James Dyson Foundation North America

The James Dyson Foundation aims to inspire the next generation of engineers through our educational curricula and programs. We also like to support our local charities that fund medical or scientific research. To do so, a match-funding program is offered to us Dyson people. The Foundation will match-fund an individual's donation up to $400. The donation must be supporting a local charity that funds education and/or medical or scientific research. In total, the us jdf donated $13,798.18 to various engineering or medical/scientific research charities. And local school projects from the us jdf machine donation program, where a Dyson machine is donated to chicago non-profit organizations that fund medical research and engineering education, over $140,000 worth of machines were donated (this includes market value of each Dyson product). Similar to previous years, the us jdf partnered with other Dyson chicago based teams to host an internal fundraiser benefiting project exploration.

The James Dyson award is the James Dyson Foundation's annual international design competition for university students and recent graduates. Every year, the jdf challenges engineering students to submit their problem-solving product designs. A national winner, who receives $5,000 is selected from each participating country, along with several runners up. These 80 contestants progress to the final round of the competition at which point James Dyson selects an overall international winner, a prize of $35,000, along with a sustainability winner, another prize of $35,000. Two international runners up are also chosen, and each receive a $5,000 prize. In 2023, the James Dyson award had nearly 2,000 completed entries, including 103 from us universities. The 2023 winner was the gusty port, which is a secure custom-fit port that can be worn over the stoma, providing ostomates with the ability to regulate waste flow for extended periods.

The James Dyson Foundation's online educational resources support students in kindergarten to high school. The resources include the following curricula, design process curriculum, engineering curriculum, five standalone engineering lessons, challenge cards and engineering solutions: air pollution.