Award Ceremony at the 16th Austrian Climate Day

This year, the CCCA Early Career Award will be presented for the first time, recognising scientific papers that have not yet been published.

Additionally, the best posters will be awarded in the usual fashion.

CCCA would like to motivate young scientists to produce scientific publications and recognise their work with an award. All submissions will be evaluated by renowned scientists, and each submitter will receive review-style feedback on their submitted paper. The best paper will additionally receive an award at the Climate Day.

Requirements for Participation

• The paper must be presented at the Climate Day either as a poster or as a talk.
• Age of the first author: without a doctorate, younger than 35 years; with a doctorate, max. 7 years after completion of the doctorate.
• Submission of a scientific paper.
• The submitted paper has not yet been published.
• The submitter must be present at the award ceremony.

Criteria for the Early Career Award

• The relevance of the contribution to the current discussion on climate change must be clearly demonstrated.
• The research question and findings of the paper must be presented in a way that's easy to understand for a general audience.
• The work must be methodologically sound.
• Figures and tables must be informative and easy to read.
• The work must demonstrate familiarity with the relevant literature.
• The contribution should be no longer than 6,000 words, include keywords, and follow the guidelines of a journal relevant to the field. The journal should also be specified.
• The contribution can be written in English or German, depending on the journal.

Prize Money and Process

• A prize of 500 euros will be awarded.
• Papers must be submitted by 7 April 2015. Please send your paper as a PDF document to klimatag@ccca.ac.at with the subject line "Einreichung Nachwuchspreis". Please include proof of eligibility regarding the age criteria with your submission.
  
• Submitters will be notified of the outcome of the selection process by 25 April 2015.
• The award ceremony will take place on 30 April 2015 as part of the Climate Day.

The poster award will be presented by a jury based on evaluations by the participants of the Climate Day.

Criteria for the Poster Award

• The poster is visually appealing and its message is clearly understandable.
• The content of the poster is of high scientific quality and innovative.
• The content of the poster is of high scientific and societal relevance.

The jury will award the three best posters that have received the highest ratings across all three criteria. Awards will only be given to posters whose authors are represented by at least one person at the award ceremony on 30 April 2015.

First place comes with a prize of 500 euros.