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Water Industry & Research Awards (WIRAs) 2020 |
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Call for submissions
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RAs representative networks within the academic and industrial water sector, watercircle.be and B-IWA are joining forces for the first time, at the annual Academia Meets Industry event of watercircle.be. As every year, the event and the announcement of the laureates will take place in December and aim to put people in the spotlight who make an impact in the water sector. Note that the award ceremony will be online on December 10, 2020. The exact time will be announced. The e-form of Research and Development Collaboration Awards can be found here and here. More details of the awards can be found below.
WATER TECHNOLOGY AWARD 2020
Als representatief netwerk van de watersector, en met zowel industriële als academische leden aan boord, zet watercircle.be sterk in op wat wij noemen ‘Flow of Technology’. Onze organisatie promoot hiermee de wisselwerking tussen academici en industriële partners met het oog op het uitwisselen van reeds ontwikkelde kennis alsook het uitwisselen van de gedetecteerd toekomstige uitdagingen.
In dit kader bekroont watercircle.be elk jaar enkele eindwerken, van de academische leden, met de watertechnologieprijs.
Ingezonden eindwerken dienen een direct verband te hebben met watertechnologie en worden voorgedragen door de promotor/academisch lid van watercircle.be. Uit deze beste eindwerken (één per instelling of ‘buitengewoon watercircle.be-lid’) van in totaal 21 hogescholen en universitaire centra kiest een door watercircle.be samengestelde, onafhankelijke jury dan het allerbeste uit, waaraan ze de watercircle.be-Watertechnologieprijs toekent. De jury beoordeelt op volgende punten (in dalende volgorde van belangrijkheid):
· Bruikbaarheid van de informatie uit het eindwerk voor de leden van watercircle.be
· Innovatief karakter
· Belang van duurzaamheid in het behandelde onderwerp
· Algemene (wetenschappelijke) kwaliteit
De auteur van het beste eindwerk krijgt hiervoor een bedrag van €500 en een oorkonde. Daarnaast zijn er nog 2 bijkomende laureaten. Het voor de technologieleveranciers meest bruikbare eindwerk verdient €250 en een oorkonde en de derde laureaat gaat eveneens niet met lege handen naar huis en krijgt een prijs van €125 en een oorkonde. Deze prijzen worden uitgereikt op het Academia Meets Industry-event dat watercircle.be steevast organiseert begin december. Daar zullen de laureaten hun eindwerk ook kunnen voorstellen. De laureaten van de voorbije jaren kan je raadplegen op www.watercircle.be/watertechnologieprijs-laureaten.
In dit kader bekroont watercircle.be elk jaar enkele eindwerken, van de academische leden, met de watertechnologieprijs.
Ingezonden eindwerken dienen een direct verband te hebben met watertechnologie en worden voorgedragen door de promotor/academisch lid van watercircle.be. Uit deze beste eindwerken (één per instelling of ‘buitengewoon watercircle.be-lid’) van in totaal 21 hogescholen en universitaire centra kiest een door watercircle.be samengestelde, onafhankelijke jury dan het allerbeste uit, waaraan ze de watercircle.be-Watertechnologieprijs toekent. De jury beoordeelt op volgende punten (in dalende volgorde van belangrijkheid):
· Bruikbaarheid van de informatie uit het eindwerk voor de leden van watercircle.be
· Innovatief karakter
· Belang van duurzaamheid in het behandelde onderwerp
· Algemene (wetenschappelijke) kwaliteit
De auteur van het beste eindwerk krijgt hiervoor een bedrag van €500 en een oorkonde. Daarnaast zijn er nog 2 bijkomende laureaten. Het voor de technologieleveranciers meest bruikbare eindwerk verdient €250 en een oorkonde en de derde laureaat gaat eveneens niet met lege handen naar huis en krijgt een prijs van €125 en een oorkonde. Deze prijzen worden uitgereikt op het Academia Meets Industry-event dat watercircle.be steevast organiseert begin december. Daar zullen de laureaten hun eindwerk ook kunnen voorstellen. De laureaten van de voorbije jaren kan je raadplegen op www.watercircle.be/watertechnologieprijs-laureaten.
Jury members
WATER RESEARCH 2020
The B-IWA Research Award awards the most excellent scientific publication of the past year. Papers from any peer reviewed journal are accepted, but the topic - as judged from title or the keywords - should have a clear link to the theme of water (NB: previously only publications in IWA journals were taken into consideration for this award but not anymore …).
Publications from the past calendar year should be submitted to compete for the award. Thus, for the 2020 award the papers must have appeared in 2019. No papers in press will be accepted. The first date of publication – online or print – is the criterion.
