Quanser Global Sustainability Award 2025

The circular economy requires effective systems and solution frameworks to address global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, waste, and pollution. The engineering community must transform its practices to improve every element of our global technological and economic systems.

As engineering designers, we need to work together to answer the question: How can we design products that support the principles of sustainability, such as reuse, repair, remanufacture, and recycling?

For more than three decades, Quanser has been supporting engineering education. We are proud to partner with the academic community to promote sustainability concepts in the field of engineering education.

Dozens of students and professors from universities and colleges worldwide have participated in the Quanser Global Sustainability Award over the past few years, showcasing promising projects and impressive practical results in various fields.

Together with the Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) and the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES), we look forward to continuing to support high-quality education with the Quanser Global Sustainability Awards!

The Mission:

The Quanser Global Sustainability Award encourages the development of initiatives that prepare students to discover and develop sustainable engineering methods throughout their careers.

The Eligibility:

Any initiative focused on developing undergraduate or master’s-level engineering skills to tackle one or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).

The initiative must be innovative and aligned with learning outcomes. It must also have a measurable impact on the student’s understanding of sustainability and the potential to be transferrable and scalable, ensuring that it can expand to enhance the learning of future generations.

The Prize:

Quanser will supply the winner (or winning team representative) with one complimentary conference registration for the WEEF&GEDC 2025, held September 21-25, 2025, with a round-trip economy class airfare from the winner’s place of residence to Daegu, Republic of Korea, and three-night hotel accommodations.
Quanser will also supply a cash prize of $5,000 USD.

Important Note:

Please kindly complete the Application Form along with the required attachments and submit your work by June 27, 2025.

Quanser Global Sustainability Award Application Form:

Please review the entire application form beforehand and ensure you have all the necessary information.

Please complete the Letter of Nomination, and attach the signed letter to the end of the application form. Both handwritten and digital signatures are acceptable.
This web-based application form consists of 2 sections:
- Section 1: Describe your project/initiative in 6000 characters (approximately 1000 words)
- Section 2: Provide further details on how the project/initiative meets each criterion (maximum 800 characters each)
We encourage you to use bullet points when responding in Section 2.
You may also include a video of up to 2 minutes as a supplementary document for your application. It can contain additional information or evidence that you would like to present. You can attach the video at the end (maximum size 50MB) or share the YouTube link in the project description.
Please review and check all the boxes at the bottom of the application form to ensure your submission is valid and meets all requirements.
A compelling nomination will clearly demonstrate how the project meets the evaluation criteria. We encourage the inclusion of qualitative and quantitative evidence in the form of examples and data to illustrate the project’s effectiveness.

Sustainability Award 2025

Section 1: Please describe your project/initiative

Name(Required)

First Last

Institution(Required)

Role / Job Title(Required)

Email(Required)

If it is a team project, you can put MORE names and email addresses here (Separate every person by ",")

Project Title(Required)

Please provide a detailed description of your project in approximately 1000 words(Required)

Section 2: Please explain how the project/initiative addresses each criterion below. You may enter your text response in the box below each criterion.

Educational Impact on Students

1. Awareness of Sustainability Challenges: Demonstrates how the initiative increases engineering students’ understanding of environmental, economic, and societal sustainability challenges at local and global levels.(Required)

2. Technical Knowledge and Skills: Provides evidence that students effectively develop and apply engineering knowledge and technical skills to address sustainability challenges.(Required)

3. ShapeProfessional Skills for Sustainability: Enhances students’ ability to work in diverse teams, communicate sustainability solutions effectively, and engage with stakeholders to address sustainability needs.(Required)

4. Student Engagement and Motivation: Shows impact on students' enthusiasm, commitment, and long-term engagement in sustainability-related engineering work.(Required)

Community Impact

1. Scalability and Transferability: Demonstrates potential for adaptation and implementation in other educational institutions, disciplines, or communities.(Required)

2. Tangible Sustainability Impact: Clearly articulates the initiative's potential to contribute to measurable improvements in sustainability at institutional, community, local, or global levels.(Required)

Please upload the completed Letter of Nomination signed by an active GEDC member or and IFEES member society representative(Required)

Max. file size: 50 MB.

Please upload a short video of your project

Max. file size: 50 MB.

Please check before submitting your work:(Required)

A complete Letter of Nomination is attached

This initiative is for new work that has not been recognized by a previous IFEES/GEDC award

Nominator is a current member of GEDC and/or IFEES

Nominee is not a member of the IFEES or GEDC executive committee

If there is a need for assistance, please email us at sustainabilityaward@quanser.com