Oldrich Hungr Award
The award recognizes the contribution of Oldrich Hungr to landslide research and science. The ICL and IPL membership believes that an appropriate award in his honor would be devoted to supporting young scientists in their research focusing in landslides. The conditions of the award are:
1. It is entitled the “Oldrich Hungr award”;
2. It is given every year to a young scientist (35 years or younger) for his/her contribution to the field of landslide;
3. Requires the winner to give a lecture at the next WLF that highlights his/her landslide research contributions;
4. The winning candidate receives a plaque and an honorarium of $500 as well as free registration to next WLF;
5. Nominations will be accepted by the IPL/ICL Secretariat proposed by any ICL member in good standing up to 3 months prior to the annual ICL BOR; the exact date will be advertised by the IPL/ICL Secretariat;
6. Winners are notified approximately 1 month after the BOR.
The first recipient of the Oldrich Hungr Award is:
- Beena Ajimera (North Dakota State University), 20th Session of BOR/ICL, online/Virtual Conference, Kyoto, Japan in November 2020.