New Investigator Award

The purpose of the New Investigator Award (NIA) is to recognize new researchers and to encourage them to become productive members of ISBS by expanding the knowledge base of sports biomechanics through study and dissemination of information. All student members of ISBS, and full members who, at the time of the annual conference, have graduated with their terminal degree (master's or doctoral) within the past two years, are eligible for consideration. Candidates can enter one paper in the competition (oral or poster category), must be the first author of the paper submitted and accepted for presentation at the annual ISBS conference. Candidates must also present their paper at the conference, if selected, in dedicated oral (preliminary finals, finals [top 3]) and poster (finals) sessions. A judging panel uses evaluation templates when selecting the preliminary finalists, finalists, and winners of the competition.

Award Criteria:

The applicant must be a member of ISBS at the time of that year’s annual conference.
The applicant must provide documentary evidence at the time of that year’s annual conference that they are currently enrolled in an undergraduate or postgraduate program, or have graduated with their terminal degree (Master’s or Doctoral) within the last two years.
The applicant must submit a paper for that year’s annual conference.
The applicant must be the lead author of the submitted paper.
The applicant can only enter for one type of award (oral or poster) and must not have previously won the oral award (if applying for either category) or poster award (if applying for the poster category).
The applicant must not have entered the New Investigator Award (either category) on any three prior instances (i.e. a maximum of three applications in total is permitted).
The applicant, if selected as a finalist in the oral or poster competition, must be in attendance to present their work at the conference.
The applicant, if selected as a winner of the oral or poster competition, must submit a scientific paper version of their work, as first author, for publication in a special issue of ‘Sports Biomechanics’ within 6 months of the award being confirmed.
Applicants must confirm that the paper is not under review at the time of entering for the award, and that it will not be submitted anywhere else until the outcome of the award is known (if they do not win the award).

Submission Process:

The applicant must indicate that they would like to be considered for the NIA when they submit their conference paper. The applicant must also complete an application form and send this along with their supporting documents (evidence of current enrolment or graduation) to the VP of Awards by the closing date for paper submission.

Deadline:

Closing date for paper submissions for that year’s annual conference.

Further Information available on Page 5-9 of the Policy Manual for Awards of ISBS

