Dyson set up the James Dyson Foundation in 2002 to support design and engineering education; it now operates in UK, US and Japan.
The foundation's aim is to inspire young people to study engineering and become engineers by encouraging students to think differently and to make mistakes.
 The foundation supports engineering education in schools and universities, as well as medical and scientific research in partnership with charities.
It achieves this by funding different resources such as the "Engineering Box", a box filled with activities for a school to use as a teaching aid.
The foundation loans the boxes to schools for four weeks free of charge, they are suitable for Key Stage 4 and above.
 The Engineering Box enables students to take apart and examine a Dyson DC22 Telescope vacuum cleaner.
In addition, a school is allowed to retain a James Dyson Foundation teacher pack, and a copy of Genius of Britain, a Channel 4 TV series featuring Dyson, and design engineering posters.
Other resources are also available.

In May 2014, the foundation announced an £8m donation to create a technology hub at the University of Cambridge.
A new four-storey building will house 1,200 postgraduate engineers and support world-leading research.
The donation will also allow for a design and making lab to be developed for undergraduate engineering students.

In March 2015, the foundation pledged a £12m donation to Imperial College London to allow the purchase of a Post Office building in Exhibition Road from the Science Museum.
Imperial College will open the Dyson School of Design Engineering in this building, and teach a new four-year master's degree in design engineering.

The foundation also supports the work of young designers through the James Dyson Award, an international design award that "celebrates, encourages and inspires the next generation of design engineers".
It is run in 20 countries and is open to recent graduates in product design, industrial design and engineering.

In June 2019, the foundation announced a donation of £18.75 million to Dyson's old school, Gresham's, for the building of a new science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) building.
Dyson set up the James Dyson Foundation in 2002 to support design and engineering education; it now operates in UK, US and Japan. The foundation's aim is to inspire young people to study engineering and become engineers by encouraging students to think differently and to make mistakes.  The foundation supports engineering education in schools and universities, as well as medical and scientific research in partnership with charities. It achieves this by funding different resources such as the "Engineering Box", a box filled with activities for a school to use as a teaching aid. The foundation loans the boxes to schools for four weeks free of charge, they are suitable for Key Stage 4 and above.  The Engineering Box enables students to take apart and examine a Dyson DC22 Telescope vacuum cleaner. In addition, a school is allowed to retain a James Dyson Foundation teacher pack, and a copy of Genius of Britain, a Channel 4 TV series featuring Dyson, and design engineering posters. Other resources are also available.
In May 2014, the foundation announced an £8m donation to create a technology hub at the University of Cambridge. A new four-storey building will house 1,200 postgraduate engineers and support world-leading research. The donation will also allow for a design and making lab to be developed for undergraduate engineering students.
In March 2015, the foundation pledged a £12m donation to Imperial College London to allow the purchase of a Post Office building in Exhibition Road from the Science Museum. Imperial College will open the Dyson School of Design Engineering in this building, and teach a new four-year master's degree in design engineering.
The foundation also supports the work of young designers through the James Dyson Award, an international design award that "celebrates, encourages and inspires the next generation of design engineers". It is run in 20 countries and is open to recent graduates in product design, industrial design and engineering.
In June 2019, the foundation announced a donation of £18.75 million to Dyson's old school, Gresham's, for the building of a new science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) building.
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