ProSPER.Net-Scopus Young Scientist Award 2011

Call for applications for the 2011 ProSPER.Net-Scopus Young Scientist Award

Deadline: 30 April 2011

The Prosper.Net-Scopus Young Scientist Award in Sustainable Development is given annually to young scientists or researchers, based in the Asia-Pacific region, who have made significant contributions in the area of Sustainable Development.

For 2011, awards will be given in each of three areas:

1. ICT for Sustainable Development

Application of ICT in areas such as: 

• Climate Change
• Water
• Agriculture and Food Security
• MDGs

2. Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management

• Ecosystem Management for sustainability
• Protection of species and wildlife including landscape management and habitat restoration
• Economics of ecosystems and biodiversity, valuing and ecosystem services, and the use of market-based instruments for biodiversity production
• Biodiversity for food and agriculture

3. Science & Technology with a Focus on Poverty Eradication

• S & T in rural and urban areas
• S & T in low carbon innovation
• S & T in renewable energy innovation
• S & T and income generation

Eligibility and Application Process
The award is open to those engaged in graduate education and research activities that emphasize sustainable development in any of the above three areas. Candidates are expected to be employed at institutions of higher education in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding USA and Canada), and should have completed their PhD. degree between 1 July 2006 and 1 July 2011.

 

Deadlines

Nominations and applications are open starting 01 March 2011 and will close at midnight GMT on 30 April 2011. Late submissions and incomplete applications will not be accepted. As part of the judging process, the top three finalists in each category will be sponsored to present their work in a public symposium to be held the first week of July 2011 at the University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City. Winners will be announced at the symposium.

 

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