+ young snow professional awards

Continuing the excellent initiative, started in 2018 at the Innsbruck ISSW, to support and encourage young practitioners and researchers we plan to offer up to five Young Snow Professional (YSP) Awards. These YSP Awards will waive the conference registration fees for selected up-and-coming professionals in the early stages of their careers (< 30 years old). We ask that the application and selection process be managed by the individual avalanche associations (e.g. Canadian Avalanche Association, Austrian Association for Snow and Avalanches, American Avalanche Association).

For example, the association:

• Designs their application criteria.

• Accepts and evaluates applications.

• Selects an award winner.

• Provides mentorship for preparation of

  the abstract, paper, and presentation.

Please reach out to the Technical Committee at technical.committee@issw2026.com if your association is interested in supporting a young snow professional in your membership. We will only be able to offer up to five awards, so we will use a first-come-first serve process to select interested associations.