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Prizes

James Dyson Award

Status

Usually opens in March and April and May and June and July

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount

£30,000

GBP 30,000 to the international winner, GBP 5,000 to national winners, plus a GBP 5,000 sustainability award

Funder

James Dyson Foundation

private · national

Deadline: annual_call — Entries open around March and close around July, with winners announced in November

Your odds

Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort

quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Sectors: deeptech, manufacturing, health, climate
Stage: idea, pre_seed
Locally registered entity required

Current or recent (within four years) university-level design or engineering students in participating countries

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.jamesdysonaward.org/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked