The University of Birmingham and Rolls-Royce received the annual Bhattacharyya Award, presented by the Royal Academy of Engineering and WMG at the University of Warwick. The Award, which carries a £25,000 prize, is presented in recognition of an exemplary academia-industry partnership. Funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, it was created to encourage more private and academic entities to collaborate.
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The Bhattacharyya Award set up to recognise the best in university and industry collaboration is now open for entries.
Lord Bhattacharyya (Credit: Chris McAndrew via CC)
Established upon the death in 2019 of WMG founder and engineering champion Lord Bhattacharyya, the award will come with a cash prize of £25,000 funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The deadline for entries is May 31.
The award is open to all UK universities and colleges, which are invited to submit a single entry in this initial round. Entries may be based on any field but must provide evidence of sustained, strategic collaboration over at least five years that is still active at the point of submission and has spanned multiple projects, grants and activities. The collaboration should be focused on an academic team and one or more declared industrial partners. According to the award organisers, it should not be restric