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Travel Award

The application deadline of the Travel Award is extended. Entries will be accepted until November 30th 2025. We are looking forward to applications from all over the world.


Buildings Travel Award was launched in 2017, and it is presented every year to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in the field of building science, building engineering, and architecture, which helps to grow their profile. The application process is open from April to October every year and winners are announced by the end of December.

The Prize:
– CHF 600;
– A certificate.

Number of Winners: 2

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Buildings Travel Award

Winner announcement date: 31 December 2025

Eligibility and Requirements

– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students;
– Plans to attend an international conference in 2026 (oral presentation or poster).

List of Documents for Application

– Information of the conference the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted;
– Curriculum Vitae and list of publications;
– Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words);
– Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status.

Past Winners

Winner
  • NRNavoda Ranasinghe
    Navoda Ranasinghe
    Massey University, New Zealand
  • XLXiujie LI
    Xiujie LI
    Hong Kong Ploytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
Award Committee
  • David Arditi avatar imageDavid Arditi
    David Arditi
    Chairman
    Illinois Institute of Technology
  • Tengfei Zhang avatar imageTengfei Zhang
    Tengfei Zhang
    Dalian University of Technology
  • Yong Tan avatar imageYong Tan
    Yong Tan
    Tongji University
  • Hongping Yuan avatar imageHongping Yuan
    Hongping Yuan
  • Hiroshi Tagawa avatar imageHiroshi Tagawa
    Hiroshi Tagawa
    Hiroshima University
  • Yung Yau avatar imageYung Yau
    Yung Yau
    School of Graduate Studies and Department of Sociology & Social Policy, Lingnan University

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