Call for IAG Grants – 1st Workshop of the IAG Working Group DENUCHANGE

1st Workshop of the IAG Working Group DENUCHANGE: Denudation and Environmental Changes in Different Morphoclimatic Zones

Storkowo-Szczecinek (Poland), September 25-27, 2018

The International Association of Geomorphologists offers 4 grants of 150 euros to favour the participation of Young Geomorphologists (under 35 years old) from Europe (but not mainly based in Poland) in the 1st Workshop organized by the IAG Working Group DENUCHANGE, to be held in Storkowo-Szczecinek (Poland) on September 25-27, 2018.

The Workshop aims at the better understanding of possible effects of ongoing and accelerated environmental changes on present-day denudational processes and familiarization with systematic and quantitative studies (environmental monitoring) on the actual drivers of denudational processes in differentiated landscape controls.

The organization of the event includes initiatives specifically dedicated to Young Geormophologists and in particular calculation of chemical and mechanical denudation rates as well as carrying out GIS-hydrological modelling using the SWAT model.

For further information on the Workshop, please contact Dr. Joanna Gudowicz (Gudowicz@amu.edu.pl)

Applicants (with a special interest in geomorphological topics to be proved by their CV) are requested to submit the following files before 25 August 2018:

– Application form (doc) (pdf);

– Short CV (maximum 2 pages long), including up to 10 papers;

– Copy of valid passport / identity card;

– Abstract submitted (or to be submitted) to the Workshop.

The above mentioned documents should be submitted to the IAG grant office at iaggrantoffice@gmail.com (please specify IAG Grant – DENUCHANGE 2018 in the subject of the accompanying e-mail).

Call for IAG Grants for the VII Argentinian Meeting on Quaternary and Geomorphology

The International Association of Geomorphologists offers 2 grants of 500 euros to favour the participation of Young Geomorphologists (under 35 years old) from Latin America but not mainly based in Argentina in the 7º Congreso Argentino de Cuaternario y Geomorfología, “Geocuar 2018” organized by Argentine Association of Geomorphology and Quaternary Studies (AACG) to be held in Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina, 18-21 September 2018.

The Congress aims at gathering participants from Argentina and from different parts of the world to discuss and share the most recent advances in the broad field of Geomorphology and Quaternary Sciences. The three day-long event offers a plenary session and two mega-poster sessions, one mid-day field trip and three short courses. In addition, a post-meeting field trip will be organized in the Peninsula Valdés region, a World Heritage Site.

The organization of the event includes initiatives specifically dedicated to Young Geormophologists and in particular three short courses are available to attend: Biomineralization and environmental studies, Malacology in Quaternary marine environments, Radiocarbon analysis: methods and solutions to solve geological problems.

For further information on the Congress, please visit:

http://cacg2018.cenpat-conicet.gov.ar/inicio

Applicants (with a special interest in geomorphological topics to be shown by their CV) are requested to submit the following files before 30 June 2018:

– Application form (PDF and doc);

– Short CV (maximum 2 pages long), including up to 10 papers;

– Abstract submitted (or to be submitted) to the Congress

The above mentioned documents should be submitted to the IAG grant office at iaggrantoffice@gmail.com (please specify IAG Grant – Geocuar 2018) in the subject of the email).

The selection of candidates will be carried out by a Commission appointed by the IAG Executive Committee. For further information on the IAG Grants, feel free to contact the IAG Training Officer.

 

Marta Della Seta

IAG Training Officer

marta.dellaseta@uniroma1.it

Reports by Grant Holders – IAG GRANTS for BSG Post-Graduate Training Workshop, Windsor, UK, 4-8 December 2017

The International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG/AIG) offered 2 grants of 300 (three-hundred) Euros to PhD STUDENTS in GEOMORHOLOGY from EUROPE (except UK) who were willing to take part in the BSG Post-Graduate Training Workshop (Windsor, UK, 4-8 December 2017).

For further information on the Workshop, please visit the BSG website at:

http://geomorphology.org.uk/workshops/windsor-postgraduate-workshop-2017

The selection of candidates has been carried out by a Commission appointed by the IAG.

11 eligible applications were received for the grants available.

 

IAG GRANTS have been awarded to the following candidates:

– Anne-Laure ARGENTIN (France) | REPORT
– Mario Valiante (Italy) | REPORT

 

Marta Della Seta
Training Officer
marta.dellaseta@uniroma1.it

 

IPA-IAG Agreement – Early Career Researcher Conference Travel Grants For 9th International Conference on Geomorphology – New Delhi, India, 6-11 November 2017

According to the recently established IPA-IAG Agreement, the International Permafrost Association (IPA) offered 2 travel grants of 300 euros to Early Career Researchers to take part in the 9th International Conference on Geomorphology (ICG2017) on “Geomorphology and society” (New Delhi, India, November 2017). The International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG/AIG) will cover the costs for Registration Fee to the grant winners.

The grants are devoted to support the active participation (oral or poster presentation) of 2 early career researchers* whose interests intersect with those of the two associations, generally in the area of glacial and periglacial research.

The submission and acceptance of an abstract and the active participation in the conference (with oral or poster presentation) are mandatory to receive this support. Early career researchers based in the organizing country for the international conference were not eligible for this support.

The selection of candidates has been carried out by a Commission appointed by the IAG and IPA Executive Committees.

10 applications were received, among which 6 eligible for the grants available.

IAG GRANTS have been awarded to the following candidates:

Karoline MESSENZEHL (Germany)
Adolfo QUESADA-ROMAN (Costa Rica)

 

The Conference on Geomorphology will take place in New Delhi at Vigyan Bhawan. Organized by the Indian Institute of Geomorphologists and open to all scientists and practitioners, it will include scientific sessions, keynote lectures as well as a special Session and an Intensive Course for Young Geomorphologists dealing with ‘Geomorphology Field Training in tectonically active mountain regions’, co-sponsored by the European Geosceinces Union (EGU). Field trips will be arranged in various parts of India and neighbouring countries, before, during and after the Conference.

For further information on the Conference, please visit the IAG/AIG website http://www.geomorph.org/ and the Conference website http://www.icg2017.com

Hanne Christiansen

IPA President

Mauro Soldati

*An early career researcher is defined as an individual currently enrolled as a student in a post-secondary institution or having completed their most recent post-secondary degree within the last six years and not holding a tenure-track or tenured professorial appointment.

Reports by Grant Holders – IAG GRANTS for 11th Workshop of the IAG/AIG SEDIBUD Working Group – Baru (Hunedoara County, Romania), 5-8 September 2017

The International Association of Geomorphologists offered 2 grants of 250 euros to favour the participation of Young Geomorphologists (under 35 years old) worldwide (except Romania) in the Workshop organized by the IAG SEDIBUD (Sediment Budgets in Cold Environments) Working Group on the “Relationships between climate change, vegetation cover and sediment fluxes in high latitude/high altitude cold environments.

The 11th IAG/AIG SEDIBUD (Sediment budgets in Cold Environments) Workshop was held on 5-8 September 2017 at the Research Base of the Babeş-Bolyai University (UBB), located in Baru (Hunedoara County, Romania). It brought together researchers from various scientific fields with special interest and studies concerning the sediment transfer processes and budgets under changing climate and vegetation cover conditions in high latitude/high altitude cold environments worldwide.

A one-day field trip was organized in Parâng Mountains (Southern Carpathians), aiming at introducing the participants within the morphoclimatic context of the alpine areas in Carpathians. Several sites with past and contemporary geomorphic process activity (rock falls, rock avalanches, debris flows, snow avalanches, periglacial activity etc.). The participants got also an overview of the complex interactions between the sediment transfer processes and the mountain ecosystems (alpine meadows, subalpine shrubs and coniferous forests).

For further information on the Workshop, please visit the IAG SEDIBUD Working Group webpage http://www.geomorph.org/sedibud-working-group/

The selection of candidates was carried out by a Commission appointed by the IAG Executive Committee.

4 eligible applications were received for the grants available.

IAG GRANTS have been awarded to the following candidates:

 

David KRAUSE (Czech Republic) | REPORT

Sonya STOYANOVA (Bulgaria) | REPORT

Mauro Soldati

IAG Vice-President and Training Officer

soldati@unimore.it

 

Reports by Grant Holders – IAG GRANTS for 9th International Conference on Geomorphology – New Delhi, India, 6-11 November 2017

The International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG/AIG) offered a number of grants for YOUNG GEOMORPHOLOGISTS (under 35 yrs old)  to take part in the 9th International Conference on Geomorphology (New Delhi, India, 6-11 November 2017) and related Intensive Course for Young Geomorphologists (Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehra Dun, India, 12-17 November 2017).

The grants are offered to Young Geomorphologists from less-favoured countries worldwide (with a Purchasing Power Parity below 21,000 international dollars, according to the World Development Indicators database, World Bank, revised 11 October 2016).

The funds allocated are 15,000 euros from the IAG/AIG plus 3,000 euros from the European Geosciences Union (EGU) and 1,500 euros from the French Geomorphology Group (GFG). In recognition of the outstanding research carried out by the French geomorphologist Jean Tricart (1920-2003) in Latin America, Africa and Asia, one of the grant holders from these regions will be designated as the Tricart Scholar.

The Conference on Geomorphology will take place in New Delhi at Vigyan Bhawan. Organized by the Indian Institute of Geomorphologists and open to all scientists and practitioners, it will include scientific sessions, keynote lectures as well as a special Session and an Intensive Course for Young Geomorphologists dealing with ‘Geomorphology Field Training in tectonically active mountain regions, co-sponsored by the EGU. Field trips will be arranged in various parts of India and neighbouring countries, before, during and after the Conference.

For further information on the Conference, please visit the IAG/AIG website http://www.geomorph.org/ and the Conference website http://www.icg2017.com

 

The selection of candidates was carried out by a Commission appointed by the IAG/AIG Executive Committee, and priority was given to applicants who intend to participate in the Intensive Course for Young Geomorphologists.

 

73 applications were received, among which 62 eligible for the grants available.

IAG GRANTS have been awarded to the following 23 candidates:

 

-Fabio ALVES (Brazil) | REPORT

-Awara Ibrahim M.AMIN (Iraq) | REPORT

-Shreya BANDYOPADHYAY (India) | REPORT

-Sujay BANDYOPADHYAY (India) | REPORT

-Edipo Henrique CREMON (Brazil) | REPORT

-Sayantan DAS (India) | REPORT

-Daniel DE SOUZA (Brazil) | REPORT

-Fabiano DO NASCIMENTO PUPIM (Brazil) | REPORT

-Swakangkha GHOSH (India) | REPORT

-Hadi KARIMI (Iran) | REPORT

-Hongwei LI (China) | REPORT

-Nigus Demelash MELAKU (Ethiopia)

-Mathieu MOMO NOUAZI (Cameroon) | REPORT

-Otavio MONTANHER (Brazil) | REPORT

-Alejandro MONTES (Argentina) | REPORT

-Eduardo MORAIS (Brazil) | REPORT

-Bachtiar Wahyu MUTAQIN (Indonesia) | REPORT

-Daniel PEIFER BEZERRA (Brazil) | REPORT

-Maryam RAHMATI (Iran) | REPORT

-Noemi Sharon RUIZ-CORTES (Mexico) | REPORT

-Sourav SAHA (India) | REPORT

-Guruh SAMODRA (Indonesia)

-Ghislain ZANGMO TEFOGOUM (Cameroon) | REPORT

waiting list (which will be used only in case of any grant-holders’ declination):

1) ROY Suvendu Guruh (India)

2) LIANG Peng (China)

3) ALMEIDA DE OLIVEIRA Sarah (Brazil)

4) OLUWAFEMI Olawale Ayodeji (Nigeria)

5) SILVA MARTINS NAZAR Thallita Isabela (Brazil)

 

The grant budgets have been negotiated and agreed with each of the awardees and mainly depend on the expected travel expenses and the co-funding they were able to collect. As per IAG tradition, the grants will be delivered cash directly at the Conference venue

