Scholarships and Awards

Scholarships and Awards

ITE Canada Student Paper Competition & Award

Each year, ITE Canada District and the Future Transportation Leaders Fund offer a Student Paper Competition to students in accredited transportation programs at Canadian universities and colleges. The purpose of the Student Paper Competition is to encourage students to develop their technical writing skills, and to provide a means for ITE to recognize outstanding accomplishments in such activities. This Student Paper Award is given to one recipient based on the technical merit and writing ability demonstrated in the paper.

Value

The award includes $2,000 (CAD) of financial support.

The winner will also receive free registration to the annual conference (in the year of award), reimbursement of travel expenses (up to $1000 if recipient resides outside of conference region, up to $100 if recipient resides within conference region), recognition at the Annual Awards Luncheon, and the paper can also be published online (see names linked below).

The winning paper is also entered into the competition for the ITE International Daniel B. Fambro Student Paper Award. If successful, ITE International will provide the winner with a travel reimbursement of up to $1,000 to attend the meeting as well as one free Annual Meeting Registration and a ticket to the Awards Luncheon. The paper may be considered for publication in ITE Journal.

Eligibility

Any individual member of ITE who:

  • is a student member of ITE (free for full-time post-secondary students); and
  • completed work providing a basis for the paper while a student member of ITE International.

How to Apply

Your application must be accompanied by:

1. Research Paper (PDF)

  • Must address a transportation topic.
  • Must be authored by one student author, advisors can be listed but CANNOT be co-authors.
  • Paper must be submitted in English.
  • A PDF document in 11 pt. type, with a maximum of 3,000 words. (Tables, figures, and reference lists do not count against the word count; however, title page and all in-text citations do count.)
  • The paper must include a title page showing the title, word count, author’s name, address, telephone number, and date, and a table of contents.
  • A headshot or photo of the author should accompany the submission.

2. Any additional supporting materials (optional)

3. Photo/Headshot of Author (jpeg or png)

Deadline: Applications are due March 1st, 2026

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Evaluation Criteria

Submissions will be reviewed using the criteria below for a maximum possible total of 100 points.

  • Originality (20 points) – To what degree does the subject matter and conclusions treat new ideas or call for significant departure from the present state of the art? How imaginative and original was the approach? How extensive were the qualities of inventiveness and ingenuity used?
  • Significance (20 points) – To what extent is the paper a major contribution to transportation engineering?
  • Scope and Format (20 points) – To what degree is the paper complete in relation to its stated purpose? Is the paper well organized? Is the paper concise?
  • Validity (20 points) – How sound are the approach techniques, data used, and the reasoning applied?
  • Applicability (20 points) – To what degree can the conclusions reached in the paper be applied in a practical manner towards solving transportation engineering problems?

Questions? Email us.

Past Recipients

2025 – Ian Christopher Roman, University of Calgary
2024 – Parinaz Joneidi Shariat Zadeh, University of Manitoba
2023 – Maryam Hasanpour, Toronto Metropolitan University
2022 – Mingjian Wu, University of Alberta
2021 – Mingjian Wu, University of Alberta
2020 – Anastasia Soukov, McMaster University
2019 – Not awarded
2018 – Ahmed Osama Amer, University of British Columbia
2017 – Caleb Olfert, University of Manitoba
2016 – Caitlin Sowers
2015 – James Lamers
2014 – Md (Monir) Moniruzzaman
2013 – Erin Toop
2012 – Amir Ghods
2011 – David Duong
2010 – Feng Wei
2009 – Trevor Hanson, English competition
2009 – Louiselle Sioui, French competition
2008 – Maury Steindel
2007 – Jonathan Lewis
2006 – Bjorn Radstrom
2005 – Tyler Golly
2004 – Eugene Chen
2003 – Vikki Ngan
1993 – Gene Chartier