Awards

ISBS Life Members

A special membership category that is reserved for members who have made outstanding contributions to ISBS. The work of the member should have enabled ISBS to further develop and thrive. This work is typically not academic (research-related) and is therefore not covered by other ISBS awards.

Award Criteria:

• The candidate must have been a full member of ISBS for at least ten prior consecutive years (e.g. if applying in the year 2024, the applicant must have been a member during 2014-2023).
• A current full member of ISBS.
• The candidate must have two nominators, one of which must be an officer of ISBS.
• The candidate must have made a significant contribution to ISBS. Suggested categories are listed on page 19 of the Policy Manual for The Vice President of Awards of ISBS.
• The candidate must attend the closing ceremony and closing banquet for that year’s annual conference.

Submission / Nomination Process:

Nominations should include a two-page narrative from both nominators detailing how the candidate has contributed to ISBS. The application should be submitted 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 19-20 of the Policy Manual for The Vice President of Awards of ISBS

1989 Dr. Juris Terauds Colorado State University, USA	1997 Dr. David Kelley University of Maryland, USA	1997 Dr. John Ostarello California State University-Hayward, USA	1997 Dr. David Waddell Bryson Sport Consultants, Canada	1998 Dr. Ellen Kreighbaum Montana State University, Bozeman, USA
2001 Dr. Hans Gros University of Stuttgart, Germany	2002 Dr. Barbara Gowitzke McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada	2004 Dr. Pekka Luhtanen Biomechanics Research Institute for Olympic Sports, Jyvaskyla, Finland	2005 Dr. Ross Sanders University of Edinburgh, UK	2008 Dr. Manfred Vieten University of Konstanz, Germany
2011 Dr. Youlian Hong Chengdu Sports University, China	2012 Dr. Bruce Elliott University of Western Australia, Australia	2013 Dr. Joseph Hamill University Of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA	2014 Dr. Hermann Schwameder University of Salzburg, Austria	2014 Dr. Young-Hoo Kwon Texas Woman's University, USA
2015 Dr. Drew Harrison University of Limerick, Ireland	2016 Dr. Duane Knudson Texas State University, USA	2017 Dr. Peter Huang National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan	2017 Dr. Randall Jensen Northern Michigan University, USA	2018 Dr. Liz Bradshaw Deakin University, Australia
2020 Dr. Gareth Irwin Cardiff Metropolitan University, UK