Entries for the 2016 Young Member Visionary Award are open

Do you know a young member who volunteers in their spare time for the Institution or who has demonstrated outstanding commitment to the engineering profession?

This year the Young Members Board (YMB) will be awarding five individual awards for outstanding contribution in the following categories:

• IMechE Volunteer of the Year
• Volunteer Role Model of the Year
• Postgraduate of the Year
• Young Professional of the Year
• Young Member Visionary (formally Young Member of the Year)

The Young Member Visionary award will be presented to a member whose application demonstrates all-round excellence both in engineering and in volunteering. The winner of this award can also benefit from the recognition associated with being the Institution’s Young Member Visionary.

Any young member can be nominated or may self-nominate for one or several of the awards and everyone who applies in any category will automatically be considered for the Young Member Visionary Award.

Who can enter?

All entrants must be young members of the Institution. A young member is any Affiliate, Associate, or member within 10 years of professional registration.

Prizes

The overall young member of the year receives a place at the Essential Management Skills conference in April 2017. They will also receive the recognition of being the Institution’s Young Member Visionary and will be given the opportunity to engage closely with the Young Members Board over the year. They will also be offered the opportunity to join the judging panel for the awards the following year.

Young Member Visionary Award winner

If based in the UK the Young Member Visionary will also receive:

• Two tickets to the Institution's Annual Dinner and Vision Awards presentation
• Up to four outings with the President
• Two tickets to the corresponding regional annual dinner (where applicable)
• Where practical, up to two meetings with the President in 2016 and 2017 (this may be limited to virtual conferencing where practicalities dictate)

All other award winners receive a certificate and a trophy.

How to enter

To enter, applicants must complete and submit their entry form by 31 July 2016. The guidance notes provide instructions on how to fill in the form.

• Complete the entry form online
• Download the guidance notes

Email youngmembers@imeche.org to ask a question.