The Mid-Career Researcher Award recognizes exceptional achievement and/or demonstrated leadership in the fields of fire safety science or fire protection engineering made by those in mid-career. It is intended to honor an individual, who has been in their career between 10-20 years. The prize consists of a plaque and an honorarium. Recipients of the award are selected and announced annually and the awards are delivered at the triennial symposia of the International Association for Fire Safety Science. The intent of this award is to encourage continued impact in the fields of fire safety science or fire protection engineering.
Evaluation Criteria
Nominations will be evaluated based on (1) the significance and originality of the basic and/or applied research in the fields of fire safety science or fire protection engineering and (2) the overall impact of the work on fire science, allied fields, and/or society at large. Please consider nomination of a diverse pool of recipients. Nominations should provide the following information regarding the candidate:
- specific, clearly defined, recent significant research achievement,
- description of the impact of the achievement on the international fire science community or society,
- a list of the candidate’s 10 most relevant publications with proper citation and titles.
Past recipients of this award include the following individuals/organizations:
2022 -- Dr. Anja Hofmann-Böllinghaus, BAM, Presented at the 14th IAFSS, Tsukuba, Japan (2023)
2021 -- Prof. Bart Merci, Ghent University, Presented at the 14th IAFSS, Tsukuba, Japan (2023)
2020 -- Thomas Rogaume, Presented at the 13th IAFSS, virtual, Waterloo, Canada (2021)
2019 -- Guillermo Rein, Presented at the 13th IAFSS, virtual, Waterloo, Canada (2021)
2018 -- Yi Wang, Presented at the 13th IAFSS, virtual, Waterloo, Canada (2021)
2017 -- Randall McDermott, Presented at the 12th IAFSS in Lund, Sweden (2017)
2016 -- Stanislav Stoliarov, Presented at the 12th IAFSS in Lund, Sweden (2017)
2015 -- Kazunori Harada, Presented at the 12th IAFSS in Lund, Sweden (2017)
2014 -- Patrick van Hees, Presented at the 11th IAFSS in Canterbury, New Zealand (2014)