Deadline: 31 October 2015
The United Nations Educational and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the International co-ordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme are inviting scientists for MAB Young Scientists Awards for young researchers from developing Countries.
The MAB Young Scientists Awards targets young researchers carrying out interdisciplinary research in line with UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme. Priority is given to projects carried out in biosphere reserves.
Award Information
Awards are set at a maximum of US$5,000 each.
Objectives
The objectives of the MAB Young Scientists Award Scheme are to:
- Encourage young scientists, in particular those from developing countries, to use MAB research, project sites and biosphere reserves in their research;
- Encourage young scientists who already use such sites to undertake comparative studies in other sites in or outside their own country;
- Assist exchange of information and experience among a new generation of scientists.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications must be made on the MAB Young Scientists Award application form (in English or French) and be endorsed by the applicant’s MAB National Committee, which may endorse only two applications per year from applicants who are not older than 40 years of age.
- Priority is given to interdisciplinary projects carried out in biosphere reserves designated under the Man and the Biosphere Programme or potential biosphere reserves.
- Applicants from developed countries are eligible for Awards only in exceptional cases.
- Research supported by an Award should be completed within two years.
- Candidates must accept to submit reports of Award-funded research to the MAB Secretariat in Paris and to their MAB National Committees, and agree to the possibility of UNESCO publishing the results of their research.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must download the application forms via given website.
For more information, please visit MAB Young Scientists Awards.
