JAMES DYSON FOUNDATION NORTH AMERICA

The james dyson award is the james dyson foundation's annual international design competition for university students and recent graduates. Every year, the jdf challenges engineering students to submit their problem-solving product designs. A national winner, who receives $6,000 is selected from each participating country, along with several runners up. These 90 contestants progress to the final round of the competition at which point james dyson selects an overall international winner, a prize of $35,000, along with a sustainability winner, another prize of $35,000. Two international runners up are also chosen, and each receive a $6,000 prize. In 2024, the james dyson award had nearly 2,000 completed entries, including 75 from us universities. The 2024 us winner were two ucla engineering students who invented an adaptive modular substance treatment analysis device (amstad), an adaptive vaporizer targeting tobacco use disorder, using machine learning and biometrics.

The james dyson foundation's online educational resources support students in kindergarten to high school. The resources include the following curricula, design process curriculum, engineering curriculum, challenge cards and engineering solutions: air pollution.