Awards
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ISB World Athletics Award for Biomechanics
This is an annual award sponsored by World Athletics. It will be presented at the ISB/ISBS Congress during the year in which it is awarded. The winning paper will be published as the ISB World Athletics Award for Biomechanics paper in the Journal of Applied Biomechanics (subject to a normal peer review process). The first author of the winning paper will receive a certificate and a monetary award of $5000 USD.
Requirements: Any scientist may submit an abstract for the award, except members of the ISB Executive Council. This year the theme of the award is running, therefor the abstract must describe a study related to running and contain some form of biomechanical analysis. From the abstracts submitted, 5 are selected and nominated for the award. The authors of the 5 selected abstracts are requested to submit a full length paper prepared according to the guidelines of the Journal of Applied Biomechanics. The paper must be entirely original, not published at the time of the ISB-congress nor submitted for publication to any Book or Journal other than the Journal of Applied Biomechanics. A jury will evaluate the full papers and select the winning paper. The first author of the winning paper is expected to give a 20 min plenary session of the winning paper at the ISB-congress of the same year. In non-ISB-congress years the presentation will be given at the ISBS-congress. Abstracts are solicited for this competition with the call for papers for the ISB/ISBS Congress. Please note: ISB and ISBS have policies that an abstract or manuscript submitted for a conference award is non-identical to an abstract submitted elsewhere.
When applying for the award, please download the ISBWAAB tick-box questionnaire below, answer the questions and send it back to the ISB Awards Officer, Prof Tim Derrick (tderrick@iastate.edu).
Promising Scientist Award
Proudly sponsored by Motion Analysis Corporation?
The Promising Scientist award is designed to acknowledge people who have performed superior biomechanics research early in their career. It entails a certificate and a monetary award of US$ 5000 for scientific purposes, such as visiting another research group to collaborate on a project. The competition is held each year in which there is an ISB-conference. The winner of the award is expected to give a 30 min. plenary presentation over the recent studies that have contributed to the award at the ISB-congress of the same year.
Requirements: To be eligible for the award, a candidate must (1) be a member of the ISB, (2) be post-doctoral but not more than 5 years. Each candidate must submit his or her full curriculum vitae, identify at least two first author full articles in peer reviewed scientific journals that he or she has written in a single area of Biomechanics, and provide interpretative summaries describing the contribution of each article. Applications for the award are to be sent to the Jury chairman.
Please send your applications to ISB Awards Officer, Prof Tim Derrick (tderrick@iastate.edu) by February 28, 2021. Additionally, please download the PSA tick-box questionnaire below, answer the questions and send it back to the ISB Awards Officer.
Emerging Female Scientist Award
Proudly sponsored by the International Society of Biomechanics
The Promising Scientist award is designed to acknowledge female researchers who have performed superior biomechanics research early in their career. It entails a certificate and a monetary award of US$ 5000 for scientific purposes, such as visiting another research group to collaborate on a project. The competition is held each year in which there is an ISB-conference. The winner of the award is expected to give a 30 min. plenary presentation over the recent studies that have contributed to the award at the ISB-congress of the same year.
Requirements: To be eligible for the award, a candidate must (1) be a female member of the ISB, (2) be post-doctoral but not more than 5 years. Each candidate must submit his or her full curriculum vitae, identify at least two first author full articles in peer reviewed scientific journals that she has written in a single area of Biomechanics, and provide interpretative summaries describing the contribution of each article. Please send your applications to ISB Awards Officer, Prof Tim Derrick (tderrick@iastate.edu) by February 28, 2021. Additionally, please download the PSA tick-box questionnaire below, answer the questions and send it back to the ISB Awards Officer.
Carlo de Luca Emerging Scientist Award
The ISB has had great pleasure to announce and award the Carlo de Luca Emerging Scientist Award in honour of Professor Carlo de Luca and his pioneering contribution to the science and application of biomechanics, in particular in the area of electromyography. The award honors excellence in graduate research in the area of motor control and electromyography and is associated with a monetary award of $US 2,500. The winners are selected prior to the next ISB Congress and will present in the award’s session at that ISB Congress
Requirements: Candidates must be at a very early stage of their scientific career and to be eligible must not have received their PhD degree before the previous ISB Congress (two years prior to the Congress where the award will be given). Current graduate students, including MSc level students, are also eligible. Please send your applications to Prof Tim Derrick (tderrick@iastate.edu) by February 28, 2021. The abstract must be in the area of motor control/electromyography. You are also requested to submit an up to date curriculum vitae and PDF copies of two of your refereed publications in the area of motor control / electromyography.
When applying for the award, please download the Carlo de Luca ESA tick-box questionnaire below, answer the questions and send it back to the ISB Awards Officer, too.
Please note: You are also required to submit your abstract simultaneously to the ISB congress organisers and that ISB has a policy that an abstract submitted for an ISB conference award is non-identical to an abstract submitted elsewhere.
Clinical Biomechanics Award
The winning paper will be published as the ISB Clinical Biomechanics Award paper in Clinical Biomechanics (subject to a normal peer review process). The first author of the winning paper will receive a certificate and a monetary award of US $1250.
