The search is on for the UK’s most inspiring school engineering projects

Set up to both celebrate the achievements the next generation of engineers and to champion great examples of industry outreach, The Engineer’s Young Innovator prize, which is supported by Engineering UK, is open to schools, individual pupils, industry partners, and STEM organisations.

Entries may refer to either a specific stand-alone project or a longer-term collaborative relationship aimed at inspiring students about the world of engineering.

Commenting on the award The Engineer’s editor Jon Excell said: “Inspiring the next generation of engineers remains one of industry’s most pressing concerns, and engagement with school-age students is widely viewed as one of the most important and effective ways of achieving this. This prize will spotlight some of the UK’s most successful examples of this engagement in action.”

The Young Innovator trophy is part of The Engineer’s Collaborate To Innovate Awards competition, which aims to uncover and celebrate the UK’s most innovative collaborative engineering projects.

The competition will also be awarding prizes to innovative and collaborative projects across areas including automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, health, energy, data and connectivity, and defence.