The IAG-grants holders are warmly invited to participate in the IAG First General Assembly to be held at the Conference Venue on 7 November (8.30-10.00).
IAG/AIG Vice-President and Training Officer
Mauro Soldati

 

 

IAG GRANTS for BSG Post-Graduate Training Workshop, Windsor, UK, 5-8 December 2016

The International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG/AIG) offered 2 grants of 250 (two-hundred-fifty) Euros to PhD STUDENTS in GEOMORHOLOGY from EUROPE (except UK) to take part in the BSG Post-Graduate Training Workshop (Windsor, UK, 5-8 December 2016).

For further information on the Workshop, please visit the BSG website at:

http://www.geomorphology.org.uk/workshops/windsor-workshop

The selection of candidates has been carried out by a Commission appointed by the IAG.

4 eligible applications were received for the grants available.

 

IAG GRANTS have been awarded to the following candidates:

Gabriele AMATO (Italy) | REPORT
Vittoria VANDELLI (Italy) | REPORT

 

Mauro Soldati
IAG Vice-President and Training Officer
soldati@unimore.it

 

Prof. Mauro Soldati

IAG Vice-President and Training Officer

 

IPA-IAG Agreement – Early Career Researcher Conference Travel Grants For ICOP 2016

According to the recently established IPA-IAG Agreement, the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG/AIG) offered 2 grants of 300  to Early Career Researchers to take part in the 11th International Conference on Permafrost (ICOP2016) (Potsdam, Germany, 20-24 June 2016).

The selection of candidates has been carried out by a Commission appointed by the IAG and IPA Executive Committees.

12 eligible applications were received for the grants available.

IAG GRANTS have been awarded to the following candidates:

Raul David ȘERBAN (Romania)REPORT
Ingo HARTMEYER (Austria) |

 

Mauro Soldati
IAG Vice-President and Training Officer
soldati@unimore.it

IAG GRANTS for EGU/CERG FORM-OSE Post-Graduate Training School 2016 – “Landslides and other Geological Hazards in Active Volcanic Environments”, São Miguel Island, Azores (Portugal), 4-9 July 2016

The International Association of Geomorphologists offered 1 grants of 400 euros to favour the participation of PhD students in Geomorphology (under 35 years old) worldwide (except Portugal) in the FORM-OSE Post-Graduate Training School 2016 on ‘Landslides and other Geological Hazards in Active Volcanic Environments’ organized by the EGU and CERG (Council of Europe).

For further information on the Summer School, please visit:

http://www.formose2016.wix.com/formose2016

A Commission appointed by the IAG Executive Committee received 13 eligible applications by candidates from 10 different countries, among which the winner of the IAG Grant is:

  • Bayes AMHED (Bangladesh)

The awardee, Bayes Ahmed (Bangladesh) withdrew at the very last minute since he was not able to get the VISA. Therefore, the grant was finally awarded to the second in the waiting list, who was taking part in the School:

  • Pablo Valenzuela Mendizabal (Spain) | REPORT

Mauro Soldati

IAG Vice-President and Training Officer

soldati@unimore.it

IAG GRANTS for WGTG Summer School 2016 – “Alps vs. Apennines: Tectonic Geomorphology of Mountains”, Italy: Western Alps-Central Apennines, 2-9 July 2016

The International Association of Geomorphologists offered 2 grants of 400 euros to favour the participation of Young Geomorphologists (under 35 years old) worldwide (except Italy) in the Summer School 2016 organized by the IAG Tectonic Geomorphology Working Group “Alps vs Apennines: Tectonic Geomorphology of Mountains”.

For further information on the Summer School, please visit the IAG Tectonic Geomorphology Working Group webpage http://www.geomorph.org/tectonic-geomorphology-working-group/

A Commission appointed by the IAG Executive Committee received 4 eligible applications by candidates from 4 different countries, among which the winners of the IAG Grant are:

  • Gen LI (China)
  • Milena ROZYCKA (Poland) | REPORT

 

Mauro Soldati

IAG Vice-President and Training Officer

soldati@unimore.it

IAG GRANTS for Workshop – “Martian Gullies and their Earth Analogues”, co-organized by WGPG, London, UK, 20-21 June 2016

The International Association of Geomorphologists offered 2 grants of 250 euros to favour the participation of Young Geomorphologists (under 35 years old), who are not from the UK, in the Workshop on Martian Gullies and their Earth Analogues co-organized by the IAG Planetary Geomorphology Working Group.

