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Nominations open for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) is a global £1 million engineering prize that rewards and celebrates the engineers responsible for a ground-breaking innovation in engineering that has been of global benefit to humanity.

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Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

The objective of the QEPrize is to raise the public profile of engineering and to inspire young people to become engineers. Last year’s winners all made major contributions to the development of the Internet and the Web, which revolutionised the way we communicate and enabled the creation of whole new industries. The prize is international and open to any nationality. Nominations and suggestions are welcomed from across the world.

Nominations are to be made online via the QEPrize website

Published 6 March 2014