The award, which offers a £25,000 research grant to the winning project, is inviting students to submit ideas for the third year.

Since winning the prize in 2008, West has been delighted to work with Britain’s elite Paralympic sports and athletes to realise his idea and has also begun to study for his PhD in Physiology at Brunel.

He said: “Since I won the Ideas4Innovation Award, I have completed an initial study to test the concept of my training aid, with some very exciting and encouraging results. I am now in the process of a follow up study to determine the effect of the training aid on specific markers of athletic performance.

“Winning the award has given me the financial assistance from UK Sport but also access to their network of experts. This has allowed me to work with a wide range of Paralympic athletes from different sports, who all have the potential to benefit from my device.

“I plan to continue working closely with UK Sport to further develop my idea, which will hopefully boost the chances of British Paralympians winning medals in London in 2012. The Olympic and Paralympic games are drawing closer and the opportunity to be part of ‘the mission’ is a truly rewarding experience.”

The winning project from 2009, which was submitted by four students on computer courses at Sheffield Hallam University, has so much potential to give Britain's Olympic athletes an edge details still haven’t be revealed to the press or public in case they are ceased upon by rival nations ahead of London 2012.

Alison Macpherson, UK Sport’s Ideas 4 Innovation coordinator, is looking forward to receiving another batch of truly groundbreaking ideas. She said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for Britain’s talented engineers, scientists and inventors to get involved in helping British athletes succeed in 2012 and beyond.”

To find out more about the award and how you can enter, visit the website by clicking here.