IGS Student Awards

To members of the IGS: After the successful experiences of the year 2000 in Bologna (EuroGeo 2) and
Kuala Lumpur (GeoAsia 2000) and of the year 2002 in Nice (7 IGC), the IGS will continue
the IGS Student Award program with the third award period of 2003 to 2004.
The IGS Student Awards will be assigned in the year 2004, and all successful candidates
will attend the IGS regional conferences in 2004, i.e., EuroGeo 3 or GeoAsia 2004.
I remind you that the IGS Student Awards were established to disseminate knowledge and
to improve communication and understanding of geotextiles, geomembranes, related
products, and associated technologies among young geotechnical and geoenvironmental
student engineers around the world.
An IGS Student Award will consist of a cheque of US$ 1,000 for each winner. This award
amount must be used to cover conference participation costs (i.e., registration fee, travel,
accommodation).
An IGS Student Award will be assigned to only one student per Chapter; the selected
student should be a M.Sc. Or Ph.D. student. Students must be no older than 35 in the year
the award is granted.
To ensure student representatives from each chapter participate in the program to the
fullest extent possible, your Chapter must accomplish the following: 1) Chapter must hold a contest or conduct a nomination process to select the student
candidate to represent them. 2) Chapter must notify the IGS of the name of the student selected by 31 January 2004. 3) The IGS will transfer US$ 750 to the student immediately upon receipt of your chapter
notification. IGS Student Awards recipients will be asked to submit a written report to
the IGS on the regional conference and on the IGS-related conference activities. Upon
receipt of the report, which is due within 30 days after the conference, the remaining
US$ 250 will be transferred to the student.
To insure the maximum benefit to the winning students, the organisers of the c onferences
(both EuroGeo 3 and GeoAsia 2004) must: 1) Provide a copy of the proceedings to the students. 2) Provide admission to the sessions for the students during the conference. 3) Organise a recognition event for the students.
Therefore, I cordially invite you to select the student in your Chapter by 31 January 2004.
I remind you that the students selected in European, African and South American
Chapters will attend EuroGeo 3 in Munich (1-4 March 2004), while the students selected in
Asian, Australian and North-American chapters will attend GeoAsia 2004 (Seoul, 21-24
June 2004).
Should you need further information, don’t hesitate to contact me directly or the IGS
Secretary (igspete@aol.com or igssec@aol.com).
– Daniele Cazzuffi, International Geosynthetics Society President