Criteria
To be considered, papers must not only be submitted to the annual symposium but also be explicitly entered into the Hangai Prize Contest.  Papers that have previously been submitted for publication in the Journal of the IASS are not eligible for entry in the Hangai Prize competition.

To be eligible for the prize, the applicant need not be a member of the IASS but must:

1. 1.be under the age of thirty at the end of the calendar year of the Annual Symposium,
2. 2.be the primary contributor of the research, the project, or the idea presented and as such be the first or sole author of the abstract and the paper,
3. 3.follow the procedures established by the Annual Symposium for the submission of a contribution, including the submission of an abstract by the specified date,
4. 4.upload a full-paper manuscript and the completed Hangai Prize entry form to the symposium upload website by the established deadline, and
5. 5.if selected as a winner, attend the Symposium to present the paper in a plenary session and to receive the prize.
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 Presentation and Benefits
The Prizes are presented during the Annual Symposium.  Each prize consists of:
    (1) a certificate and medal,
    (2) reduced fees for the symposium,
    (3) a free one-year IASS Awardee membership for the full calendar year following the symposium, and
    (4) publication of the contributions in both the Symposium Proceedings and the Journal of the IASS.
As an incentive for entering the competition, all applicants - whether winners or not - who attend and present their papers at the Annual Symposium receive a free one-year IASS Awardee membership for the full calendar year following the symposium.

 Submissions

Please submit abstracts in accordance with the deadline and format of the symposium website, and be sure to check Hangai Prize when submitting abstracts.

For more information, please check the Hangai Prize website（https://iass-structures.org/Hangai-Prize）.

List of past recipients of the Hangai Prize