Application for the Water Research Award is done either as a self-nomination, or as a nomination by a third party. Nominations for this award will not be made by the jury. All submissions should use the designated e-form which can be found here.
Candidates should be affiliated to a Belgian university, research institute, agency, organisation or company (as mentioned in the published paper).
Only one paper can be submitted in a given calendar year per first author.
The jury will consider aspects such as scientific excellence, quality of communication (story and writing style), practical applicability and overall societal relevance.
The award is attributed specifically to the first author. In certain cases, the jury may decide that the award is to be shared by the co-authors (only in case of equal contributions to the article, but this information has to be explicitly indicated on the printed version of the article). In both cases, all co-authors must agree on the application for this award.
First authors who won the prize cannot reintroduce another candidacy in the next 4 years but the co-authors can, except in the above case.
The award winner receives 800 EURO, a certificate from the B-IWA Board, and will be featured on the B-IWA website. In case of ex-aequo, the jury can decide to award maximum two winners. In this case the monetary prize is halved.
The B-IWA board reserves the right not to hand out the award in case the quality of the submitted papers is deemed insufficient for an award, or in case there is only a single submission.
The winner will be invited to the awards ceremony (this year in December at the Academia meets industry event) to briefly present the paper.
Publications from the past calendar year should be submitted to compete for the award. Thus, for the 2020 award the papers must have appeared in 2019. No papers in press will be accepted. The first date of publication – online or print – is the criterion.
Application for the Water Research Award is done either as a self-nomination, or as a nomination by a third party. Nominations for this award will not be made by the jury. All submissions should use the designated e-form which can be found here.
Candidates should be affiliated to a Belgian university, research institute, agency, organisation or company (as mentioned in the published paper).
Only one paper can be submitted in a given calendar year per first author.
The jury will consider aspects such as scientific excellence, quality of communication (story and writing style), practical applicability and overall societal relevance.
The award is attributed specifically to the first author. In certain cases, the jury may decide that the award is to be shared by the co-authors (only in case of equal contributions to the article, but this information has to be explicitly indicated on the printed version of the article). In both cases, all co-authors must agree on the application for this award.
First authors who won the prize cannot reintroduce another candidacy in the next 4 years but the co-authors can, except in the above case.
The award winner receives 800 EURO, a certificate from the B-IWA Board, and will be featured on the B-IWA website. In case of ex-aequo, the jury can decide to award maximum two winners. In this case the monetary prize is halved.
The B-IWA board reserves the right not to hand out the award in case the quality of the submitted papers is deemed insufficient for an award, or in case there is only a single submission.
The winner will be invited to the awards ceremony (this year in December at the Academia meets industry event) to briefly present the paper.
WATER DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATION AWARD 2020
The B-IWA Development Collaboration Award is reserved for a successful collaboration between a Belgian partner (Academic, Industry or Government) and a partner in developing country. This application is always done as a duo. Both names/institutions should be clearly mentioned on the application.
Applications are either self-nominations, nominations by a third party, or nominations by the B-IWA board. All nominations should be submitted by filling out the designated e-form. A submission can only be made once via an e-form which can be found here.
The type of submission is flexible, and can comprise for example: a PhD thesis, a joint project with demonstrated results, an education project, testing of a prototype in a developing country, development of an interesting new concept, etc.
Innovation, creativity and effective partnership are preponderant criteria for this award.
The award winners receive 400 EURO each, a certificate from the B-IWA Board, and will be featured on the B-IWA website. No ex-aequos are possible for this award.
The B-IWA board reserves the right not to hand out the award in case the quality of the submissions is deemed insufficient, or in case there is only a single submission.
Application for the B-IWA Research Award is done either as a self-nomination, or as a nomination by a third party. Nominations for this award will not be made by the jury. All submissions should use the designated e-form on www.biwa.be
The winner (or its representative) will be invited to the awards ceremony (this year in December at the Academia meets industry event) to provide a short presentation.
Applications are either self-nominations, nominations by a third party, or nominations by the B-IWA board. All nominations should be submitted by filling out the designated e-form. A submission can only be made once via an e-form which can be found here.
The type of submission is flexible, and can comprise for example: a PhD thesis, a joint project with demonstrated results, an education project, testing of a prototype in a developing country, development of an interesting new concept, etc.
Innovation, creativity and effective partnership are preponderant criteria for this award.
The award winners receive 400 EURO each, a certificate from the B-IWA Board, and will be featured on the B-IWA website. No ex-aequos are possible for this award.
