Awards

Fellow of International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (FISBS)

Reserved for individuals who have made outstanding contributions in biomechanics related to sports over a period of years.

Award Criteria:

• The applicant must have been a full member of ISBS for at least five prior consecutive years (e.g. if applying in the year 2023, the applicant must have been a member during 2018-2022).
• A current full member of ISBS.
• The applicant must have delivered at least two oral presentations at two different ISBS events (at least one of these must be at an annual conference, the other may be e.g. an invited presentation at a mid-year symposium).
• The applicant must have published at least five Sports Biomechanics papers (minimum of three as the first author) in English, peer-reviewed scientific journals.
• The applicant must have served ISBS in a recognised role as per page 17 of the Policy Manual for The Vice President of awards of ISBS.
• The applicant must have been nominated by an executive member, board director, or Fellow of ISBS.
• The applicant, if selected, must attend the closing ceremony and closing banquet for that year’s annual conference.

Submission Process:

The applicant must submit an application form, to the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Deadline:

April 30th

Further Information available on Page 17-18 of the Policy Manual for The Vice President of Awards of ISBS

1989 Dr. John Cooper University of Indiana, USA	1989 Dr. Ruth B. Glassow* University of Wisconsin, USA	1997 Dr. Juris Terauds Colorado State University, USA	2001 Dr. Bruce Elliot University of Western Australia, Australia	2001 Dr. Stanley Plagenoef* University of Massachusetts, USA
2002 Dr. Doris Miller University of Western Ontario, Canada	2004 Dr. James Hay* University of Auckland, New Zealand	2004 Dr. Roger Bartlett University of Otago, New Zealand	2005 Dr. Joseph Hamill University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA	2005 Dr. Benno Nigg University of Calgary, Canada
2007 Dr. Duane Knudson California State University at Chico, USA	2008 Dr. Young-Hoo Kwon Texas Woman's University, USA	2008 Dr. Jing Xian Li University of Ottawa, Canada	2008 Dr. Elizabeth Bradshaw Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia	2008 Dr. Wayne Marino University of Windsor, Canada
2008 Dr. Youlian Hong The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong	2009 Dr. Richard Smith University of Sydney, Australia	2009 Dr. Hermann Schwameder University of Karlsruhe, Germany	2009 Dr. Daniel Fong The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong	2009 Dr. Gareth Irwin Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK
2010 Dr. Michiyoshi Ae University of Tsukuba, Japan	2010 Dr. Rafael Bahamonde Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, USA	2010 Dr. Angus Burnett The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong	2010 Dr. Drew Harrison University of Limerick, Ireland	2010 Dr. Patria Hume Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
2010 Dr. Randall Jensen Northern Michigan University, USA	2010 Dr. David Kerwin University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, UK	2010 Dr. Mario Lamontagne University of Ottawa, Canada	2010 Dr. Cassie Wilson University of Bath, UK	2011 Dr. Kevin Ball Victoria University, Australia
2011 Dr. Glenn Fleisig American Sports Medicine Institute, USA	2011 Dr. Bing Yu University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA	2012 Dr. Alfred E. Finch Indiana State University, USA	2012 Dr. Justin Keogh Bond University, Australia	2012 Dr. Gongbing Shan University of Lethbridge, Canada
2013 Dr. Jacqueline Alderson University of Western Australia, Australia	2013 Dr. Young-Tae Lim Konkuk University, Korea	2013 Dr. Bruce Mason Australian Institute of Sport, Australia	2014 Dr. Wolfgang Potthast German Sport University, Cologne	2014 Dr. Aki Salo University of Bath, UK
2015 Dr. Gerda Strutztenberger  University of Salzburg, Austria	2017 Dr. Hiro Nunome  Fukuoka University, Japan	2017 Dr. Neil  Bezodis Swansea University, UK	2017 Dr. Fred Yeadon Loughborough University, UK	2018 Dr. Sarah Breen Northern Michigan University,
2018 Dr. Ian Bezodis Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK	2018 Dr. Silvio Lorenzettis Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen	2019 Dr. Laura-Anne Furlong Loughborough University, UK	2019 Dr. Mark Walsh Miami University, Ohio, USA	2018 Dr. Tim Exell University of Portsmouth, UK
2019 Dr. Daniel Herman University of Florida, USA	2020 Dr. Mark King Loughborough University, UK	2020 Dr. Veni Kong Nanyang Technological University, Sinapore	2020 Dr. Peter Sinclair University of Sydney, Australia	2021 Dr. Helen Bayne University of Pretoria, South Africa
2021 Prof Floren Colloud Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology, France	2021 Dr. Steffi Colyer University of Bath, United Kingdom	2021 Dr. Ina Janssen Sportcentrum Papendal, Netherlands	2021 Dr. Marcus Lee Singapore Sport Institute, Sport Singapore	2021 Dr. Gillian Weir New York Yankees, USA
2022 Dr Alexandra Atack St Mary’s University, UK	2022 Dr Kelly Sheerin Auckland University of Technology, NZ	2022 Dr Hannah Wyatt Auckland University of Technology, NZ