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Our mission

We have three objectives

Our trustees have currently chosen to focus our activity on engineering education, medical research and the community local to Dyson offices.

Titan Arm, 2013 winner of the James Dyson Award.
A group of school students sharing ideas during a James Dyson Foundation workshop

ENGINEERING EDUCATION

The next generation of engineers

Engineers are the world's problem-solvers. To find practical solutions to the challenges of the 21st century, we need more of them. The James Dyson Foundation's primary mission is to inspire young people to pursue a career in engineering.

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World map highlighting the locations of James Dyson Foundation teams and the 27 countries and regions in which the James Dyson Award runs.

We are global

We run projects all over the world

Our teams in the UK, US, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore work to inspire the engineers of the future, while the international James Dyson Award celebrates students with bright ideas across the globe.

The James Dyson Foundation

The James Dyson Award


A doctor and nurse working in the Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care at the Royal United Hospital in Bath.

Medical research

We advance medical and scientific research

Progress comes from research. We make targeted donations that enable medical breakthroughs and discoveries.

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Two local school students exploring James Dyson Foundation resources

Local community

We support the Malmesbury community

We offer financial and educational support to local schools and charities near our Dyson office in Malmesbury.

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