Promotion: the James Dyson Foundation is inviting design students and recent graduates who are "problem-solvers, not grandstanders" to enter its annual James Dyson Award.

Launched earlier this month, the James Dyson Award 2024 aims to recognise the world's most exciting young inventors who have created "ambitious designs that address a global issue".

The awards are open to students and recent graduates and the winners will be personally picked by Dyson founder James Dyson.

"The world needs more doers – problem-solvers, not grandstanders, who are ready to take on the problems of our time," said Dyson.

"Every year the James Dyson Award gives young people a platform for their medical and environmental inventions, and much more besides."

"It's their 'wrong thinking' that leads to breakthroughs, whether it's the development of a new sustainable material, or the application of clever engineering principles to help improve people’s lives. I look forward to seeing what new inventions this year's award brings!"

The judges will be looking for designs that solve a real-world problem.

Entries will initially be judged on a national level by a panel of external judges and a Dyson engineer, with a winner and two runners-up chosen for each national award. Each national winner will receive £5,000.

These national winners and runners-up will form the top 20, from which Dyson will select the International Winner and the Sustainability Winner. The winners of these two global prizes will receive up to £30,000 towards the development of their invention. A global runner-up will be awarded £5,000.

The James Dyson Award aims to recognise the world's most exciting young creators

Entrants, who must have been enrolled in an engineering- or design-related university course within the last four years, can submit their projects on the James Dyson Award website.

The entry deadline is midnight on July 17.

Running since 2005, the programme has supported 400 young inventors by awarding more than £1 million in prize money.

Last year's International prize was awarded to a non-powered, hands-free intravenous device, which was designed by students from Hongik University to be used in disaster zones, while in 2022 the top prize went to an infection-sensing wound dressing.

Other previous national winners featured on Dezeen include a scoliosis brace for teenagers that was designed to be worn "with confidence", a device to reduce blood loss from knife wounds and an ultrasound-powered male contraceptive device.

To enter the James Dyson Award visit its website here.

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