For further information, please visit: http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/martiangullies

A Commission appointed by the IAG Executive Committee received 2 eligible applications, both by candidates from USA. The winners are:

  • Erica JAWIN (USA) | REPORT
  • Tanya HARRISON (USA) | REPORT

Mauro Soldati

IAG Vice-President and Training Officer

soldati@unimore.it

IAG GRANTS for BSG Post-Graduate Training Workshop, Windsor, UK, 7-10 December 2015

The International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG/AIG) offered 2 grants of 250 (two-hundred-fifty) Euros to PhD STUDENTS in GEOMORHOLOGY from EUROPE (except UK) who took part in the BSG Post-Graduate Training Workshop (Windsor, UK, 7-10 December 2015).

The Workshop was organised by the British Society for Geomorphology (BSG) and recognised by the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG/AIG). The course provided PhD students with elements of training for research and with an opportunity to meet others at an early stage of their training when they were wrestling with the problems of research design etc.
There have been sessions about starting research, designing research projects, methodological issues, modelling, fieldwork problems and remedies, presentations techniques, time management, and workshops for project organisation and discussion of individual projects.

For further information on the Workshop, please visit the BSG website at:
http://www.geomorphology.org.uk/workshops/windsor-workshop

IAG GRANTS have been awarded to the following PhD Students in Geomorphology selected among 14 eligible applicants from 6 countries:

Ilenia Maria D’ANGELI (Italy) | Report
Jure TICAR (Slovenia) | Report

IAG GRANTS for IAG Regional Conference on Geomorphology Gradualism vs catastrophism in landscape evolution, Barnaul (Russia), 2-4 July 2015

The International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) offered a number of grants to YOUNG GEOMORPHOLOGISTS (under 35 years old) who were willing to take part in the Regional Conference on Geomorphology to be held in Barnaul (Russia) on 2-4 July 2015.

The grants were offered to young scientists from less favoured countries of ASIA and EAST EUROPE, with a Purchasing Power Parity below 21,000 International Dollars (according to the World Development Indicators database, World Bank, updated 6 November 2014. For details see http://databank.worldbank.org/data/download/GNIPC.pdf– right column).

The IAG Regional Conference in Russia is organized by IAG jointly with the Russian Association of Geomorphologists (RuAG) and will be hosted by the Altai State University. An Intensive Course for Young Geomorphologists will be integrated into the post-conference fieldtrip in the form of discussions and seminars on the issues presented during the fieldtrip.
For further information on the Conference, please visit the website: http://iag2015.rurs.net/

The IAG/AIG has allocated 6,000 euros to this initiative. The amount of single grants will depend on the country of origin (or place of residence) and on estimated financial needs of the grant winners. The grants are intended to cover (at least partially) travel costs to and from Barnaul, accommodation during the Conference. In addition, the Organizing Committee will waive the Conference registration fee. The  participation in the Intensive Course included in the post-conference field-trip is highly recommended and the intention to participate in the Course has been considered as a preferential title in the selection of the applicants.

The selection of candidates has been carried out by a Commission appointed by the IAG Executive Committee.

10 applications from 5 countries were received for the grants available.
8 applications were eligible and 2 non-eligible since the applicants were from Russia (which has a PPP over the fixed threshoid of 21,000 international dollars).

