The ISHS representative, together with the Convener, will set up a special committee to select the best oral and the best poster presentation, given by a student as presenter and first author of the work. Students should be enrolled in a university or college and can be undergraduate, graduate or postgraduate (limited to 6 months after finishing the program of study), and with an age limit of 35.

The ISHS representative or Convener will present ISHS Student Award certificates to the awardees during the symposium.

The awardees will be recognized in the symposium report in the ISHS newsletter Chronica Horticulturae and will be invited to prepare a summary of their research project to be considered for publication in Chronica Horticulturae.