2025 Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award

Started in 2016, the Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award is given every year to recognize up to two early career researchers who have made a significant contribution to advance their field of research, which should fall under the broad umbrella of fundamental or applied combustion or combustion-related fields. Each winning researcher will receive US$10,000 and the presentation of the award takes place at the biennial International Symposia on Combustion.

The award is named the Hiroshi Tsuji Early Career Researcher Award in recognition of Professor Tsuji's many important contributions to combustion science, most famously his invention and utilization of a stable counterflow burner configuration, the Tsuji burner. The configuration has influenced a vast number of fundamental studies and applications regarding flame structure, extinction, soot formation and other areas in laminar and turbulent combustion. It is also a foundational element for early career researchers coming to the field.

The award is proudly sponsored by Elsevier and The Combustion Institute.
 
Nominations
Information regarding nominations and applications:

• The period for nominations will last for 6 weeks, opening on 1 October and closing at 23:59 EST on 15 November in the year preceding that for which the award will be given.
• Eligible candidates are expected to have contributed, with an independent research profile, to their field and the date of the award of his or her PhD/Doctorate or equivalent should be between 4 and 10 years prior to the nomination deadline.
• Both self-nominations and peer recommendations will be considered.
• A complete nomination package must include:
  • Curriculum Vitae of the candidate
  • List of publications of the candidate, divided by author and co-author
    • Please include the list of publications as part of the Curriculum Vitae document
  • Covering letter stating why the candidate would be a worthy winner of the award with full explanations of awards and grants the nominee has received
  • Recommendation letters, no more than two pages in length, from two experts of international standing in the field. No individual should submit a letter of nomination and/or a letter of support for more than one nominee annually
  • One page from nominee explaining what they consider to be their remarkable contribution (Sample Template provided) (Upload using the field labeled "Other Materials")

Read more in the Call for Nominations.

PLEASE NOTE: When submitting, the first three fields, (“First Name,” “Last Name,” and “Email”) should contain the information of the individual submitting the nomination package, regardless of if they are the actual nominator. In the case this person is not the nominator, the nominator’s information will still be provided in the subsequent fields denoted with “Nominator.”

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