Travel Award

The Infrastructures Travel Award was launched in 2024, and it is presented every year to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in the field of infrastructure engineering, which helps to grow their profile. The application process is open from September to January every year and winners are announced by the end of March 2026.

The Prize:
– CHF 600;
– A certificate;

Number of Winners: 1

 
Infrastructures Travel Award
 
Application deadline: 31 January 2026
Winner announcement: 31 March 2026

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
 
Year: 

Winner

Jonathan Melchiorre
Politecnico di Torino

Award Committee

Dr. Pedro Arias-Sánchez Chairperson
University of Vigo
Dr. Vistasp M. Karbhari
University of Texas Arlington
Prof. Alessandro Zona
University of Camerino

Winner

André Filipe Castanheira Alves Furtado
CONSTRUCT-LESE, Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto (Portugal)
Angelo Aloisio
University of L'Aquila

Winner

Srijith Balakrishnan
The University of Texas at Austin
Iván
Applied Geotechnologies Research Group, Mining & Energy Engineering School, University of Vigo, Rúa Maxwell s/n, 36310 Vigo, Spain

Award Committee

Dr. Pedro Arias-Sánchez Chairperson
University of Vigo
Dr. Kourosh Khoshelham
Prof. Isam Shahrour
Lille University
Dr. Susana Lagüela
Universidad de Salamanca
Prof. Dr. Stefano Sfarra
University of L’Aquila
Dr. William D. Shuster
Wayne State University
Dr. Boulent Imam

Winner

Sujith Mangalathu
University of California, Los Angeles
Cao Wang
The University of Sydney

Award Committee

Dr. Pedro Arias-Sánchez Chairperson
University of Vigo
Dr. Susana Lagüela
Universidad de Salamanca
Prof. Isam Shahrour
Lille University
Dr. Hosin Lee
The University of Iowa
Prof. Georgios E. Stavroulakis
Technical University of Crete
Dr. Kourosh Khoshelham
Dr. Daniel Oliveira
University of Minho
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