Royal Academy of Engineering

The Royal Academy of Engineering is the United Kingdom's national academy for engineering and a registered charity. Its activities relevant to investors and operators include grants and fellowships funding engineers and researchers, support for research and innovation across engineering and technology, and entrepreneurship support aimed at helping founders develop engineering innovations. Deployed capital takes the form of non-dilutive funding rather than equity investment.

Structurally, the organisation is a Fellowship that convenes engineers, researchers, innovators and industry experts. Its stated function is to advance engineering and deliver public benefit through three channels: independent expert advice to government on engineering and technology matters; support for research, innovation and skills; and education programmes spanning school, further-education and university levels. The academy also administers awards recognising achievement in engineering and runs public engagement initiatives.

Geographic presence is concentrated in the United Kingdom as a National Academy, extended by international partnerships operating outside the UK. Industry verticals covered include engineering, technology, education, government and public policy, and research and innovation.

The organisation describes itself as people-centred, with an emphasis on collaboration, expertise and the wider public impact of engineering, and a stated ambition to use engineering to build a sustainable society and an inclusive economy.