American Society of Biomechanics: Jim Hay Memorial Award Grant

American Society of Biomechanics: Jim Hay Memorial Award Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: The American Society of Biomechanics
Amount: US $1,000
Last Updated: October 28, 2025

Summary

The Jim Hay Memorial Award, presented by the American Society of Biomechanics, aims to foster collaboration among biomechanists in various fields. Recognizing outstanding research that addresses critical questions in sport and exercise biomechanics, the award encourages awardees to present their findings at the ASB Annual Meeting. Recipients receive a plaque and a $1,000 prize, along with an opportunity to publish a peer-reviewed paper, highlighting the impact of biomechanics on human performance.

Overview

Mission To encourage and foster the exchange of information and ideas among biomechanists working in different disciplines and fields of application, biological sciences, exercise and sports science, health sciences, ergonomics and human factors, and engineering and applied science, and to facilitate the development of biomechanics as a basic and applied science. Jim Hay Memorial Award The Jim Hay Memorial Award recognizes originality, quality, and depth of biomechanics research that address fundamental research questions relevant to extraordinary demands imposed in sport and exercise. The awardee must attend the Annual Meeting of the ASB in order to receive the award and deliver the Jim Hay Memorial Lecture. The Hay Memorial Lecture should highlight how the study of biomechanical principles in the extraordinary context of sport can inform our understanding and directly impact performance or focus on central questions related to selected physiological systems, e.g., the musculoskeletal system, central nervous system, or cardiovascular system, that inform behavior at the extreme end of human performance. The award consists of an engraved plaque and a check for $1,000. The Hay Awardee will be invited to submit a paper with commentaries from the other invited speakers participating in the annual Jim Hay Memorial Session. The guidelines for submission of the peer-reviewed paper will be established by the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Applied Biomechanics.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The Jim Hay Memorial Award is open to all scientists.Candidates may be self-nominated or nominated by other ASB members.Unsuccessful applications submitted will be rolled over for consideration in the subsequent year. After two review cycles, the application will need to be resubmitted to the ASB Awards Chair.

Ineligibility

Current ASB officers and members of the Borelli and Hay Awards Committees.