Engineering programs accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET (EAC/ABET) are eligible. The award is open to programs from all engineering disciplines.

No. The project may or may not be part of a class for academic credit.

The award jury conducts a blind judging of the entries, which means that they do not know the names of the universities or the professional firms that are participating. So that the jury won’t know who the participants are, NCEES requires that only the entry form have identifying information (not the project description, abstract, or display board). Read more about making entries anonymous.

Yes. Multiple project submissions from one department or school are accepted, but only one submission for each project is permitted.

Yes. Only one entry per project is allowed, but a student can be involved in more than one project.

The completed entry form must be submitted as a PDF. The abstract (maximum one page) must be submitted as a PDF. The project description (maximum seven pages) must be submitted as a PDF.

The display board must be in a jpg, tif, eps file (minimum 300 dpi) or a PDF file (high-quality print) and designed to print 30″ X 30″.