to design and develop a small racing car that will be benchmarked against cars from other worldwide academic institutions.

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers is keen to assist in the development of engineers with both academic knowledge and its practical application; Formula Student is a proven approach supporting this objective.

Value of award

The Formula Student and Transport Challenges Awards Committee is pleased to be able to provide up to a total of 15 awards valued at £1,500 each, to teams to compete in the Formula Student 2021 competition in the following categories:

Formula Student

Class permitting CV (Internal Combustion Vehicle), EV (Electric Vehicle) and AVF (Alternative Fuel Vehicle.

Formula Student - AI

Class permitting DV (Driverless Vehicle) type entries, both ADS (Autonomous Driving System) and DDT (Dynamic Driving Task).

Concept Class

Formerly Class 2.

Award conditions

All awards are subject to submission of a suitable application and two references that will be assessed by the IMechE Formula Student and Transport Challenges Awards Committee. (Its decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into).

All awards are conditional on the team competing in the Formula Student 2021 competition.

All teams who receive an award shall submit a post event report by 1 September.  It is the Formula Student Team Leader and Faculty Advisor’s responsibility to ensure this is done; otherwise their university will be disqualified from receiving awards in the future. Submitted reports will be used in subsequent years as examples to other teams.

It is a requirement that all team members are members of IMechE in order to benefit from the awards and all membership numbers must be submitted on the application form.  Please note that Affiliate membership is free for students and the application form is available on the Membership Section at www.imeche.org.

All teams in receipt of an award under this scheme will be required to display the Formula Student logo in a prominent position on their cars and supporting display material at the event for which the award has been made.

All teams in receipt of an award will be visited by a member of the Formula Student and Transport Challenge Awards Committee.

Application process

Closing date:1 December 2020.

• FS2021 Financial Award application form
• Financial Award referee document 1
• FS2021 Financial Award referee document 2.