Charles Sharpe Beecher Prize


The Charles Beecher Prize (Serial 203) is funded from The General Trust Fund.

Trust Conditions:

A bequest of £13,614 under the Will of the late Charles Sharpe Beecher (Member) (1891-1978), Associate Member 1917, Principal Scientific Officer on Atomic Weapons. Retired 3 September 1954.

To be applied for any purpose which the Trustee Board of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers may consider appropriate.

Award Conditions:

A prize to be awarded for the best paper on an aerospace subject published by the Institution in the previous year or for a contribution or for achievement in that field.

Number of Awards:     1

Value of Awards:

£1,000 is allocated to the Aerospace Division to award to one or more of the following three prizes up to the total budget allocation:

(N.B. No prize should be less than £100).

For further information on the prize email prizesandawards@imeche.org