Deadline: 31 December 2015
The Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW) is open for nominations for its 7 Award Program 2016. It is an international award focusing on water-related scientific innovation and judged by leading scientists from around the world. Five prizes are bestowed every two years.
Prize Topics
- Surface Water Prize
- Groundwater Prize
- Alternative Water Resources Prize
- Water Management & Protection Prize
Prizes available
- Creativity Prize: Worth US$ 266,000, the Creativity Prize is by nomination only. Universities, university departments, research institutes, companies, and agencies can nominate individuals and teams of researchers for this Prize.
- Specialized Prizes: Each of the four specialized prizes is worth US$ 133,000. Researchers, research teams, and organizations nominate themselves for these prizes: Surface Water Prize, Groundwater Prize, Alternative Water Resources Prize, Water Management & Protection Prize.
Eligibility Criteria
- PSIPW enlists the participation of leading scientists from around the world to act as judges on these committees.
- Nominations are evaluated to determine their originality, potential impact, and applicability.
- Special consideration is given to how the nominated work contributes to its field of research and its usefulness to society, particularly with respect to development and solving problems on an international level.
- A university, institution, or government agency is not eligible to be nominated for the Creativity Prize. The nominee must be an individual or group of individuals. Organizations can nominate themselves for one of the four Specialized Prizes.
- Nominations for the Creativity Prize must be made by a university, institution, or government agency on behalf of individuals or teams of researchers. Individuals may not nominate themselves or others for the Creativity Prize. Nominations for the Specialized Prizes are by direct self-nomination.
- No more than five (5) distinct works may be submitted. Multiple works should not be collected together and submitted as a single work.
- A nominee can only be nominated for one of the five Prizes during the same award.
How to Apply
All nominations for the 7th Award of the Prize are to be made online through an electronic application form trough the website.
For more information, please visit International Award.
