Date : 2008-08-02

Title : 2009 MAB Young Scientists Awards

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2009 MAB Young Scientists Awards

Directorate of Science and technology (DoST)

Government of NWFP

New Arbab Colony behind Jabir Flats University Road, Peshawar

091-9218527, 9218528, 9218531

APPLICATIONS FOR 2009 MAB YOUNG SCIENTISTS AWARDS

The Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Program, UNESCO, Paris invites nomination of women candidates for the year 2009 MAB Young Scientists Awards.

The objectives of the MAB Young Scientists Award Scheme are:

• To encourage young scientists in particular those from developing countries, to use MAB research, project sites and biosphere reserves in their research.
• To encourage young scientists who already use such sites to undertake comparative studies in other sites in or outside their own country,.
• To assist exchange of information and experience among a new generation of scientists.

CRITERIA:

The following criteria are used in the selection of MAB Young Scientists Awards.

• Award applications must be made on the MAB Young Scientists Award application form (in English or French) and be endorsed by the applicants' s MAB National Committee, which may endorse only three application per year.
• Applicants may not be older than 40 years of age.
• Priority is given to research carried out in biosphere reserves on the theme of ecosystems and water. Applicants from developed countries are eligible for award only in exceptional cases.
• Awards are set at a maximum US $ 5,000 each.
• International travel expenditures are usually not covered under this award.
• Research supported by an award should be completed within 02 years.
• Candidates must submit their reports of award funded research to the MAB National committee for approval before the submission to the MAB Secretariat in Paris through the Directorate of Science and Technology NWFP on the address mentioned abo9ve or the website given below and agree to the possibility of UNESCO publishing the results of their research.

          Application of interested women Scientists, on attached performa for 2009 awards should reach the DoST on or before 30th August, 2008.

Applications are available at:

www.dost-nwfp.gov.pk

Or can be obtained from the DoST on any working day.

INF (P)-2432

Director S & T NWFP.