The ISSMGE Foundation

The ISSMGE FOUNDATION

AWARD APPLICATION FORM

The ISSMGE Foundation provides awards to individuals to assist with the costs of participation in
technical and professional activities approved by the ISSMGE Foundation and which will enhance their
career in geotechnical engineering. The activities are mainly, but not limited to, conferences, symposia
and workshops related to geotechnical engineering.

Applicants should first read the Information for Applicants

The following application form should be completed in full and emailed to secretariat@issmge.org on
or before the next deadline. A scan of pages with signatures is required. Deadline dates for
applications are:

31 January
31 May
30 September

Applications submitted for a panel review deadline that is less than 6 weeks prior to an event
will not be considered. No applications will be considered post-event.

Section 1: Your details

First name of applicant: Surname or family name

Contact telephone number: Contact email address:

Age: Occupation

Organisation: Position:

Nationality: Country of residence:

Are you a member of a national geotechnical association, and if yes, which one?

If yes, are you a member of ISSMGE via that national geotechnical association:

Have you ever previously applied for funding from the ISSMGE Foundation? If so, please
give relevant details (date, amount requested, amount awarded, etc).

Section 2: Event details

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Event/activity for which financial assistance is sought:

Date, location and duration of event:

Please give details of your technical contribution at the event (300 word limit). (Note: please
provide sufficient detail to enable the reviewers to assess your involvement.

Please comment on how attendance at this event will contribute to your future professional
career and development (200 word limit). (Note: provide details of why this specific event is
important or relevant.)

Statement on why you are requesting financial assistance from the ISSMGE Foundation:
(200-word limit)

Section 3: Financial details

Please note that applicants are expected to demonstrate cost-sharing and that normally the ISSMGE
Foundation provides only partial financial support of the costs to be incurred. Awards are also cash
limited to a maximum of USD2000. Please indicate how any shortfall in funding could be resolved.

Please provide a breakdown of cost. We need a final figure in US Dollars. It may be that
your costs are initially in different currencies, in which case please give the value and the
currency (please see example in red in the table below)

Value and Exchange rate US Dollars

currency
Example: Registration 500.00 EUR 1.11 555.00
PleaseRegistration
provide details
Fees of other sources of funding applied for (examples might include host
educational institution, employer, ISSMGE Member Society, alumni organisations, other
Accommodation
TrustsTravel
or Foundations)
Visa application
Subsistence
Other costs (please specify)
Please provide details of other sources of funding obtained:

TOTAL
Please indicate amount of award sought from the ISSMGE Foundation:

Section 4: Declaration

If my application for an award from the ISSMGE Foundation is successful, I agree to provide a report
of approximately 500 words including images (maximum 2) for inclusion on the ISSMGE website and
in the ISSMGE Bulletin for publicity purposes. This report will be delivered within 6 weeks of the event
attended. I also agree to acknowledge my successful application for an award in presentations made
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at the event attended. The award will be used by me for my personal expenses as indicated in this
application.

Name:

Signature

Date:

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Section 5: Statement of support
Please ask your research supervisor or employer or President of your ISSMGE Member Society to
complete the following section:

Your name:

Your organisation:

Your position:

Your relationship to
the applicant:
Your contact details
(telephone and email
Please provide your statement of support for the applicant. Details should be given of the
quality of the candidate, and the benefit and value to the applicant and your organisation in
their attendance at the event specified in Section 2 of the Application Form (200 word limit).

Has the applicant applied for other funding? Please provide details.

Is your organisation able to provide financial assistance? Please provide details.

Signature and date

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