The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) has opened nominations for the 2026 MacRobert Award. The award recognises outstanding engineering innovation, tangible societal benefit and proven commercial success. The winning team will receive both a gold medal and a cash prize of £50,000.
Named in honour of geologist, Lady Rachel McRobert, the Award was founded by the MacRobert Trust, and is now presented and run by the RAEng, with support from the MacRobert Trust and the Worshipful Company of Engineers.
OrganOx was announced as the 2025 winner of the Award for its breakthrough devices preserving livers and kidneys outside the body for extended periods of time. The device for livers is already significantly increasing transplant success, reducing healthcare costs, and saving lives globally.
Other past winners have included the engineers behind innovations such as the Pegasus jet engine, catalytic converters, the roof of the Millennium Dome and intelligent prosthetic limbs.
Nominations for the 2026 MacRobert Award close on 31 January 2026.
To find out more about the MacRobert Award, please visit the RAEng website.
Nominations now open for the 2026 Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award
Published: 12/12/2025