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THE OTTO VON GRUBER AWARD

Preamble

The winners of the award

• 1964 F.Ackermann, Germany
• 1972 H.Ebner and J.Hoehle, Germany
• 1976 F.Leberl, Austria
• 1980 A.Gruen, USA
• 1988 P.Curran, Great Britain
• 1992 C.Heipke, Germany
• 1996 H.G.Maas, Switzerland
• 2000 H.Mayer, Germany and M.G.Vosselman, The Netherlands
• 2004 S.Heuel, Switzerland
• 2008 M.Butenuth, Germany

Regulations

 Article 2
An applicant for the Award must meet the following requirements:

1. The paper shall be written within the four years immediately preceding the year of the Congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) at which the Award is to be presented.
2. The applicant should not be older than 40 years on the opening day of the Congress and should either:
1. have graduated from a recognized university with photogrammetry, photointerpretation or remote sensing as a major subject; or
2. have graduated in other subjects from a recognized university or similar educational institution and subsequently have completed a post-graduate course in photogrammetry, photointerpretation or remote sensing at a recognized university, technical college or school; or
3. have received a post-graduate diploma or M. Sc. degree from the International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences (ITC).

 Article 4
A jury of individuals shall appraise the papers submitted to the President and, on the basis of a majority vote of the jury members, select the best paper, the author of which shall be the recipient of the Award. The jury shall be composed as follows:

1. The President of ISPRS (who will have no vote except in the event of a tied vote);
2. Three qualified individuals designated before each Award by the following authorities:
1. The Council of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photogrammetrie und Fernerkundung.
2. The Council of the Photogrammetric Society, Great Britain.
3. The Rector of ITC.
3. If two of the jury members mentioned in paragraph b. wish to increase the number of members of the jury, the President of the ISPRS and the previous incumbent of the office each shall name a supplementary member who shall be of nationalities different from each other and different from German and British.

1. that the Award be made to a person who has not submitted an application provided that the requirements stated in Article 2 are complied with;
2. that no Award be made when, in its judgement, there is no paper of sufficient merit;
3. that two Awards be made at one Congress when, in its judgement, the papers of two candidates are of equal merit.

 Article 7
The result of the jury's decision shall be announced at a Plenary Session of the Congress and the Award shall then, whenever practicable, be presented to the recipient in person by the Secretary General or the President.

Article 8
In case any translation of the above regulations gives rise to ambiguity, the English text will be decisive.