Regulations and Call for Prize Nominations

The Fluid Mechanics Prize and the Solid Mechanics Prize of EUROMECH, the European Mechanics Society, are awarded on the occasions of Fluid and Solid conferences for outstanding and fundamental research accomplishments in Mechanics.

Each prize consists of €5000. The recipient is invited to give a Prize Lecture at the appropriate EUROMECH Conference, European Fluid Dynamics Conference (EFDC) or European Solid Mechanics Conference (ESMC). 

Nomination Guidelines

A nomination may be submitted by any member of the EUROMECH Society, hereafter called the nominator. Eligible candidates should have undertaken a significant proportion of their scientific career in Europe. Self-nominations cannot be accepted.

The nomination documents should include the following items:

• a presentation letter from the nominator summarizing the contributions and achievements of the nominee in support of his/her nomination for the Prize;
• a curriculum vitae of the nominee;
• a selection of the nominee's most significant publications (20 publications maximum);
• two letters of support in addition to the presentation by the nominator;
• a suggested citation to appear on the Prize Certificate (30 words maximum);
• a supporting paragraph enlarging on the citation, indicating the originality and significance of the contributions cited (limit 250 words).

All documents should be written (or translated) in English.

NOMINATION PROCESS

The Prize winners are selected the year before the respective EFDC and ESMC. Nomination packages need to be sent as electronic files to the Chair of the Prize Committee with a copy to the President and to the Secretary General of EUROMECH before 30 September of year N-1, if N is the year of the EFDC or ESMC. Nominations remain active for two selection campaigns. Nominations are reviewed before the end of December by the relevant EUROMECH Prize Committee and a recipient is selected from the nominations. The final decision is made by the EUROMECH Council.

ETHICS

Members of the EUROMECH Council and of the Prize committees are not eligible for EUROMECH awards and cannot act as nominators. The nominators or support letter writers should disclose the nature of their professional relationship with the nominee. 

Prize Committees