James Dyson Award
Celebrating great minds
The James Dyson Award is an international design competition, run by the James Dyson Foundation, that inspires, encourages and celebrates budding inventors' new, problem-solving ideas – and provides a platform to launch them.
![2011 international winner of the James Dyson Award, Edward Linacre, with his invention Airdrop](/content/dam/jdf/desktop/home-page-JDA-desktop-only-2-use-hero-component_1.jpg)
The award runs annually, and is open to current and recently-graduated design or engineering students in 30 countries.
Where are they now?
Solveiga Pakštaitė, inventor of Bump Mark
Solveiga was the UK National winner of the James Dyson Award in 2014 with Bump Mark - a bioreactive expiry label for food. She tells us more about her experience since winning the award.
![Solveiga Pakštaitė, UK National Winner of the James Dyson Award in 2014.](/content/dam/jdf/desktop/james-dyson-award__desktop__image1-large--desktop.jpg)
Where are they now?
Dan Watson, Inventor of Safety Net
Dan won the International James Dyson Award in 2012 with his sustainable fishing net. Dan talks about his progress since winning the award.
![Dan Watson 2012 International Winner of the James Dyson Award with his invention Safety Net.](/content/dam/jdf/desktop/james-dyson-award__desktop__image2-large--desktop.jpg)
Got a world-changing idea?
Tell us about it
Design something that solves a problem.
Head to the James Dyson Award website to learn more about how to enter.