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News Release from: Royal Academy of Engineering
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Team on 05 December 2005
MacRobert Award is up for grabs
The Royal Academy of Engineering is looking for contenders for the MacRobert Award 2006.
Could your engineering innovation change the world? The Royal Academy of Engineering is looking for contenders for the MacRobert Award 2006, worth GBP 50,000 tax-free to the winner, plus the solid gold MacRobert Award Medal
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 1 Jun 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The closing date for entries is 31st January 2006.
Now in its 37th year, the MacRobert Award is Britain's pre-eminent award for innovation in engineering.
Open to individuals or teams of up to five people from any sise of company who have exploited a major engineering breakthrough, the winner will be announced at the academy's awards dinner in London in June 2006.
Entries are welcomed from any field of engineering and technology as long as they are innovative, commercially successful and benefit society.
A team of engineers from CSR, the Cambridge-based wireless silicon company, won the 2005 MacRobert Award for their single chip BlueCore family, the revolutionary devices which have fuelled the inexorable rise of Bluetooth wireless products, from mobile phones to medical devices.
"I'm delighted that CSR won the 2005 MacRobert Award", says Academy President Lord Broers.
"They had a brilliant idea, gathered the best engineers to develop it - including nearly 300 people at their research headquarters in Cambridge - and have become a global success story by exploiting a totally new market opportunity".
"This is what the MacRobert Award is all about - seeking, seizing and securing commercial opportunities through outstanding engineering innovation".
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