The IOMP is pleased to announce the IUPESM Award of Merit in Medical Physics 2025. IUPESM honours individuals with its IUPESM Awards of Merit a medical physicist and a biomedical engineer who have established distinguished careers in their field. With great satisfaction, IOMP Awards Committee acts as the IOMP Sub-committee to the IUPESM Awards Committee and is responsible for the selection of the medical physicist to receive the award. The IUPESM Award of Merit in Medical Physics 2025 will be presented at the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (WC 2025) in Adelaide.
The Award will include the IOMP certificate, travel funds to attend the WC 2025 in Adelaide and the opportunity to make a presentation on the awardee’s scientific and professional contributions to medical physics. In addition, a short biography of the awardee will be published in e-Medical Physics World (eMPW).
Criteria for selection:
- The recipient should have made a significant impact in the science and scientific practice of medical physics
- The recipient should have participated meritoriously in national and international organizations for medical physics and have significantly influenced the development of the profession of medical physics.
- The award may only be received only one time by any individual.
- Deadline: 7 April 2025
Nominating Procedure
- The award will be advertised on the IOMP mailing list and website.
- Self-nomination will not be considered.
- Nominations can be made to the Chair of the IOMP Awards and Honors Committee (AHC) by IOMP National Member Organizations (NMO) or individuals through their NMO. Where this is not possible, nominations should be made directly to the Chair of the AHC.
- Submission should be made in English.
- Nominations are to be made to the Chair of the IOMP AHC via this link (https://forms.gle/Kuch8X9vgDNuEjb29 ).
- The nomination should include the following documents (in PDF):
- Important note: Please label the files using the nominee’s name and according to the format described below:
- A one-page write-up on the significant contributions made in relation to the criteria stated above. (Label the file as 01_LastName_FirstName_achievement).
- A curriculum vitae, not exceeding two pages, that includes publications during the last 5 years.(Label the file as 02_LastName_FirstName_CV).
- A short biography (500 words). (Label the file as 03_LastName_FirstName_biography).