{"id":6746,"date":"2024-11-13T14:13:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T14:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iavceivolcano.org\/?page_id=6746"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:35:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:35:44","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iavceivolcano.org\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"IAVCEI awards and medals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“IAVCEI awards and medals are awarded every two or four years at the IAVCEI Scientific Assembly, the IAVCEI General Assembly (during the IUGG General Assembly) or the Cities on Volcanoes conference. The awardees are selected by the members of the IAVCEI award committees<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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 <\/td>Scientific Assembly<\/td>General Assembly<\/td>Cities on Volcanoes<\/td><\/tr>
Collective Research award<\/a><\/td> <\/td>X<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
George Walker award<\/a><\/td>X<\/td>X<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Honorary award<\/a><\/td>X<\/td>X<\/td>X<\/td><\/tr>
Volcanic surveillance and crisis management award<\/a><\/td> <\/td> <\/td>X<\/td><\/tr>
Fisher medal<\/a><\/td>X<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Krafft medal<\/a><\/td> <\/td>X<\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Thorarinsson medal<\/a><\/td>X<\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
Wager medal<\/a><\/td>X<\/td>X<\/td> <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Collective Research Award<\/summary>\n

The Award for Collective Research is awarded every 4 years during the IAVCEI General Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a group achievement award that recognizes excellent work through collaboration. It can involve multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, national or international research groups and\/or stakeholder that have contributed to a significant shift in understanding of science related to volcanology and\/or chemistry of the Earth\u2019s interior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Criteria for eligibility include successful national or international cooperation that has resulted in outstanding research outputs (in terms of originality, significance and rigour) that can include but can also go beyond academic publications and\/or social innovation (i.e. new social practices that aim to meet social needs resulting from \u2013 for example \u2013 cooperation, inclusivity, education, community development, risk reduction or public health).<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

George Walker Award<\/summary>\n

The George Walker medal is awarded every 2 years at both the IAVCEI Scientific Assembly and at the IAVCEI General Assembly to Early Career Researchers (ECR) as defined in paragraph 4.2 of Statutes & By-Laws<\/a> (Nominees must be ECR at the time of nomination submission).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Excluding Career Breaks as defined in paragraph 4.3 of Statutes & By-Laws<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The George Walker Award honours the memory of Professor George Walker<\/a>, who was born on 2 March 1926 and died on 17 January 2005. Professor Walker\u2019s discoveries pioneered a modern quantitative approach to physical volcanology and greatly accelerated understanding of volcanic processes. The award recognizes achievements of a recent outstanding graduate in the fields of research encompassed by IAVCEI, or also a recent graduate whose achievements in volcanology involved operating in difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous GEORGE WALKER medal winners<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n