Royal Academy of Engineering Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2025

Deadline: October 15, 2024

The Royal Academy of Engineering Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2025 is a prestigious award that recognizes and supports African innovators who are developing scalable engineering solutions to local challenges. This prize aims to promote the welfare and economic development of countries in sub-Saharan Africa by addressing specific development needs or challenges.

Benefits 

Winners of the Royal Academy of Engineering Africa Prize will receive:

• The Africa Prize offers a unique benefits package for up to 16 shortlisted participants to help accelerate their business including: 
• Access to business and technical expertise and sector specific engineering mentoring.
• Bespoke press coverage and communications support.
• Eight month tailored training programme.
• Access to the Academy’s network of high profile engineers and business experts in the UK and Africa.
• The opportunity for finalists to present their innovation to a judging panel at the Africa Prize showcase event.
• Prize money of up to £25,000.

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Eligibility Criteria 

To be eligible, applicants must:

• Have developed, or be in the process of developing, a new technological innovation.
• Demonstrate ambition to take a leading role in creating a new business to commercialize this innovation.
• Innovations must aim to promote the welfare and economic development of a country or countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Application Process and Documents Required 

The application process includes:

• Registering an account on the Grant Management System (GMS).
• Completing the online application form.
• Providing a detailed description of the engineering innovation.
• The application must be written in English.
• The applicant must have a high level of English language proficiency in order to participate fully in the programme as this is conducted entirely in English. 
• The lead applicant must be over the age of 18 when applications close on 25 July 2023. There is no upper age limit.
• Previous shortlist members or winners are not eligible to participate in the programme again, nor is anyone who was involved in their team or innovation.
• Applicants can apply as an individual or as part of a team.
• The lead applicant must be a citizen of a country in sub-Saharan Africa*. For teams of two or more, the lead applicant (the person participating in training) must be a citizen of a country in sub-Saharan Africa*.
• The lead applicant must be ordinarily based in sub-Saharan Africa*; if based overseas, this must be temporary for studies or otherwise.
• The innovation must be based in a country in sub-Saharan Africa*.
• The lead applicant must have an engineering innovation, although they are not required to be an engineering graduate or student to apply.

Deadline for Application Applications are open until Tuesday 15 October 2024 4pm (BST).

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