Awards

The CCCA Early Career Award will once again be presented at the 2019 Klimatag. With this award, CCCA aims to shine a spotlight on and recognise the scientific achievements of young researchers. Submissions take the form of a scientific publication, which will be evaluated by renowned scientists. Every participant will receive written feedback on their submitted paper. The best paper will be awarded a prize of 1,000 euros at the Klimatag.

Requirements for participation

• Timely submission of a scientific paper for the Early Career Award.
• The submitted paper must have either already been published in a scientific journal (in 2018 or 2019) or submitted to a journal. In both cases, the relevant journal must be specified. Papers that are in a submittable state will also be considered.
• The submitter must be the sole or first author and must have largely conceived, analysed, and written the work themselves. In the case of co-authorships, the submission must indicate how the work was divided among the co-authors.
• Age of the author: max. 7 years after highest academic degree.
• The submitter must be present at the award ceremony and present the paper at the Klimatag.

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 easy to understand for a general audience.
• The work must be methodologically sound.
• The work must demonstrate familiarity with the relevant literature.
• Figures and tables must be meaningful and easy to read.
• The contribution should not exceed 9,000 words and must include an abstract and 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 26 April 2019 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 regarding the age criteria with your submission.
• The submission deadline is 3 March 2019

During the Klimatag, participants will have the opportunity to rate the posters on display. Based on this, a jury will present the Poster Award.

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 has high scientific and societal relevance.

The jury will award prizes to the three best posters that meet all three criteria. Prizes will only be awarded to posters whose authors are represented by at least one person at the award ceremony on 26 April 2019.

The first place is endowed with 500 euros.