The B-IWA board reserves the right not to hand out the award in case the quality of the submissions is deemed insufficient, or in case there is only a single submission.
Application for the B-IWA Research Award is done either as a self-nomination, or as a nomination by a third party. Nominations for this award will not be made by the jury. All submissions should use the designated e-form on www.biwa.be
The winner (or its representative) will be invited to the awards ceremony (this year in December at the Academia meets industry event) to provide a short presentation.
WATER CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2020
The Water Career Achievement Award represents B-IWA’s most important award. It can only be received once. The candidate may still be professionally active, or retired.
In this case candidates shall be proposed by members of the B-IWA Board, and selected and formally approved by the Board (majority vote in case of discussion). Check the Board on www.biwa.be.
The candidates can have any or blend of the following profiles: academic, industry, government, non-profit.
The person who proposes a candidate must motivate his/her choice in a short recommendation (which will be used for the press release).
A nomination is only valid if the candidate is informed and agrees with his/her nomination.
The nominee shall supply additional information and a detailed CV if requested by the jury.
The winner receives a certificate from the B-IWA Board, and will be featured on the B-IWA website. There is no monetary prize with this award.
The winner will be invited to the awards ceremony (this year in December at the Academia meets industry event), and has the possibility to deliver a short acceptance speech (if desired).
In this case candidates shall be proposed by members of the B-IWA Board, and selected and formally approved by the Board (majority vote in case of discussion). Check the Board on www.biwa.be.
The candidates can have any or blend of the following profiles: academic, industry, government, non-profit.
The person who proposes a candidate must motivate his/her choice in a short recommendation (which will be used for the press release).
A nomination is only valid if the candidate is informed and agrees with his/her nomination.
The nominee shall supply additional information and a detailed CV if requested by the jury.
The winner receives a certificate from the B-IWA Board, and will be featured on the B-IWA website. There is no monetary prize with this award.
The winner will be invited to the awards ceremony (this year in December at the Academia meets industry event), and has the possibility to deliver a short acceptance speech (if desired).
Evaluation criteria based on IWA
An exceptional body of research which has defined our understanding of water science, management or policy and its application at national/international level and/or
An exceptional career in practice or policy that has made a positive contribution to sustainable water management and/or
An outstanding publications record which includes landmark papers in major international journals and monographs and other research publications and/or
An exceptional contribution to the communication and promotion of water management.
In all cases, there must be a contribution in connection with the affairs of B-IWA.
An exceptional career in practice or policy that has made a positive contribution to sustainable water management and/or
An outstanding publications record which includes landmark papers in major international journals and monographs and other research publications and/or
An exceptional contribution to the communication and promotion of water management.
In all cases, there must be a contribution in connection with the affairs of B-IWA.
B-IWA awards winners
Research Award
Year |
Name |
Affiliation |
2013 |
Joachim Desloover / Anouk Debrauwere |
UGent / VUB-UCL |
2014 |
Karen De Roy / Wim Audenaert |
UGent / UGent |
2015 |
Emilie Courtens |
UGent |
2016 |
Marina Arnaldos Orts |
Acciona, Sp. / UGent |
2017 |
Youri Amerlinck |
UGent |
2018 |
Lai Peng / Andreia Amaral |
UAntwerpen / UGent |
2019 |
Michael Chys |
UGent campus Kortrijk |
Industry Award
Year |
Name |
Affiliation |
2013 |
Wim Moerman |
Nuresys |
2015 |
Mari-Karoliina Winkler |
GMB Bioenergie BV |
Development Collaboration Award
Year |
Name |
Affiliation |
2015 |
Seid Tikku Meretam & Peter Goethals |
Jimma University / UGent |
2017 |
Embialle Mengistie Beyene & Tom Van Gerven |
Jimma University / KULeuven |
2018 |
Korneel Rabaey & Srikanth Mutnuri |
UGent / Birla Institute, Goa, India |
2019 |
Rudy Devinck & Winnie Owiti |
Kitanda VZW (8380 Dudzele), in partnership with Ebenezer Life (40101 Ahero, Kenya) |
Career Achievement Award
Year |
Name |
Affiliation |
2013 |
Willy Verstraete |
UGent |
2014 |
Jan Cromphout |
De Watergroep |
2015 |
Francis Edeline |
UGembloux - Cebedeau |
2016 |
Diederik Schowanek |
Procter & Gamble NV |
2017 |
Patrick Meire |
UAntwerpen |
2018 |
Boudewijn Van De Steene |
Aquafin / De Watergroep |
2019 |
Alain Bernard |
DEME group |