Nominations for 2025 Awards are closed. Come back in 2026!
The SFPE Foundation invites nominations for our annual awards and scholarships. Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged. Each SFPE Foundation award has specific application criteria and eligibility requirements. Please visit the dedicated pages (links below) for each of the awards to learn more.
The SFPE Foundation is dedicated to advancing the scientific understanding of fire and its interaction with the natural and built environments. Our awards and scholarships help us deliver on that mission by recognizing and supporting the outstanding work and dedication of academic, professional, and student leaders across the fire engineering community. Please help us recognize tremendous research, academic achievement, and dedication to the field by encouraging qualified individuals to apply today.
You can nominate yourself or someone else for the following awards:
- The Arthur B. Guise Medal: The Arthur B. Guise Medal recognizes eminent achievement in the advancement of the science and technology of fire protection engineering and is named in memory of the achievements of Arthur Guise, who singularly developed dry chemicals for use as fire extinguishing agents. Accompanying the bronze medal is a $2,000 honorarium provided by R. Keith Guise and the SFPE Foundation.
- The Dr. Guylène Proulx, OC Scholarship: Annual $5,000 student scholarship award and invitation to speak at the SFPE Annual Conference. The funds will be distributed with $1,000 of it going to the supporting faculty member and the remainder to the student. The goal of this award is to honor those who continue Dr. Proulx’s legacy in the area of human behavior studies.
- The Frederick W. Mowrer Global Scholar Award: Annual $2,000 scholarship to a student involved in fire safety engineering or a related discipline at a post-secondary educational institution in a developing nation. The goal of this scholarship is to support students to contribute to the development of fire protection expertise in countries with rapidly expanding infrastructure.
- The Student Scholar Award: The goal of this award is to recognize outstanding student scholars around the world in support of the science and practice of fire protection engineering. This award recognizes an outstanding student scholar with a $2,000 honorarium.
Please read each award's webpage for full eligibility requirements and submission guidelines.
Virtual Info Sessions
You can also learn more about these Awards and ask questions at our 30 minute virtual info sessions. Click on the date and time below to be taken to the registration page.
March 12, 2025 at 9 AM EST
March 12, 2025 at 5 PM EST
Procedures for Submission
Interested applicants can self-nominate (or nominate someone else) by completing the 2025 Foundation Awards Nominations/Applications Form. SFPE membership is not required for all Foundation awards, though it is encouraged.
The following information is required for filing a nomination:
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- Nominator and Nominee Details: Full name, email address, and school or organization.
- Award Applying/Nominating for: Guise Medal, Proulx Award, Mowrer Global Scholar Award, or Student Scholar Award. You may apply for more than one award, but you must submit a separate application for each award.
- Supporting Documents: All SFPE Foundation awards and scholarships have different requirements. Please view the requirements on the relevant webpage (linked above) and compile all information into a single document (PDF preferred) for uploading in the awards portal.
- All nominations must be submitted by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on Friday, April 4, 2025.
The Foundation Awards Form also asks applicants to identify the areas of the SFPE Research Roadmap with which their work best aligns. Please review the Research Roadmap for guidance on our priority research areas.
Please note that the SFPE Foundation Awards Committee is responsible for evaluating all submissions according to the criteria indicated for each award. The awards available for nomination are:
If you have any questions, please contact Amanda Tarbet at atarbet@sfpefoundation.org.
SFPE Society Award Nominations are also open. View Society awards here.