Those wishing to participate must apply using the "Young Researcher Award Nomination Form".

Undergraduate and graduate students or engineers, authors and co-authors who will present an oral or poster paper at the congress and who are under 35 years of age as of September 1, 2024, can apply for the award. Only one author per paper will be accepted.

The application deadline is August 16, 2024.

Applications will be pre-screened by the Symposium Executive Committees.

Selected candidates will be announced prior to the Congress. Candidates should prepare their posters in English according to the poster preparation guide and send them to the Congress Coordination Office via email to immc@immc-mtm.com in PDF format by September 9, 2024. The submitted posters will be printed by the Coordination Office.

The candidates' posters will be displayed in a special section of the poster area during the Convention.

Voting will begin on the first day of the Congress, September 19, 2024, at 1:00 PM and will end on the third day of the Congress, September 21, 2024, at 1:00 PM.

The voting will take place in a ballot box where Congress Delegates and the Congress Organizing Committee-International Scientific Board-Symposium Executive Boards will each cast their votes separately.

The evaluation will be based on averaging the results from each ballot box after normalizing the vote distribution to a factor of 100. The top three candidates with the highest number of votes will receive equivalent award plaques.

The results will be announced and award plaques presented at the Congress Closing Session on September 21, 2024.