International Society of Biomechanics in Sports

Hans Gros Award

The 'Hans Gros Emerging Researcher Award' recognizes excellence in early career research. This prestigious award is given annually to an individual who has excelled in their early research career (2-5 years post PhD) and has embodied the ISBS philosophy of applied science and 'bridging the gap'. The winner is invited to present their research in a keynote lecture at the ISBS annual conference.

Award Criteria:
  • The applicant must be a current full member of ISBS, must have been a member for the past three consecutive years or more (e.g. in the year 2025, the applicant must have been a member during 2022-2024), and must not have won the Hans Gros Emerging Research Award previously.
  • The applicant must be within two to five calendar years of graduating with a PhD at the time of that year’s annual conference. A maximum of one additional year of eligibility can be granted by the Awards Committee due to a significant career interruption.
  • The applicant must have a record of successful research esteem and publications.
  • A letter of support from an established researcher in the field of Sports Biomechanics who is a current ISBS member. The letter should include a clear statement that they supports the application for the ISBS Hans Gros Emerging Researcher Award. The letter must accompany the application form.
  • The applicant must have presented (oral or poster) at least once at an ISBS conference.
  • The applicant, if selected, is expected to attend the closing ceremony and closing banquet for that year’s annual conference.
  • The applicant, if selected, is expected to submit a scientific review article of an aspect of their presented work for publication in ‘Sports Biomechanics’ within 6 months of the award.
Submission Process:

The applicant must submit an application form (available here), 250-word abstract, and supporting documentation to the VP of Awards

Deadline:

January 31st

Further Information available on Page 10-12 of the Policy Manual for Awards of ISBS

Award Recipients
Year Recipient Conference Presentation
2025 Dr Daniel Kadlec
Edith Cowan University, Australia 		Doha, Qatar Moving Beyond Averages - The Challenge of Quantifying Movement Variability in Sports Biomechanics
2024 Dr Natsuki Sado
University of Tsukuba, Japan 		Salzburg, Austria Biomechanical inter-relationships between physical and motor features in maximal effort locomotion: Insights into individually optimized strategy
2023 Dr John Warmenhoven
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia 		Milwaukee, USA Over 30 years of functional data analysis in human movement: What do we know, and is there more for sports biomechanics to learn?
2022 Dr Marion Mundt
University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia 		Liverpool, UK On-field motion analysis: repurposing motion capture datasets and training machine learning models to bring the lab to the field.
2021 Dr Gregory Tierney
Ulster University, Northern Ireland 		Canberra, Australia Concussion biomechanics and head acceleration exposure in sport: Can we develop player protection strategies without compromising the dynamics of the game?
2020 Dr Gillian Weir
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA 		Online ACL injury prevention in team sports: biomechanically informed approaches and applications (available to view on the ISBS YouTube channel).
2019 Dr Laura Anne Furlong
Loughborough University, UK 		Oxford, Ohio, USA Measuring Muscle in Motion: Implications and Challenges for Applied Sports Biomechanics
2018 Dr Steffen Willwacher
German Sport University of Cologne, Germany 		Auckland, New Zealand Sports equipment: How the transformation from passive to digital systems opens new doors and puts new demands on sports biomechanists.
2017 Dr. Pedro Mororço
Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal 		Cologne, Germany Novel Insights into an old methodology: Upgrading the use of tethered swimming.
2016 Dr. Cyril Donnelly
University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia 		Tsukuba, Japan Bridging the nexus between simulation and injury prevention research
2015 Dr. Kimi Sato
East Tennesse State University, USA 		Poitiers, France Measuring bilateral asymmetry in a long term athlete monitoring
2014 Dr. Neil Bezodis
St Mary's University, London, UK 		Johnson City, TN, USA Integrating research and practice with a view to enhancing sports performance: examples from sprint acceleration
2013 Dr. Daniel Fong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China 		Taipei, Taiwan Investigating and preventing sport-related ankle sprain injury

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