Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Fire will be granting a Travel Award to one junior scientist. The applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee consisting of senior scholars from the Fire Editorial Board.

This award provides financial support for the winner to attend an international conference in the field of the science, policy, and technology of fires. Planned for 2024, the winner will be invited to hold a presentation, present a poster, or both.

Candidate Requirements:
– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students.
– Plans to attend an international conference in 2024 (oral presentation or poster).

Required Application Documents:
– Information of the conference the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted.
– Curriculum Vitae and list of publications.
– Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words).
– Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status as a postdoctoral fellow/PhD student.

The winner will be awarded CHF 500 and a certificate.

Please submit your applications for the Fire 2024 Travel Award online by 30 April 2024. Prizes will be awarded at the end of June 2024 and announced on the Fire website.

Kind regards,
Fire Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the journal’s Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Grant Williamson, we wish to acknowledge our reviewers who so generously give their time to reviewing the papers submitted to Fire by presenting an award to those reviewers who have demonstrated their dedication, professionalism, and timeliness in reviewing manuscripts for Fire.

What are the pre-requisites to be eligible for this award?

• All of the reviewers for Fire in 2023 will be automatically included.

Selection criteria:

• Number of review reports;
• The quality and timeliness of review reports.

What will the winners receive?

There will be two winners this year, and each will receive the following:

• CHF 500;
• An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge in 2024 after peer review;
• A certificate.

When will the winners be announced?

• The winners will be announced in March 2024 on the journal’s website.

How can I make myself eligible?

• If you have not yet reviewed papers for Fire, but would like to do so, you can register as a reviewer at the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/profile/edit.

Kind regards,
Fire Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

The journal Fire is inviting applications for the Fire 2023 Best PhD Thesis Award. This prize will be awarded to two PhD students or recently qualified PhDs who have produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential. The applications will be assessed by an evaluation committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Grant Williamson.

Eligibility and Requirements

• The candidate must be a PhD student or recently qualified PhD who has produced a highly anticipated thesis with great academic potential;
• The PhD thesis must be their original work;
• The PhD thesis must be defended between 1 October 2021 and 31 October 2023.

Required Application Documents

• An executive summary of the PhD thesis in English of around 3000 words;
• A letter from the PhD supervisor recommending the candidate for consideration for this award;
• The candidate’s CV, including a list of publications connected with the thesis;
• An electronic copy of the PhD thesis;
• A scanned copy of the PhD diploma (or certificate of studying at a school or research institute as a PhD student going to graduate or participate in graduation thesis defenses).

Selection Criteria

• Quality of resume and publications;
• Relevance of the candidate and research description;
• Novelty of the candidate’s PhD thesis;
• Strength of the recommendation letter;
• Anticipated academic potential;
• Originality and impact of the research.

Prizes

• Bonus (CHF 500);
• An electronic certificate;
• Offer to publish one paper free of charge in Fire after peer review before the end of 2024.

The application deadline is 30 November 2023. The winner will be announced on the Fire website by the end of January 2024.

Kind regards,
Fire Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief, I am pleased to announce the winner of the Fire 2023 Travel Award.

The award has been granted to Dr. Stephen Fillmore, a PhD student at the Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Fire Sciences, University of Idaho, USA.

As the awardee, he will receive an honorarium of CHF 500 and a certificate.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winner on his accomplishments.

Dr. Grant Williamson
Editor-in-Chief, Fire

Dear Colleagues,

As the Editor-in-Chief of Fire, I am pleased to announce the winner of the Fire 2022 Travel Award.

The award has been granted to Ms. Ana Novo, a PhD student in the CINTECX, Universidade de Vigo, GeoTECH group, Spain.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting such a diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I would like to congratulate the winner on this accomplishment.

Prof. Dr. Alistair M. S. Smith
Editor-in-Chief, Fire

Dear Colleagues,

As the Editor-in-Chief of Fire, it is my great pleasure to announce the winner of the Fire 2021 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award.

The award has been granted to:

“Taking Fire: The Historical and Contemporary Politics of Indigenous Burning in Australia and the Western United States” by Dr Daniel May, Australian National University.

The winner will receive 800 CHF, a certificate, and a chance to publish a paper in Fire before the end of 2022.

On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winner on his accomplishments. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the research groups nominated for the award, the author of the exceptional thesis for his contributions to Fire, and the Award Committee for voting and helping with this award.

Prof. Dr. Alistair M. S. Smith
Editor-in-Chief, Fire