Finally, 6 IAG-grants have been awarded to the Young Geomorphologists reported below (in alphabetical order):

  1. Shreya BANDYOPADHYAY (India) Report
  2. Kapil GHOSH (India) Report
  3. Iliyan KOTSEV (Bulgaria) Report
  4. Diganta KUMAR (India) Report
  5. Archana PATIL (India) Report
  6. Yuanyuan ZHOU (China) Report

 

Mauro Soldati
IAG Vice-President and Training Officer
soldati@unimore.it

IAG GRANTS for BSG Post-Graduate Training Workshop, Windsor, UK, 8-11 December 2014

The International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) offered 2 grants of 250 (two-hundred-fifty) Euros to PhD STUDENTS in GEOMORHOLOGY from EUROPE (except UK) who took part in the BSG Post-Graduate Training Workshop (Windsor, UK, 8-11 December 2014). PhD students at an early stage of their PhD programme were encouraged to apply. The Workshop was organised by the British Society for Geomorphology (BSG) and recognised by the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG). The course provided PhD students with elements of training for research and with an opportunity to meet others at an early stage of their training when they were wrestling with the problems of research design etc. There were sessions about starting research, designing research projects, methodological issues, modelling, fieldwork problems and remedies, presentations techniques, time management, and workshops for project organisation and discussion of individual projects.

For further information on the Workshop, please visit the BSG website at: http://www.geomorphology.org.uk/postgraduates/windsor

The IAG grants were awarded to:

  • Calogero SCHILLACI (Italy/Germany) Report
  • Laura VEZZOLA (Italy) Report

    Mauro Soldati
    IAG Vice-President and Training Officer
    soldati@unimore.it

 

IAG GRANTS for the International Conference on Analysis and Management of Changing Risks for Natural Hazard, Padua, Italy, 18-19 November, 2014

The International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) offered 2 grants of 250 Euros each to PhD students in Geomorphology from Europe (except Italy) who were willing to take part in the Conference on Analysis and Management of Changing Risks for Natural Hazards , to be held in Padua, Italy, on 18-19 November 2014.
The Conference provided an opportunity to discuss multi-hazard risks and multi-disciplinary research results on the effects of changing of hydro-meteorological risks and their effects on planning strategies. The conference focused 1) on natural hazard process understanding and innovative methodologies for quantitative hazard and risk forecasts, and 2) on the integration of engineering, socio-economic and human sciences in risk management and prevention planning in practice.
The Conference represented the culmination of the EC projects CHANGES (www.changes-itn.eu) and IncREO (www.increo-fp7.eu) and provided a forum for exchange of ideas related to effective risk management strategies.

Mauro Soldati
IAG Vice-President and Training Officer
soldati@unimore.it

 

IAG GRANTS for the International Workshop “Geomorphosites, lever of local socio-economic development. From European experiences to Maghrebian and African projects”, Beni Mellal, Morocco, 2-4 October, 2014

The International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) offers 1 grant of 500 Euros to a Young Geomorphologist from a Northern African or Sub-saharian country (except Morocco) who is willing to take part in the Workshop on Geomorphosites to be hosted by the University Sultan Moulay Slimane, Beni Mellal (Morocco) on 2-4 October 2014, and the related Intensive Course organised by IAG Working Group on Geomorphosites on 1st October 2014.

The objective of the Workshop is to enable geomorphology experts and local actors from the Maghreb and African countries to build upon existing European experiences in material recovery and socio-economic development and try to adapt these experiences to requirement on the ground. The Workshop is intended for both academics and the regional planning stakeholders and decision makers to reflect on the role of the geomorphosites in the local socio-economic development. The Intensive Course will deal with definitions and characterstics of geomorphosites, as well as various investigation methods (assessment and mapping).

Priority will be given to applicants who have a special interest in the field of geomorphosites, to be proved by their CV.

The Commission appointed by the IAG Executive Committee received 2 applications and assigned the grant to:

Dr. Tarek BEN FRAJ from Tunisia Report

Mauro Soldati
IAG Vice-President and Training Officer
soldati@unimore.it

 

IAG GRANTS for BSG Post-Graduate Training Workshop, Windsor, UK, 9-12 December 2013

The International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) offered 2 grants of 300 (three-hundred) Euros to PhD STUDENTS in GEOMORHOLOGY from EUROPE (except UK) who were willing to take part in the BSG Post-Graduate Training Workshop (Windsor, UK, 9-12 December 2013). PhD students at an early stage of their PhD programme have been encouraged to apply. The Workshop was organised by the British Society for Geomorphology (BSG) and recognised by the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG). The course provided PhD students with elements of training for research and with an opportunity to meet others at an early stage of their training when they were wrestling with the problems of research design etc. There have been sessions about starting research, designing research projects, methodological issues, modelling, fieldwork problems and remedies, presentations techniques, time management, and workshops for project organisation and discussion of individual projects.

