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Awards

CCCA Poster Prizes

During the Klimatag, participants had the chance to rate the posters on display. Based on this, a jury awarded the poster prize.

The poster had to 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 innovative.
  • The content of the poster has high scientific and societal relevance.

The jury reviewed the highest-rated posters from the audience once more and awarded prizes to the 3 posters that best met the criteria. Prizes were only awarded to posters whose authors were represented by at least one person at the award ceremony. The award ceremony took place on Fri, 22 April as part of Session 5 (12:00–13:15).

The following posters were selected for the top 3 places:

Poster jury:

  • Anna Meyer (MUL and CCCA Board)
  • Alexander Passer (TU Graz and CCCA Board)
  • Harald Rieder (BOKU and CCCA Board)

CCCA Early Career Researcher Prize

The 22nd Klimatag also saw the presentation of the annual CCCA Early Career Researcher Prize. For 2022, the CCCA Early Career Researcher Prize was awarded to Mr Andrea Franco (University of Innsbruck) for the paper "Triggers and consequences of landslide-induced impulse waves - 3D dynamic reconstruction of the Taan Fiord 2015 tsunami event".

With the Early Career Researcher Prize, CCCA aims to shine a spotlight on and recognise the scientific achievements of young researchers. Submissions are made via a scientific publication, which is evaluated by renowned scientists. Every applicant receives written feedback on their submitted paper. The highest-rated paper is awarded a prize of 1,000 euros at the Klimatag and presented as a talk in a scientific session. After successfully completing the review process, it is also the aim to give all other submitted scientific publications a presence at the Klimatag in the form of poster presentations.

Eligibility requirements

  • Timely submission of a scientific paper for the Early Career Researcher Prize (submission deadline: Sun, 14.11.2021, 23:00).
  • The submitted paper has either already been published in a recognised scientific journal or accepted for publication (with minor or major revisions) (in 2020 or 2021). In either case, the relevant journal must be specified and the "Editorial Decision Email" from the journal must be included.
  • The applicant 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 specify how the creation of the work was divided among the co-authors (at least 50% of the text written by the applicant).
  • Age of the author: max. 5 years after highest academic degree.

Criteria for the Early Career Researcher Prize

  • The thematic context and the relevance of the contribution to the current discussion on climate change beyond the boundaries of the author's own academic discipline must be clearly presented.
  • 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 may be written in English or German.

Process

  • Please enter the title of the submitted paper in the Klimatag online tool.
  • Please enter the name of the journal in the Klimatag online tool in which the submitted paper was published.
  • Please enter the publication or release year of the journal in the Klimatag online tool.
  • Please upload proof of sole, first, or co-authorship in the Klimatag online tool.
  • Please upload proof of your academic age in the Klimatag online tool.
  • Please upload a copy of the "Editorial Decision Email" from the relevant journal in the Klimatag online tool.
  • Please upload your paper as a PDF document in the Klimatag online tool.
  • When submitting via our online tool, you will also be asked to write a three-part abstract, preferably in German, for your publication (topic, method and results, total length max. 5,500 characters including spaces). These abstracts will subsequently be used for the Klimatag conference proceedings.
  • Even if your submission was not selected for the Early Career Researcher Prize, you're very welcome to present your publication in the form of a poster presentation as part of the scientific session at the Klimatag. The prerequisite for this is successfully completing the review process.
  • The scientific publications and abstracts uploaded in the online portal for the "CCCA Early Career Researcher Prize" will be assessed by suitably qualified reviewers after the submission deadline (Sunday, 14 November 2021, 11 pm). The Klimatag programme committee will draw up the Klimatag programme based on the reviewers' evaluations.
  • In addition to your submission for the Early Career Researcher Prize, you also have the option to submit one or more current research projects in the category "Contribution to the general scientific sessions incl. artistic research projects". After successfully completing the review process, you can present this project in the form of a talk or poster at the Klimatag. 

Award

  • A prize of 1,000 euros will be awarded. The award ceremony takes place as part of the Klimatag.
  • The winner must be present at the award ceremony and present the paper as a talk in an assigned scientific session at the Klimatag.