Nominations/Applications are due April 6, 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.
Guise Medal Nomination/Application Form
Student Awards Application Form
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 following student awards require applicants to self-nominate:
- 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 9, 2026 at 10 AM EDT
March 9, 2026 at 8 PM EDT
Procedures for Submission
All applicants/nominators will need to create an account in our grants management system. When you click a link to go to a form, you will have the opportunity to register a new account if you don't already have one.
For the Guise Medal, interested applicants can self-nominate or nominate a colleague by completing the Guise Medal Nomination Form.
For all student awards, applicants must self-nominate using the Student Awards Application Form. Students can apply for multiple awards using the same application.
SFPE membership is not required for all Foundation awards, though it is encouraged.
All nominations must be submitted by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on Monday April 6, 2026.
Please note that the SFPE Foundation Awards Committee is responsible for evaluating all submissions according to the criteria indicated for each award.
If you have any questions, please contact Amanda Tarbet at atarbet@sfpefoundation.org.
SFPE Society Award Nominations also open on February 2, 2026. View Society awards here.