Alumni award
The Institute’s Alumni Award recognizes individuals who have made a particularly remarkable impact in a water-related field and who are role models for water professionals. The award was given for the first time in 2013 and resumed in 2022, following a pandemic-related hiatus 2020-2021.
The award honours diploma alumni who have helped improve communities’ quality of life through their work and inspired others to make an impact.
Are you or someone you know a suitable candidate? To nominate yourself or someone, complete and submit the registration form using this link including a motivation letter (max 500 words) and a CV by email to [email protected] no later than 30 June 2025. We welcome repeat submissions from candidates who have been nominated in the past but not won. The award winner will be notified in September and announced through the IHE Delft website and social media shortly thereafter.
The award includes a one-week trip to IHE Delft with travel and accommodation costs covered. The winner will be recognized during the November Opening of the Academic Year celebration and take part in a tailor-made programme at the Institute.
Nominee criteria
Nominations...
- must be for an IHE Delft or UNESCO-IHE Delft Diploma alumna/us who have obtained an academic title (Postgraduate Diploma, MEng, MSc or PhD) at IHE Delft or UNESCO-IHE.
- in case of self-nominations, must include two references with email addresses.
- must include a nomination letter (up to 500 words) that should include information and concrete examples that show how the nominee has made a significant impact in a water related field to improve people’s quality of life.
- should include information and concrete examples that show how the nominee is a role model for other alumni and other water professionals.
- should also include information and concrete examples that show how the nominee has demonstrated a progressive and/or innovative approach to developments in the water field.
Nominators will receive an automatic confirmation email. The selection committee may contact the nominator or references to seek additional information.
Rules and regulations
The Selection Committee comprises a Rectorate representative, the Alumni Relations Advisor, a Communication or Liaison Officer, an IHE Delft Professor, an IHE Delft Lecturer, an alumna/us working at IHE Delft, a PhD candidate and an MSc student.
Alumni working at IHE Delft are not eligible. The award will be given to one individual. It is not possible to share the prize. Nominations should only be sent once per nominating period. The committee’s decision is final.
Previous Alumni Award winners
Dr Florence Grace Adongo. Alumni Award winner 2024
Mr César Alvarado Ancieta, Alumni Award winner 2023
Dr Joy Nyawira Riungu, Alumni Award winner 2022
* pandemic-related hiatus in 2021 and 2020
Prof. Álvaro Carmo Vaz, Alumni Award winner 2019
Ms Tatiana dos Santos Silva, Alumni Award winner 2018
Dr. Arie Setiadi Moerwanto, Alumni Award winner 2017
Prof. Seifeldin Hamad Abdalla, Alumni Award winner 2016
Ms. Iris Frida Josch, Alumni Award winner 2015 (Deceased 2021)
Dr. Tom Okia Okurut, Alumni Award winner 2014 (Deceased 2024)
Mr Michael Mutale, Alumni Award winner 2013 (Deceased 2021)