For further information on the Workshop, please visit the BSG website at: http://www.geomorphology.org.uk/postgraduates/windsor

IAG-GRANT HOLDERS

  1. Karoline MESSENZEHL (Germany) Report
  2. Mariacristina PRAMPOLINI (Italy) Report

The selection of candidates has been carried out by a Commission appointed by the IAG Executive Committee.

Mauro Soldati
IAG Vice-President and Training Officer

 

IAG GRANTS for the 8th International Conference on Geomorphology Paris, France, 27-31 August 2013

A remarkable number of applications for IAG grants for the Paris Conference was received. Out of 97 applications received, 70 were eligible for grant awarding. The process of grant acceptance has been completed and the final list of the IAG grant holders is reported. The Selection Committee appointed by the IAG Executive Committee assessed the applications and finally 20 Young Geomorphologists under 35 years old have been supported. They came from 12 countries with a Purchasing Power Parity below 16,000 international dollars. Reports by the grant holders are linked aside.

Among the IAG grant holders, the Jean Tricart Scholar has been nominated in occasion of the 1st General Assembly and a prize has been offered by the French Group of Geomorphology (GFG). This prize has been offered in recognition of the outstanding research carried out by the French geomorphologist Jean Tricart (1920-2003) in Latin America, Africa and Asia.
The designated Jean Tricart Awarded is Danang Sri HADMOKO, from Gadjah Mada University, Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

GRANT HOLDERS:

  1. ALEXSANDR Orkhonselenge (Mongolia) Report 
  2. ANGHEL Titu (Romania) Report 
  3. BANDYOPADHYAY Shreya (India) Report 
  4. DIAS NERY Tulius (Brazil) Report 
  5. GREEN Andrew (South Africa) Report 
  6. HADMOKO Danang Sri (Indonesia) Report 
  7. IOANA-TOROIMAC Gabriela (Romania) Report 
  8. IOSIF Daniel (Romania) Report 
  9. JOUBERT Rebecca (South Africa) Report 
  10. LISTO Fabrizio (Brazil) Report 
  11. LU Hongua (China) Report 
  12. NEHME Carole (Lebanon) Report 
  13. RAZAK Khamarrul (Malaysia) Report 
  14. REN Xiaozong (China) Report 
  15. SEPEHR Adel (Iran) Report 
  16. TEMOVSKI Marjan (Republic of Macedonia) Report 
  17. TRIPATHI Manisha (India) Report 
  18. ZANGMO TEFOGOUM Ghislain (Cameroon) Report 
  19. ZHANG Deguo (China) Report 
  20. ZHOU Gongdan (China) Report 

Mauro Soldati
IAG/AIG Training Officer

IAG Regional Conference on Geomorphology 2011: Geomorphology for Human Adaptation to Changing Tropical Environments, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 18-22 February, 2011

The International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) offered up to 7 grants to YOUNG GEOMORPHOLOGISTS (under 35 yrs old) from AFRICA who were willing to take part in the Regional Conference on Geomorphology to be held in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) from 18-22 February 2011.
The IAG has allocated 5000 euros to this initiative.

Mauro Soldati
IAG Training Officer

 

BSG Post-Graduate Research Training Workshop Windsor, United Kingdom, 13-16 December 2010

The Workshop is organised by the British Society for Geomorphology (incorporating the former BGRG) and recognised by the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG). IAG offered 3 grants of 350 (three-hundred-fifty) Euros to PhD STUDENTS in GEOMORHOLOGY from EUROPE (except UK) who were willing to take part in the BSG Post-Graduate Research Training Workshop (Windsor, UK, 13-16 December 2010).

Mauro Soldati
IAG Training Officer

 

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