Grants and Awards

The local section provides financial support for some members to attend local and international meetings of the Institute through awards or travel grants. This is particularly important for student members of the section who would otherwise have difficulty in finding the funds to attend International Symposia.

Applications are based on merit and need, and are normally considered on a case-by-case basis. Receiving awards or travel grants usually obligates the recipient to provide a report on the conference to the Biennial General Meeting (BGM) of the local section.

Travel Fellowship and Grants

David Warren Travelling Fellowship

The David Warren Travelling Fellowship Award is a larger award for an outstanding, young researcher in the field of combustion to attend the International Symposium. This prestigious award covers the cost of registration for the Symposium and supports some of the costs of travel to the meeting. Researchers under the age of 35 years, and who are presenting an oral paper at an International Symposium, are eligible to apply.

Applicants are expected to have already made a contribution to the field of combustion research and are expected to already hold a PhD in a combustion related field. The award of the David Warren Travelling Fellowship is awarded only when the executive committee feels that the candidate meets a high standard.

Past David Warren Travelling Fellowship Recipients

Year	Symposium and Location	Fellow
2018	37th Combustion Symposium, Dublin, Ireland	Michael John Evans, University of Adelaide
2016	36th Combustion Symposium, Seoul, Korea	Fatemeh Salehi, University of Sydney
2014	35th Combustion Symposium, San Francisco, USA	Zhi Wei Sun, University of Adelaide
2012	34th Combustion Symposium, Warsaw, Poland	Matt Dunn, University of Sydney
2010	33rd Combustion Symposium, Beijing, China	Paul Medwell, University of Adelaide
2008	32nd Combustion Symposium, Montreal, Canada	Evatt Hawkes, University of New South Wales
2006	31st Combustion Symposium, Heidelberg, Germany	Not awarded
2004	30th Combustion Symposium, Chicago, USA	Karina Sendt, University of Sydney

International Symposium Travel Grants

Travel grants are available for members who are presenting an oral presentation, paper or poster at International Symposia.

Asia Pacific Conference on Combustion (ASPACC) Travel Grants

Travel grants are available for members who are presenting an oral paper at the ASPACC, provided that it is at an overseas location.

Australian Combustion Symposium Travel Grants

Travel grants are available to student members who are presenting an oral paper at the Australian Combustion Symposium, provided that they reside at least 200km from the conference venue and their supervisor is registered for the meeting.

Australian Combustion Symposium Student Awards

Australian Combustion Symposium Best Student Paper Award

The Australian Combustion Symposium Best Student Paper Award, valued at $200 each, is established to recognise and encourage postgraduate students with the best contributions in the area combustion research at the Biannual Australian Combustion Symposium. Candidates are selected based on reviews and a final round of deliberations by the committee members.

Australian Combustion Symposium Terry Wall Best Student Paper Award

The Terry Wall Best Student Paper Award valued at $800, is established with donations from Professors Terry Wall AM FTSE and Dongke Zhang FTSE to recognise and encourage postgraduate students with the best contributions in the area of solid fuel combustion research at the Biannual Australian Combustion Symposium. The following criteria are to be met for the award to be made:

• The paper is presented by a postgraduate research student reading for a PhD or Master by Research degree at an Australian university;
• The paper presented is judged by a panel of experts to be the best paper in area of solid fuel combustion research;
• The related work is chiefly carried out by the postgraduate research student.

Past Australian Combustion Symposium Student Award Recipients

Year	Location	Award	Recipient
2019	Adelaide	Best Student Paper Award	D. Kim , University of New South Wales E. Eftekharian, Western Sydney University T. Ahmed, University of Sydney
		Terry Wall Best Student Paper Award	Not awarded
2017	Sydney	Best Student Paper Award	K.K. Foo, University of Adelaide A.R.W. Macfarlane, University of Sydney
		Terry Wall Best Student Paper Award	Not awarded
2015	Melbourne	Best Student Paper Award	B. Sundaram, University of Queensland F. Poursadegh, University of Melbourne
		Terry Wall Best Student Paper Award	H. Wang, University of Adelaide
2013	Perth	Best Student Paper Award	M. Warner, University of Sydney S. Meares, University of Sydney
		Terry Wall Best Student Paper Award	Z.Z. Zhang, University of Adelaide
2011	Newcastle	Best Student Paper Award	M. Zhu, University of Western Australia M. J. Blom, University of Melbourne