Since 1940, the IAHR Honorary Membership Award rewards IAHR members, as well as individuals and entities outside the IAHR community, for their life-time contributions to hydro-environment engineering and research, and for outstanding service to the association. 

This is the most prestigious honour conferred by the IAHR Council, and rewards up to three IAHR members and one individual/institution from outside the IAHR community.

Who can be awarded?

According to article 12 of the IAHR Constitution "Individual members and institutional members, as well as individuals and entities outside IAHR, may be awarded honorary membership, upon the unanimous recommendation of the Executive Committee and endorsed by a two-thirds majority of the Council in a ballot, in the year preceding the biennial congress. Not more than three honorary members from among the IAHR membership and one from outside IAHR may be elected in a given biennial cycle."

Nomination

The Call for nominations for the 2023 edition of the IAHR Honorary Membership Award is currently open and has been extended until Monday 13 February 2023 (12 p.m.).

All nominations must be submitted via email to awards@iahr.org using any of the following nomination forms:

Nomination form [Word format]

Nomination form [PDF format]

When and where will the award recipient be announced? 

The award will be presented at the biennial IAHR World Congress.

For further information, please refer to our FAQs section on our website. Additional enquiries regarding the nomination process should be directed to the IAHR Secretariat via email to awards@iahr.org

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