THE CLEVELAND INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS

Annual Award - Information and How to Enter

The Cleveland Institution of Engineers is organising a competition for the best written paper. The paper has to cover a topic related to Engineering, Materials Science , Plant or Processes relevant to the Teesside area and must not have been previously published

The competition is open to members of all local Engineering organisations, local educational establishments and qualified private individuals.

The prize for the winning paper is £400 cash with a prize of £100 for the runner-up. The winner has to present the paper at a CIE general meeting.

Initial abstracts of approximately 500 words should be submitted to the CIE
The deadline for abstracts is the 1^st of June 2011. Judging of the abstracts will take two weeks from the deadline. From the abstracts two individuals will be asked to complete a full paper for the 31st of July 2011.
These will then be judged and a winner selected to present the paper in the 2011/12 season.
Successful candidates will be asked to submit a paper in full to the organising committee The rules for the competition and additional information can be found below. If you have any queries regarding this competition please contact the CIE at the address below.

Abstracts may be submitted by e-mail to award@cieng.org , or on paper to the address below.

Please send paper abstracts to:

Cleveland Institution of Engineers Annual Award Rules

1. The Award will be presented annually for the best written paper covering Engineering, Materials Science , Plant or Processes relevant to the Teesside area.
2. Entrants to be from all local Engineering organisations, local educational establishments and qualified private individuals.
3. Competition consists of two stages:-
3.1 Initial abstracts of approximately 500 words each, submitted to the Technical Secretary of the CIE, by Wednesday 1^st June 2011.
3.2 Notified finalists to submit full papers of between 3000 and 4000 words, by the 31^stof July 2011 to a CIE panel which will select the winner.
4. The paper must not have been previously published.
5. Judging panel to consist of at least three persons comprised:- The President, if he/she wishes. At least one external independent member. Maximum of one person per single organisation.
6. The winner must present his/her paper at a General Meeting of the Cleveland Institution of Engineers, on a date to be arranged in the 2011-2012 Session, which runs from September 2011 to May 2012 to qualify for the award.
6.1 No prize money will be paid until the presentation of the paper to a CIE general meeting has taken place
7. The prize for this award is £400, with a runner-up prize of £100