ICAS Awards

RAeS members asked to nominate their candidates

There are  five awards on offer and members of RAeS Australia are encouraged to nominate deserving persons. The nomination form template is available to download here.

The detailed rules for ICAS Honours and Awards can be found here and includes a list of previous award recipients for reference.

Proposals for award candidates should reach the ICAS Secretariat by July 31, 2009.

Available awards:

Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Memorial Lecture Award

The Distinguished Lectureship Award is intended primarily to recognize and honour a scientist or engineer of eminence who in a long and productive career has made a significant contribution to progress in aeronautics. By tradition this Award is proposed by the host society (3AF to propose for ICAS 2010). 

ICAS - Von Karman Award for International Cooperation in Aeronautics

Its purpose is to acknowledge exceptional achievement in international cooperation in the field of aeronautics, being awarded to a project or programme in which two or more countries are major participants and which is characterized by substantial technical achievement, scientific or technological advance or benefit to society. The Award is presented to a team made up of a representative of each participating country, nominated by that country as a leading contributor to its part in the project or programme.

ICAS - Maurice Roy Award

Its purpose is to honour persons of distinction who have an exceptional record in fostering international cooperation between scientists by their personal participation and involvement in aeronautics.

ICAS – Award for Innovation in Aeronautics

Its purpose is to recognize contributions of an individual or a team in effectively integrating a suite of advanced technologies, combined with new design and/or manufacturing processes, to create a new aeronautical system with significant worldwide impact.  This impact may have been realized at the time of the award, or it may be a future impact that can be anticipated as a result of the achievement of the recipient(s).

ICAS - John J. Green Award

Its purpose is to honour young persons of distinction who are demonstrating an exceptional record in fostering international cooperation between scientists by their personal participation and involvement in aeronautics.