The World Association of Soil and Water Conservation (WASWAC) initiated the Outstanding Youth Paper Award at the ’International Youth Forum on Soil and Water Conservation’ (IYFSWC) in Nanchang, China. There were 10 young scientists from 6 countries won the award that received high and warm praise from young generation in the scientific community.
In order to further encourage young scientists to contribute to soil and water conservation in the world, the WASWAC will continually launch the WASWAC Outstanding Youth Paper Award 2016 (DATUM) at the Third World Conference of Word Association of Soil and Water Conservation (http://3rdwaswacconference.sfb.bg.ac.rs/index.html), which will be held on August 22-26, 2016 in Belgrade, Serbia. The WASWAC Outstanding Youth Paper Award 2016 (DATUM) is launched with generous support from the Beijing Datum Technology Company.
This award is presented to 10 outstanding research papers on soil and water conservation by the scientists of 40 years old or younger by the end of 2016. The award consists of a Certificate from the WASWAC and a $1000 (USD) honorarium. In case of multi-author papers, the award will be presented only to the first author.
Eligibility
-The first author of the manuscript should be 40 years old or younger by December 31, 2016.
-The papers should have creativity and originality, as reflected in new insights, interpretations, facts, innovations, methods, or applications.
-The papers should be written in English and should be clear, concise, comprehensible, and jargon-free, so it is easy to read and understand.
-The papers submitted for award should not have been published, and the authors should submit the paper for oral presentation at the Third World Conference of Word Association of Soil and Water Conservation and agree to publish the same in ‘International Soil and Water Conservation Research’ (ISWCR).
-The 2015 awardees could not apply for the award in 2016
Procedure
-Application: The author should submit the abstract along with the application form duly filled in by January 31, 2016. The full paper must be submitted on May,31, 2016 or before .
-Nomination and Peer-reviewing: The Award Committee will screen and nominate the research papers for peer-reviewing by the experts.
-Evaluation and selection: Based on the results of peer-reviewing, the Award Committee will select the Outstanding Youth Paper Awardees.
Significant Dates:
Submission of application form/Paper abstract: January 31, 2016
Submission of Full paper: May 31, 2016
Nomination announcement: July 31, 2016
Final awardees announcement: August, 2015
Please sent your application form, abstract/full paper to: katarinalazarevic001@gmail.com or natalijamomirovic@rocketmail.com
For more information please visit http://3rdwaswacconference.sfb.bg.ac.rs/index.html
or http://www.waswac.org/
Contact:
Dr Katarina Lazarevic, katarinalazarevic001@gmail.com
Ms. Natalija Momirovic, natalijamomirovic@rocketmail.com
Dr Qu, Liqin +86-10-68786416 liqin.qu@iwhr.com
Appendix: WASWAC Outstanding Youth Paper Award Application form [点击下载]
