Big prizes for big thinkers

What you'll win: a trophy and £500

​​The Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management is an international Professional Engineering Institute providing guidance and development opportunities for engineers and estate managers in the healthcare sector. We’re passionate about inspiring the next generation of healthcare engineers.​ 

​​The IHEEM Innovation in Wellbeing & Healthcare Engineering Award celebrates young people’s dedication to improving the physical health and wellbeing of society. This project could be a piece of research and investigative work, an innovative design or new way to use technology. 

We're looking for:   

​Projects that may be considered for this award include:  

• Innovation in diagnostics and medicine/treatments 

• Advancement in healthcare services 

• Supporting people with their day-to-day wellbeing 

• ​Anything that positively impacts all healthcare visitors across the full range of healthcare environments. Including, but not limited to, GP surgeries, those within local health programmes, NHS properties such as acute, mental health facilities etc.

Why it's important

Young people will drive future innovations in science, technology, and engineering, tackling global challenges like healthcare and sustainability. Understanding these issues now empowers them to shape a better future through creativity and problem solving.

Good health and wellbeing are crucial everywhere! Whether your project is focused on helping a relative or friend manage their daily health needs, or is a national or global vision, we want to know your ideas! 

This award reflects IHEEM’s commitment to innovation in healthcare engineering, and the education and empowerment of our future leaders. It encourages young people to think critically and creatively, giving them the opportunity to consider and solve real world problems. By engaging the healthcare engineers of tomorrow in innovation, teamwork, making a positive impact on all healthcare users, we want to inspire the next generation to lead, learn, and build a better future in healthcare. 

Criteria

Topic:

• Accessibility and inclusivity
• Healthcare & medication
• Humanitarian
• Environment
• Food
• Wellbeing

Size: Individual and teams

Age: All ages

How did you choose your 2024/25 winner?

​​Health Hub, the 2024 winning entry to the IHEEM Innovation in Wellbeing and Healthcare Engineering Award, identified a clear, real-world problem and offered a totally new, practical solution to help those with healthcare needs. The judges were particularly impressed with the attention to detail, creativity, and the use of different kinds of engineering to improve the wellbeing and healthcare of its users. 

What you'll win: A framed certificate, a fully funded place to the 67th London International Youth Science Forum 2026 (LIYSF).

This includes the full 15-day residential programme at Imperial College London, with main lectures from top scientists, specialist lectures across a raft of STEM fields and visits out across the UK to University Departments and Science Institutions. All meals and accommodation provided. ​

Represent the UK on a global stage like no other! 500 students come together in London in a unique immersive summer STEM programme.​

​LIYSF attracts the world's leading young scientists aged 16 to 21 years old from over 80 participating countries. There is an active social calendar with events designed to enable those from around the world to learn about different cultures. The scope of LIYSF extends further than broadening scientific understanding to engage students in education on other cultures and develop lasting, international friendships. 

About LIYSF

​LIYSF is an impartial, accredited not-for-profit social enterprise established in 1959. We provide our students with a deeper insight into STEM and how science can be applied for the benefit of all humankind. Since our beginning, the idea of LIYSF is about bringing young people from different nations together to learn about each other and our different cultures through a shared passion for science.​ 

LIYSF is a 2 week residential event held at Imperial College London, with lectures and demonstrations from leading scientists, visits to industrial sites, research centres, scientific institutions and organisations, including world class laboratories and universities. 

Criteria

Topics: All topics are welcome across science, engineering, and technology. 

Age: Senior (16 to 18 years old)

Size: Individual projects