James Dyson Award 2026 Opens for Entries, Celebrating 20 Years of Innovation in Singapore

11 March 2026

• The James Dyson Award, a global design engineering competition, opens for entries for 2026.
• This year marks 20 years of the James Dyson Award in Singapore, celebrating a legacy of problem-solving innovations from local inventors.
• Notable past winners include airXeed Radiosonde, a reusable weather monitoring device, HOPES, a biomedical device for patients with glaucoma, and Mammosense, a smart mammogram tool.

The James Dyson Award, a global design engineering competition that has supported more than 400 inventions, opens for submissions today for 2026. The Award invites current and recent design and engineering students across 28 countries and regions to present ideas that tackle real-world problems.

This year marks a major milestone: 20 years of the James Dyson Award in Singapore, a legacy that has seen local students turn everyday frustrations into problem-solving innovations. Since 2006, the Award has provided budding Singapore inventors with media exposure, international recognition, and prize money to accelerate their ideas to commercialisation.

Sir James Dyson, Founder of Dyson, said: “I established the James Dyson Award to encourage young ‘doers’ in life who are focused on solving the problems they see in the world, not grandstanding about them. It has been inspiring to see so many brilliant ideas from young design engineers, many of whom have gone on to build businesses and take their problem-solving ideas to people and markets all over the world. I look forward to judging this year’s submissions.”

Bringing Singapore Innovation to the Global Stage

For two decades, Singapore has been a consistent contributor to the James Dyson Award’s global innovation landscape, crafting creative solutions to everyday problems. Many Singapore entries have progressed beyond the national stage to compete among the world’s best in the Global Top 20 shortlist, standing out for their technical rigour, human‑centred insight, and intelligent design.

Among them, two Singapore inventions have gone on to be awarded the top prize as a Global Winner of the James Dyson Award.

How to Enter

Entries can now be submitted via the James Dyson Award website, with the deadline set for midnight on 15th July 2026. University students and recent graduates of design and engineering subjects are eligible to apply. The best entries tackle a clear global problem, demonstrate a thoughtful design process, and showcase originality and technical feasibility.

Shortlisted entries will be reviewed by national judging panels of design and engineering experts, including Dyson engineers. National winners will receive S$8,620 and a chance to progress to the international stage. Sir James Dyson will select global winners to receive S$51,700 and a platform to take their inventions to the next level.