Call for nominations: 2026 IFAC Foundation Kwon Award

The IFAC Foundation solicits award nominations for papers published in IFAC journals in the broad area of sustainable development.

Award

The winner (or winning team) receives a certificate and cash prize of 2000 euro (total) at the time of the IFAC World Congress 2026. Moreover, the awardee(s) will deliver a semi-plenary talk during the IFAC World Congress in Busan.

Eligibility

All papers published in any of the IFAC Journals (https://www.ifac-control.org/publications/journals) during the period from 01.02.2023 until 31.01.2026 are eligible for nomination. Members of the Selection Committee and the Foundation Board cannot be nominees or nominators. Self-nominations are possible.

Selection criteria

Nominated papers should be of the highest technical quality and demonstrate evidence of significant potential future impact on one or more of the sustainable development topics outlined above. The award selection criteria include:

• The quality of the paper,
• the interest and impact of the topic on sustainability,
• the relevance of the control solution to the problem, and
• previous results and the forecasted evolution of the proposed methodology.

The selection committee chair is PooGyeon Park (KR).

Nomination procedure

The nomination form contains detailed instructions on the preparation of the nomination. It can be found at this link.

Nominations should be sent to the email address indicated in the nomination form. The form should include a summary of how the above selection criteria are addressed by the work described in the nominated paper. 

The deadline for nominations is February 15, 2026. 

The winner and nominator will be notified by the Chair of the IFAC Foundation Board in April 2026.