IWA Young Water Professionals Award
(given in honour of Dr Maarten Schalekamp)
IWA Young Water Professionals Award recognises young professionals under the age of 35, who are either water sector practitioners or from research/academia. Awardees will have had both outstanding career achievement (either through their scientific contribution as researchers or working in the water industry) to date and the potential to play a large and influential role in the water industry in the future. Also they should have a demonstrable contribution to the public good in water and to the promotion and development of IWA and the IWA YWP programme. Award holders are expected to act as an ambassador for both IWA and the IWA YWP programme for two years after receiving the Award.
The award is not restricted to members of IWA and nominations will be sought also via WATER 21 and IWA’s Website.
A nomination must set out a summary of the nominee’s career to date highlighting and describing the outstanding achievements. The nomination should indicate realistic potential future roles for the nominee. Where appropriate the international implications of the achievements should be described. A nomination must be supported by at least 3 senior and respected members from the water sector, one of whom should preferably be a nominee’s supervisor.
Evaluation of the nominations will be by the Honours & Awards Committee.
This year we have introduced a new online nominations system on the IWA website to simplify the nominations process. If you wish to submit a nomination for the Young Water Professional Award then please click here to begin the nomination process.
The deadline for receipt of nominations is 1 June 2012.
