Founding Statement of IAHR-APD Award
The IAHR-APD award was established by the IAHR Council in its meeting in Moscow of September 3, 1983 to encourage presentation of results on hydraulic and water resources research at APD-IAHR Congresses. To this end biennially two awards can be credited by APD-IAHR to the authors of the two papers judged the most outstanding papers presented at the APD Congress. One award should be for the author of the best paper from the host country and the other one to the author from outside the host country. An award may not be made if the papers in one of the categories are judged inadequate.
Rules for Administration of the IAHR-APD Award
1. The IAHR-APD award will be made at each biennial IAHR-APD Regional Congress to the authors of the two papers judged the most outstanding and published or to be published in the Congress Proceedings.
2. The awardees will be confirmed by the APD-IAHR Executive Committee from the proposal for each award, submitted to the Executive Committee by an Award Committee set up by the Executive Committee and confirmed by the Secretary-General of IAHR. The Award Committee will review the papers submitted for presentation, assess the manner of presentation by the author and may also seek suggestions for nominations of awardees from the participants in the Congress. The nominations of awardees from the participants in the Congress shall be completed with a clear argumentation (maximum one page) regarding its outstanding quality and why the paper is of such a specific quality that it outweigh the other papers of the considered field. The Award Committee shall submit the nominations to the APD-IAHR Secretary before the Closing Ceremony of the Congress.
3. Awards need not be made during any biennial Congress in which the Executive Committee considers none of the nominees to be of sufficiently high quality.
4. The awards will be presented at the Closing Ceremony and will consist of a plaque, a certificate and a free one year membership of IAHR, when relevant. |