Award Recipients

Year	Recipient	Conference	Presentation
2025	Dalia Al Otti KU Leuven	Doha, Qatar	Altered spinopelvic kinematics differentiate individuals with symptomatic Cam from asymptomatic Cam and control groups
2024	Josh Carter University of Bath	Salzburg, Austria	Estimating Joint Moments During Treadmill Running Using Various Consumer-Based Wearable Sensor Locations
2023	Adrian Rivadulla University of Bath, UK	Milwaukee, USA	Clustering long-distance runners based on their technique at one single speed does not generalise to multiple speeds
2022	Eoin Doyle Macquarie University, Australia	Liverpool, UK	The influence of speed on patellofemoral joint kinetics in recreational runners
2021	Simon Augustus University of Chichester, UK	Canberra, Australia	Defining movement strategies in soccer instep kicking using the relationship between pelvis and kick leg rotations
2019	Josef Viellehner German Sport University Cologne, German	Oxford, Ohio, USA	Road bike damping: comfort or performance related?
2018	Daniel Cottam University of Western Australia, Australia	Auckland, New Zealand	Can inertial measurement units be used to validly measure pelvis and thorax motion during cricket bowling?
2017	Paul Felton Loughborough University, UK	Cologne, Germany	Optimising individual performance in cricket fast bowling.
2016	Sina David German Sport University, Germany	Tsukuba, Japan	Victory or defeat – how movement strategies distinguish fast direction changes from cutting manoeuvres with high injury risk
2015	John Warmenhoven University of Sydney, Australia	Poitiers, France	The application of functional data analysis techniques for characterizing differences in rowing propulsive-pin force curves
2014	Pedro Morouço Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal	Johnson City, TN, USA	Are dry-land strength metrics and forces exerted in-water related with high swimming velocity in young athletes?
2013	Steffen Willwacher German Sport University Cologne, Germany	Taipei, Taiwan	Start block kinetics: what the best do different than the rest
2013	Roman Farana University of Ostrava, Czech Republic	Taipei, Taiwan	The effect of different hand position on impact forces and elbow loading during the round off in female gymnastics
2012	Gerda Strutzenberger University of Salzburg, Austria	Melbourne, Australia	Pedal forces, lower limb joint kinematics and kinetics in cycling with circular and non-circular chainrings
2012	Helen Crewe University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia	Melbourne, Australia	Functional screening test associated with altered trunk and pelvis kinematics and low back injury incidence in adolescent fast bowlers
2011	Giulia Mantovani University of Ottawa, Canada	Porto, Portugal	Is principal components analysis more efficient to detect differences on biomechanical variables between groups?
2010	Anne Richter Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany	Marquette, MI, USA	Effects of age, gender, and activity level on counter-movement jump performance and variability in children and adolescents
2009	Neil Bezodis University of Bath, UK	Limerick, Ireland	Development, evaluation and application or a simulation model of a sprinter during the first stance phase
2008	Ezio Preatoni Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy	Seoul, Korea	Nonlinear analysis of race walking gait: Movement variability, Entropy and Motor Skill Assessment
2007	Miriam Klous University of Salzburg, Austria	Ouro Preto, Brazil	Lower extremity joint loading in carved ski and snowboard turns
2007	Giulia Dona University of Padova, Padova, Italy	Ouro Preto, Brazil	Principal components analysis of knee angle waveforms during race walking
2006	Jodie Cochrane University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia	Salzburg, Austria	The effect of lower limb training on muscular support of the knee and risk of anterior cruciate ligament injury
2005	Wolfgang Potthast German Sport University, Cologne	Beijing, China	The choice of training footwear has an effect on changes in morphology and function of foot and shank muscles
2004	Cassie Wilson University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, UK	Ottawa, Canada	Optimization of Performance in Running Jumps for Height
2002	Clara Soper Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand	Caceres, Spain	The Effectiveness of the Goggles Training System as a Coaching Tool in Changing Pelvis Angle at the Catch during On-Water Rowing
2001	Thor Besier University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia	San Francisco, California, USA	Muscle Activation Patterns at the Knee Joint During Unanticipated Sidestepping Tasks
2000	Young-Tae Lim Yeungnam University, Kyungsan, Korea	Hong Kong, China	Estimated Lumbar Spinal Loads During a Golf Swing using an EMG-Assisted Optimization Model Approach
1999	Margaret McBride Australian Catholic University Sydney, Australia	Perth, Australia	Use of Real-Time Telemetry to Monitor Instantaneous Seat and Boat Velocity in Pair oared Rowing
1998	Toshimasa Yanai School of Physical Education, University of Otago, NZ	Konstanz, Germany	Mechanics of Body Roll in Front-Crawl Swimming
1997	Sang Yeon Woo Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea	Denton, Texas, USA	A Three Dimensional Analysis of the Windmill Style of Softball Delivery for Fast and Change-Up Pitching
1996	Laurie Malone University of Alberta, Canada	Funchal, Madeira, Portugal	The Effects of Wrist Restraints on Wheeling Biomechanics
1995	Calvin Morriss Manchester Metropolitan University, England	Thunder Bay, Canada	The Biomechanics of Elite Javelin Throwing Technique
1994	Marco Caffi Politecnico di Milano, D.S.T.M., Milano, Italy	Siofok, Hungary	Balls Mathematical Models and Mechanical Tests
1993	Mark Walsh California State University, Northridge, USA	Amherst, Massachusetts, USA	Kinematics of the Pole Vault Approach
1993	Brian Caster University of Oregon, USA	Amherst, Massachusetts, USA	The Effect of Height and Post-Landing Movement Task on Landing Performance
1992	Nigel Stockhill Crewe-Alsager College of Higher Education, UK	Milano, Italy	A Three Dimensional Cinematographica Analysis of the Techniques of International and English Country Cricket Fast Bowlers
1990	Milan Jurdik University of Karlova, Prague, Czechoslovakia	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Biomechanical Analysis of the Horizontal Jumps
1990	Greg Wilson University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia	Prague, Czechoslovakia	Maximizing the Use of Elastic Energy in a Stretch Shorten Cycle Movement

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