ICGdR, International Consortium on Geo-disaster Reduction

ICGdR Awards

The ICGdR presents the following awards to recognize those who have made significant contributions to the geo-disaster reduction for the benefit of human society and the natural environment:

（1）ICGdR Natural Science Award
（2）ICGdR Technological Invention Award
（3）ICGdR Scientific and Technological Progress Award
（4）ICGdR Outstanding Activity Award
（5）ICGdR Outstanding Young Scientist Award
（6）ICGdR Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award

Regulations and Requirements

Regulations for the ICGdR award selection starting from 2025

(1) The ICGdR awards are selected by a review committee appointed by the ICGdR President;
(2) The number of members in the review committee should be no less than nine and it should be odd;
(3) The review committee should be formed by multinational members and the number of members from one country/region should be no more than two;
(4) Selected review committee members shall recuse themselves from awards in which they have an application to whom there is a conflict of interest. In such cases, the ICGdR President should appoint an alternate member to the committee.
(5) The members of the review committee should be publicized on the ICGdR website within one week after the announcement of the award selection results.

Requirements for applying for the ICGdR award starting from 2025

(1) The applicants should hold ICGdR membership for more than two years (Strictly starting from the effective date of the membership certificate to the deadline of the award application) except for applying the ICGdR Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award;
(2) All of the ICGdR members under the age of 45 are eligible for nomination for the ICGdR Outstanding Young Scientist Award;
(3)Individuals or institutes affiliated with ICGdR are eligible for nomination of the ICGdR Outstanding Activity Award;
(4) PhD graduates in the institutes affiliated with ICGdR and those directly supervised by ICGdR members who hold ICGdR membership for more than two years are eligible for nomination of the ICGdR Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award. The doctoral degree should be awarded between January 1 of the year before the award application and the deadline of the award application in that year.
(5) For ICGdR Natural Science Award, ICGdR Technological Invention Award, ICGdR Scientific and Technological Progress Award, ICGdR Outstanding Young Scientist Award, and ICGdR Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award, the number of award winners in each year should be no more than two for each award, and when there are only two applicants, the number of award winner should be no more than one. If there is only one application, the corresponding award will be canceled for the year concerned.

