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The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, also known as the QEPrize, is a global engineering prize that rewards and celebrates the engineers responsible for a ground-breaking innovation in engineering that has been of global benefit to humanity. The £1 million Prize is awarded in the name of Queen Elizabeth II. The prize was officially launched in November 2011 by a cross-party line up of the UK Prime Minister David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Leader of the Opposition Ed Miliband. The 2015 prize was awarded to Robert Langer, for his work in controlled-release large molecule drug delivery. == The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation == The objective of the Queen Elizabeth Prize is to raise the public profile of engineering, and to inspire young people and engage them in engineering. It is run by a charitable company, limited by guarantee, called the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation. The Foundation is chaired by Lord Browne of Madingley whose fellow trustees are: *Dame Ann Dowling *Sir Paul Nurse *Mala Gaonkar *Sir John Beddington Sir Mark Walport, the Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government, is an adviser to the Foundation. The day-to-day running of the Prize is carried out by a team at the Royal Academy of Engineering.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=QEPrize home page )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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