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IAFSS Awards for Excellence in Research

IAFSS plans again to give awards for the best research dissertations which have been successfully defended during the three year period from 1st August 2005 to 31st July 2007. There will be three such awards, one for each of the three IAFSS regions, Asia and Australasia, Europe and Africa, and the Americas. The successful candidates will be invited to present papers at the 9th IAFSS Symposium in Karlsruhe in September 2008. Grants of US$1500 will be awarded to cover the costs associated with attending the Symposium. The objective is to encourage young scientists to enter the field of fire safety science and to participate at an international level.

Dissertations at PhD and Masters levels will be considered, but only one may be submitted from each University or Institute. The preliminary selection must be carried out locally, by the Head of Department, or his or her equivalent, to ensure that only the very best theses are submitted to the Association for consideration. Submission by a student cannot be considered.
The submission of the work must consist of the following documents:

• Thesis (preferably in English or if not available in its original language)
• A three page abstract in English
• Copy of at least one published or accepted journal paper (if no such paper is available it can be substituted by a 12 page paper as for submission for the next Symposium of IAFSS)
• A letter of recommendation of the Head of Department.
• All documents should be sent electronically (pdf format) by mail or CD to the Chairman of the Awards Committee, Professor Mario Fontana. (If not available electronically 6 paper copies of all documents (including the dissertation) are requested.)

The deadline for submission is now 15th November 2007

The submissions will be considered by regional sub-committees chaired respectively by Professor Joulain (Europe and Africa), Professor Pagni (the Americas) and Professor Chow (Asia and Australasia). It is important to meet the submission deadline as it is planned to announce the winners by the end of January 2008 at the latest. This should give the winners sufficient time to prepare their papers for inclusion in the Symposium Proceedings. We intend announcing these awards as widely as possible within the fire research community. Graduates, or potential graduates, who meet the conditions outlined above and wish to be considered for an award should speak to their research supervisors. Any student defending his or her thesis after 1st August 2007 will be eligible for consideration for an award at the 10th Symposium which is to be held in 2011.

In the first instance, a letter of intent should be sent to the Chairman of the Awards Committee, Professor Mario Fontana to whom all initial queries should be addressed to the following email: mario.fontana@ethz.ch

Prof. Dr. Mario Fontana
ETH Zürich - IBK
Wolfgang-Pauli-Straasse 15
8093 Zürich
Switzerland

Tel. +41 44 633 31 74 ; Fax + 41 44 633 10 93

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