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.

Nominations for the 2021 Medal are now closed and the medal will be awarded in 2023 with a closing date of 31 March 2023.

• 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: 31 March 2023.

• Self nomination and third party nominations are permitted.
• Submit the nomination form and any other supporting documents to:
  
  Karen Frost 
  IMechE Prizes and Awards Department 
  ASK House ;
  Northgate Avenue 
  Bury St Edmunds 
  Suffolk 
  IP32 6BB 
  United Kingdom.

Previous winners

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