The UK's premier prize for engineering innovation
The MacRobert Award is the UK's longest-running and most prestigious national prize for engineering innovation.
The presentation of the Award recognises outstanding innovation coupled with tangible societal benefit and proven commercial success.
Originally founded by the MacRobert Trust, the Award is now presented and run by the Royal Academy of Engineering, with support from the Worshipful Company of Engineers.
Each year the winning team receives a gold medal, widespread publicity ,a £50,000 prize and an exclusive weekend away at Douneside House .
2025 winner
The 2025 MacRobert Award winner is:
- OrganOx for their 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.
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2025 finalists
The 2025 MacRobert Award finalists are:
- Microsoft Azure Fibre for their revolutionary hollow core optical fibre technology - replacing traditional glass with air - dramatically enhancing data transmission, speed and energy efficiency.
- Synthesia for developing the world's first text to video platform pioneering AI video and enabling users to create lifelike, multilingual videos using hyper-realistic digital avatars—without the need for cameras or studios.
