Outstanding Achievement in Chemical and Process Engineering Award

The outstanding entry from the IChemE Global Awards across all categories will be presented with the Outstanding Achievement in Chemical and Process Engineering Award 2021.

Biochemical Engineering Award

For organisations, partnerships and teams

Recognises the best project, process or product to demonstrate excellence in the application of biochemical engineering. This includes, but is not limited to, bioprocessing, bioengineering, bioenergy, biocatalysis, bioreactors and nanotechnology.

Business Start-up Award

For organisations, partnerships and teams

Recognises the organisation, formed in the last five years, to best demonstrate its contribution to the chemical and process industries. Entries should demonstrate evidence of business potential and preferably performance.

Diversity and Inclusion Award

For organisations, partnerships and teams

Recognises the organisation or group that best demonstrates a commitment to promoting or improving diversity and inclusion* within its workforce, sector or business practices. *Diversity means respecting and valuing all forms of difference in individuals. Inclusion is about positively acknowledging this diversity and taking deliberate action to create environments where everyone feels respected and able to achieve their full potential.

Energy Award

For organisations, partnerships and teams

Recognises the best project, process or product to demonstrate excellence in efficient energy use or the development of energy production methods that reduce energy intensity.

Industry Project Award

For organisations, partnerships and teams

Recognises the best chemical engineering project, undertaken since 1 July 2018, to be implemented in industry. This includes, but is not limited to, construction of new plant and the adaptation of existing facilities.

Innovative Product Award

For organisations, partnerships and teams

Recognises the best product originating from the chemical and process industries to be manufactured commercially since 1 July 2018.

Oil and Gas Award

For organisations, partnerships and teams

Recognises the best project, process or product to demonstrate chemical engineering excellence in the oil and gas sector.

Pharma Award

Recognises the best project, process or product to demonstrate chemical engineering excellence in the pharmaceutical sector.

Process Automation and Digitalisation Award

For organisations, partnerships and teams

Recognises the best project, process or product to demonstrate excellence in the application of process automation and/or digitalisation within the chemical and process industries.

Process Safety Award

For organisations, partnerships and teams

Recognises the project, process or product to best demonstrate excellence in process safety.

Research Project Award

For organisations, partnerships and teams

Recognises the best chemical engineering research project, undertaken since 1 July 2018. Entries should demonstrate potential or actual application in industry and are welcomed from industry, academia and collaborative working groups.

Sustainability Award

For organisations, partnerships and teams

Recognises the project, process or product demonstrating an excellence in sourcing and consuming materials, reducing waste, and/or optimising the product life cycles.

Team Award

For organisations, partnerships and teams

Recognises the team that best demonstrates the implementation of a project, process, product or service within the chemical and process sector. Teams can be multi-disciplinary and include colleagues from different professions, functions, organisations and parts of the world.

Young Industrialist Award

For individuals

Recognises the chemical engineer who best demonstrates their achievements and tangible application of chemical engineering skills to address important technical, economic, environmental or social issues. All entrants must have been born on or after 1 January 1991.

Young Researcher Award

For individuals

Recognises the chemical engineer who best demonstrates the impact of their chemical engineering research to address important technical, economic, environmental or social issues. All entrants must have been born on or after 1 January 1991.