Year	Award	Winner	Institute
2024	ICGdR Outstanding Young Scientist Award	Youkou Dong	China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), China
	ICGdR Outstanding Young Scientist Award	Lu Jing	Tsinghua University, China
	ICGdR Technological Invention Award	Yingbin Zhang	Southwest Jiaotong University, China
	ICGdR Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award	Hossein Emami Ahari	Iowa State University, USA
	ICGdR Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award	Zhengying He	Tongji University, China
	ICGdR Outstanding Activity Award	Sabatino Cuomo	University of Salerno, Italy
		Mariagiovanna Moscariello	University of Salerno, Italy
		Chack-Fan Lee	China Three Gorges University
		Huafeng Deng	China Three Gorges University
		Shimei Wang	China Three Gorges University
2023	ICGdR Outstanding Young Scientist Award	Bo Li	Tongji University, China
		Qing LÜ	Zhejiang university, China
		Zhigang Tao	China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), China
		Jianhong Ye	Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
	ICGdR Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award	Meng Lu	Tongji University, China
	ICGdR Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award	Yu Zhuang	Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
	ICGdR Outstanding Activity Award	Masaho Yoshida	National Institute of Technology, Fukui College, Japan
		Yu Huang	Tongji University, China
		Hu Zheng
		Bo Li
		Wuwei Mao
2022	ICGdR Outstanding Activity Award	Masakatsu MIYAJIMA	Kanazawa University, Japan
	ICGdR Outstanding Young Scientist Award	Haitao YU	Tongji University, China
		Huafu PEI	Dalian University of Technology, China
		Qiong WU	China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
		Xingsen GUO	University College London, UK
	ICGdR Technology Invention Award	Tingkai NIAN	Dalian University of Technology, China
	ICGdR Science Achievement Award	Shengwen QI	Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
	ICGdR Science Achievement Award	Jianyong QIAO	China University of Mining and Technology Beijing, China
	ICGdR Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award	Hong ZHANG	Ocean University of China, China
2020-2021	ICGdR Science Achievement Award	Masakatsu MIYAJIMA	Kanazawa University, Japan
	ICGdR Technology Invention Award	Bin HE	Guangdong Academy of Sciences, China
	ICGdR Technology Invention Award	Yonggang JIA	Ocean University of China, China
	ICGdR Outstanding Activity Award	Fenggui Liu	Qinghai Normal University, China
	ICGdR Outstanding Activity Award	Shengwen QI	Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
	ICGdR Outstanding Young Scientist Award	Yifei CUI	Tsinghua University, China
		Xiaolei LIU	Ocean University of China, China
		Wuwei MAO	Tongji University, China
		Kun SONG	China Three Gorges University, China
	ICGdR Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award	Xingsen GUO	Dalian University of Technology, China
	ICGdR Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award	Xi XU	Tongji University, China
2019	ICGdR Outstanding Activity Award	Isakbek TORGOEV	National Academy Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic
	ICGdR Outstanding Activity Award	Ranjan Kumar Dahal	Tribhuvan University, Nepal
	ICGdR Outstanding Young Scientist Award	Hu ZHENG	Tongji University, China
		Kai GU	Nanjing University, China
		Ping LI	China Institute of Disaster Prevention, China
		Yingbin ZHANG	Southwest Jiaotong University, China
		Yufeng WANG	Southwest Jiaotong University, China
	ICGdR Science Achievement Award	Hengxing LAN	IGSNRR, CAS, China
	ICGdR Science Achievement Award	SABATINO CUOMO	University of Salerno, Italy
2018	ICGdR Science Achievement Award	Manchao HE	China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing
	ICGdR Science Achievement Award	Yu HUANG	Tongji University, China
	ICGdR Technology Invention Award	Michele CALVELLO	University of Salerno, ITALY
	ICGdR Outstanding Young Scientist Award	Chong XU	China Earthquake Administration
	ICGdR Outstanding Activity Award	Patrick WASSMER	University of Strasbourg, France
	ICGdR Outstanding Activity Award	Teuku Faisal FATHANI	Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
	ICGdR Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award	Xiaokun HOU	Chang'an University, China
	ICGdR Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award	Shuai ZHANG	Shimane University, Japan
2017	ICGdR Award for Fundamental Research	Fawu WANG	Shimane University, Japan
	ICGdR Award for Fundamental Research	Tonglu LI	Chang'an University, China
	ICGdR Award for Application Research	Mingjian HU	Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, CAS
	ICGdR Award for Application Research	Jianhui LONG	Taiyuan University of Technology, China
	ICGdR Best Activity Award	Netra Prakash BHANDARY	Ehime University, Japan
	ICGdR Best Activity Award	Fawu WANG	Shimane University, Japan
2016	ICGdR Outstanding Fellow Award	Qiang XU	Chengdu University of Technology, China
	ICGdR Outstanding Young Researcher Award	Zili DAI	Shimane University, Japan
	ICGdR Best Geo-disaster Reduction Activity Award	Mgr. Adam EMMER	Charles University, Czech Republic
		Louis GE	National Taiwan University, China
		Qiangong Cheng	Southwest Jiaotong University, China
2015	ICGdR Outstanding Events	Vit Vilimek	Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
	ICGdR Outstanding Events	Qiangong CHENG	Southwest Jiaotong University, China
	Outstanding ICGdR Member of the Year	Xuanmei FAN	Chengdu University of Technology
2014	Outstanding event	Ko-Fei Liu	National Taiwan University
	Outstanding event	Binod Tiwari	California State University
	Outstanding member Award	Ranjan Dahal	Tribhuvan University
	Outstanding member Award	Jun Shen	China Institute of Disaster Prevention