Requirements: Any scientist may submit an abstract for the award, except members of the ISB Executive Council. The abstract must describe a study related to a clinical problem and contain some form of biomechanical analysis pertaining to the clinical problem. From the abstracts submitted, 5 are selected and nominated for the award. The authors of the 5 selected abstracts are requested to submit a full length paper prepared according to the guidelines of Clinical Biomechanics. The paper must be entirely original, not published at the time of the ISB-congress nor submitted for publication to any Book or Journal other than Clinical Biomechanics. A jury will evaluate the full papers and select the winning paper. The first author of the winning paper is expected to give a 20 min plenary session of the winning paper at the ISB-congress of the same year. Abstracts are solicited for this competition with the call for papers for the ISB Congress. Please note: ISB has a policy that an abstract or manuscript submitted for an ISB conference award is non-identical to an abstract submitted elsewhere.
When applying for the award, please download the CBA tick-box questionnaire below, answer the questions and send it back to the ISB Awards Officer, Prof Tim Derrick (tderrick@iastate.edu).
David Award Winter Young Investigator Awards
As of 2012, these awards are presented in honour of Professor David Winter and his pioneering contribution to the science and application of biomechanics. There are two YI awards, one for the best oral presentation (sponsored by the Journal of Biomechanics, Elsevier Science Ltd) and one for the best poster presentation (Sponsored by the organizers of the previous ISB Congress). The award recipients are offered a certificate, a monetary award of US $750. A short biography with an outline of the recipients’ professional background is published in the ISB Newsletter and ISB website.
Requirements: Candidates must be the first author of an abstract submitted to the ISB congress for presentation. They should not have been awarded PhD by the time of the abstract submission and must have made the major contribution to the research presented in the abstract. If selected for the final round, the candidate must personally present the paper (whether oral or poster) at the ISB-congress. The abstracts for this competition are solicited with the call for papers of the ISB Congress. Please note: ISB has a policy that an abstract or submitted for an ISB conference award is non-identical to an abstract submitted elsewhere.
When applying for the award, please download the tick-box below, answer the questions and send it back to the ISB Awards Officer, Prof Tim Derrick (tderrick@iastate.edu).
Developing Countries Grant Competition – DCGC 2021
The International Society of Biomechanics (ISB) is pleased to announce the DCGC 2021 accompanying this year’s XXVIII Congress of ISB at Stockholm, Sweden (ISB2021). In the following, you will find all relevant information regarding your grant application.
Purpose:
ISB will award five research projects from EDC biomechanics groups with the purpose to incentive innovative and collaborative activities to develop biomechanics in EDC regions.
Who can apply?
Any biomechanics researcher from an economically developing country (EDC) is eligible to apply. The principal applicant must be a current financial member of ISB and applications can include non-EDC team members. The proposal must be developed in an EDC.
How to apply?
Submit your application by email to Daniel Hahn according to the grant guidelines announced here and the proposal template. The template can be found here.
Grant assessment:
Grant assessment will be performed in two steps by a committee of ISB council members. In step one, applications will be assessed based in the writing proposal. The committee will define which applications are eligible for oral presentation at the DCGC 2021 during ISB2021. Step two will be the evaluation during the DCGC 2021 oral presentation session. The day and time of the DCGC session will be announced on the congress webpage.
Grants to be awarded:
1st place: USD 1000
2nd place: USD 800
3rd place: USD 500
4th place: USD 400
5th place: USD 300
Deadline:
Application deadline is April 15th, 12 pm (CET)
Additional information:
Grant applications selected for oral presentation at ISB2021 will be informed by email and receive further information regarding the preparation of their presentation and procedures. Do not hesitate to contact Daniel Hahn in case you might have any question.
Note: In case ISB2021 will be digital, we are still running the DCGC 2021!
Developing Countries Student Travel Grant
The International Society of Biomechanics (ISB) is pleased to provide a grant for students who are from economically developing countries (EDC), and want to attend this year’s XXVIII Congress of ISB at Stockholm, Sweden (ISB2021). In the following, you will find all relevant information regarding your grant application.
Grant details
Students that qualify for financial support will be provided with the following:
- Free conference registration
- 5 complimentary room nights at one of the hotels associated with the conference*
*Students may be roomed with other grant winners in double occupancy rooms, and hotel reservations will be made from July 25th – 30th, 2021.
Who can apply?
Students that wish to apply for a student travel grant must meet the following criteria:
- Have an abstract submitted for congress
- Be currently enrolled as a graduate student at an institution that is located in an EDC
- Not have additional travel grants that combined with this grant would exceed the expected conference costs.
How to apply?
Potential applicants are asked to submit their abstracts by January 31st, 2021. Please note that during the submission process on the congress website, there will be a box that will need to be clicked for students that are applying for a Developing Country Student Travel Grant. The abstracts will then be reviewed, and a final decision will be made and communicated to the grant applicants by April 15th, 2021.
The ISB organizing committee will then register successful applicants and email registration confirmation to these individuals. In addition to the complimentary registration, the ISB organizing committee will also reserve hotel rooms for the successful applicants (Checking in July 25th, and checking out July 30th).
Important note: In case ISB2021 will be digital, we will still provide complimentary registration.
Congress Secretariat
Sweden MEETX AB is the conference bureau handling the congress secretariat for ISB 2021.
E-mail: isb2021@meetx.se
Phone: +46 31 708 86 90
