CCCA Early Career Award
At the 2018 Klimatag, the CCCA Early Career Award will once again be presented. With this award, CCCA aims to motivate young researchers to produce scientific publications and recognise their work with a prize. All submissions will be evaluated by renowned scientists, and each person who submits will receive review-style feedback on their paper. The best paper will additionally receive a prize of 1,000 euros at the Klimatag.
Requirements for participation
- The paper must be presented at the Klimatag either as a poster or as a talk.
- Age of the first author: max. 7 years after highest academic qualification
- Timely submission of a scientific paper for the Austrian Klimatag.
- The submitted paper has not yet been published. Papers that have emerged from master's theses are welcome. Papers that have been submitted but not yet published will also be considered. In this case, the relevant journal must be indicated.
- The submitting author must be present at the award ceremony.
- Declaration of co-authorship upon submission: The submitting author must have largely conceived, analysed, and written the work themselves. In cases of co-authorship, the submission must indicate how the work was divided among the co-authors.
Criteria for the Early Career Award
- The thematic context and the relevance of the contribution to the current debate on climate change must be clearly outlined.
- The work should make clear why it is innovative or makes an innovative contribution to the climate change debate.
- The research question and findings of the paper must be presented in a way that is accessible to a general audience.
- The work must be methodologically sound.
- The work must demonstrate familiarity with the relevant literature.
- Figures and tables must be informative and easy to read.
- The contribution should not exceed 9,000 words and must include keywords.
- The contribution may be written in English or German.
Prize money and process
- A prize of 1,000 euros will be awarded.
- The award ceremony will take place on 25 April 2018 as part of the Klimatag.
- Please send your paper as a PDF document to klimatag@ccca.ac.at with the subject line "Einreichung Nachwuchspreis"
- Please include proof of eligibility with regard to the age criteria with your submission.
Poster Prize
During the Klimatag, participants will have the opportunity to rate the posters on display. Based on this, a jury will award the Poster Prize.
The poster must meet the following criteria:
- The poster is visually appealing and its message is clearly understandable.
- The content of the poster is of high scientific quality and is innovative.
- The content of the poster is of high scientific and societal relevance.
The jury will award the three best posters that meet all three criteria. Prizes will only be awarded to posters whose authors are represented at the award ceremony on 25 April 2018 by at least one person.
First place is endowed with 500 euros.