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Award Committees

The nomination process

  • At least 8 months before the awards ceremony there will be a call for nominations for the relevant awards in the IAVCEI newsletter and on IAVCEI social media, and by email notification to all registered members. The call will be closed 4 months before the awards ceremony.
  • Only members of IAVCEI can be nominated for IAVCEI awards.
  • Only members of IAVCEI can be lead nominators for IAVCEI awards.
  • Each nomination must have one lead nominator and 3 supporting nominators.
  • No more than 2 nominators can be from the same country.
  • See Conflict of Interest Policy [CB1] for more details on eligibility of nominees and nominators
  1. The nomination package for individual awards (Walker) and medals (Fisher, Krafft, Thorarinsson, Wager) should include:
  2. Nomination letter containing a) the lead nominator name (with title, institution, and contact information), b) details how the nominee meets the selection criteria as well as c) name and affiliation of the three supporting nominators. (max. 1 page, min. font 10pt)
  3. Questionnaires completed by the three supporting nominators describing the nominee’s alignment with the spirit of the award (link to form for individual awards[CB2] ) (one questionnaire per supporting nominator). Additional support information will not be accepted.
  4. Up-to-date CV of the nominee (max. 2 pages, min. font 10pt)
  5. Bibliography stating the total number and types of publications or/and other products (e.g. videos, policy reports) as appropriate. The bibliography should include papers that encompass the nominee’s overall research and scientific contributions. Rather than selecting the most recent publications, nominators are encouraged to choose those that best support the spirit of this award. (max. 1 page, min. font 10pt)

The nomination package comprising the nomination letter (1 page), CV (2 pages), bibliography (1 page) and the three compiled forms (maximum of 9 pages in total) must not exceed 13 pages (minimum font 10 and single space) and submitted as a single pdf file. Any pages in excess of the limit will be removed prior to sharing with the award committee tasked to assess the submissions.

  • The nomination package for Collective Research awards should include:
  • Nomination letter containing a) the lead nominator name (with title, institution, and contact information), b) details how the nominee meets the selection criteria as well as c) name and affiliation of the three supporting nominators. (max. 1 page, min. font 10pt)
  • Questionnaires completed by the three supporting nominators describing the nominee’s alignment with the spirit of the award (link to form for Collective Research awards[CB3] ) (one questionnaire per supporting nominator). Additional support information will not be accepted.
  • Summary of project(s) or ‘cooperation(s)’ with evidence of how all career stages and contributors were supported (max. 1 page, min. font 10pt)
  • Bibliography stating the total number and types of publications or/and other products (e.g. videos, policy reports) resulting from the considered collective project(s) and/or cooperation(s). Nominators are encouraged to choose the publications that best support the multidisciplinary and cooperation spirit of this award. (max. 1 page, min. font 10pt)

The nomination package comprising the nomination letter (1 page), summary of project(s) and/or cooperation(s) (1 page), bibliography (1 page) and the three compiled forms (maximum of 6 pages in total [2 pages each]) must not exceed 9 pages (minimum font 10 and single space) and submitted as a single pdf file. Any pages in excess of the limit will be removed prior to sharing with the award committee tasked to assess the submissions.

  • The nomination package for Volcanic Surveillance and Crisis Management [VSCM] awards should include:
  • Nomination letter containing a) the lead nominator name (with title, institution, and contact information), b) details how the nominee meets the selection criteria as well as c) name and affiliation of the three supporting nominators. (max. 1 page, min. font 10pt)
  • Questionnaires completed by the three supporting nominators describing the nominee’s alignment with the spirit of the award (link to form for VSCM awards[CB4] ) (one questionnaire per supporting nominator). Additional support information will not be accepted.
  • Up-to-date summary of surveillance or management capacity (including a weblink if available) (max. 1 page, min. font 10pt)
  • Output summary of written contributions to surveillance and crisis management. This can include academic papers that encompass the candidate’s overall research and scientific contributions as well as white papers, policy document and hazard, risk and warning outputs and communication products. Nominators are encouraged to choose those that best support the argument for this award.

The nomination package comprising the nomination letter (1 page), summary of surveillance or management capacity (1 page), bibliography (1 page) and the three compiled forms (maximum of 6 pages in total) must not exceed 9 pages (minimum font 10 and single space) and submitted as a single pdf file. Any pages in excess of the limit will be removed prior to sharing with the award committee tasked to assess the submissions.

Any nomination package should be sent as single PDF to the IAVCEI Secretary General (secretary [at] iavceivolcano.org) before the announced deadline.

The Committees

IAVCEI has two award/medal and one Advocating Committees.

  • Award/medal committees
  • Consist of 5 to 9 members (including a committee chair selected by the EC).
  • Members must be members of IAVCEI with a record of distinguished research.
  • Each committee has gender, regional, and discipline balance.
  • If possible, at least one member of each committee should be a previous IAVCEI award/medal winner.
  • Advocating Committee
  • Consist of the Editor-in-Chief of the Bulletin of Volcanology, a representative from each IAVCEI network, and no less than five other IAVCEI members. The committee must represent the full range of IAVCEI disciplines, regions and membership, and ensure a balance between gender and demographic composition. One from among this group will be appointed as chairperson by the President.
  • Responsible for encouraging and soliciting nominations, thereby promoting diversity of candidates. Nominations direct to Secretary General outside this process are always welcomed.

2023-2027 Committees:

  • VW2 committee (VSCM, Wager, Walker)
  • Chair: Silvana Hidalgo (IG-EPN, Ecuador)
  • Steffi Burchardt (Uppsala University, Sweden)
  • Masato Iguchi (Kyoto University, Japan)
  • Jake Lowenstern (USGS, USA)
  • Ailsa Naismith (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
  • Marco Pistolesi (University of Pisa, Italy)
  • Richie Robertson (University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago)
  • CFKT committee (Collective Research, Fisher, Krafft, Thorarinsson)
  • Chair: Fidel Costa (IPGP, France)
  • Lizeth Caballero (UNAM, Mexico)
  • Kathy Cashman (Oregon University, USA)
  • Julia Eychenne (University of Clermont Auvergne, France)
  • Mie Ichihara (University of Tokyo, Japan)
  • Mike Ramsey (Pittsburgh University, USA)
  • Freysteinn Sigmundsson (University of Iceland, Iceland)
  • Advocating Committee:
  • Chair: Jenni Barclay (University of Bristol, UK)
  • Marie Edmonds (University of Cambridge, UK) (BV Executive Editor)
  • Pablo Forte (OAVV – SEGEMAR, Argentina) (ECR representative)
  • Jon Procter (Massey University, New Zealand) (Indigenous Volcanology representative)
  • Laura Sandri (INGV, Italy) (WOVO representative)
  • Gezahegn Yirgu (University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) (INVOLC representative)
  • Daniele Andrade (IG-EPN, Ecuador)
  • Jon Blundy (University of Oxford, UK)
  • Eisuke Fujita (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, Japan)
  • Peter La Femina (Alfred Wegener Institute & University of Bremen, Germany)
  • Jan Lindsay (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
  • Emma Nicholson (Liu) (University of Waikato, New Zealand)
  • Blaire Schoene (Princeton University, USA)
  • Mylene Villegas (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Philippines)