The Sheldon Tieszen Award recognizes excellence in an IAFSS symposium paper in fire safety science by a student making a significant contribution to that paper and a monetary award to assist the recipient with symposium-related expenses toward their attendance at the IAFSS Symposium. IAFSS organizes the selection and distribution of these awards.
Award eligibility and its privileges
Each Sheldon Tieszen Student Award consists of a plaque and a monetary award to assist the recipient with symposium-related expenses toward their attendance at the IAFSS Symposium.
To be eligible, a student needs to be enrolled in an academic course of study at the time the paper is submitted to the Symposium Program Committee. Recipients must present their papers at the Symposium.
A student will normally be the lead author on the paper accepted for presentation at the IAFSS Symposium. If a student is not named as the lead author, a letter from the senior author is required to itemize the student’s contribution to the paper.
Nomination Process
An Email to corresponding authors of accepted papers will invite nominations. The corresponding author needs to indicate at the time of paper acceptance that the paper is to be considered for the FORUM Student Travel Award, and that the student nominee is the lead author.
Selection Considerations
The winners will be selected by the IAFSS Awards Committee in consultation with the FORUM from papers accepted for presentation at the annual IAFSS Symposium. The list of nominees will be provided to the Awards Committee by the Symposium Program Committee. The Award Committee may decide at its discretion not to select eight winners, increasing the amount of the awards. The Awards Committee will judge the papers on their quality; i.e., on the originality, clarity, and potential impact on practical or theoretical applications of fire safety science. Strong consideration will be given to candidates from countries which usually are not widely represented in the Symposium. Consideration may also be given to students who would not be able to attend the Symposium without additional support. The winners of the Sheldon Tieszen Student Awards sponsored by the FORUM will be announced approximately five to six weeks after authors receive notification of acceptance of their papers for presentation at the Symposium. The recipients will be honored at a ceremony held during the IAFSS Symposium, with the Awards formally presented at that time.