This annual award is given to young scientists from the Asia-Pacific region.
The International Institute for Software Technology of the United Nations University is announcing the ProSPER.NET-Scopus Young Scientist Award in ICT (YSA) for Sustainable Development.
This annual award is given to young scientists from the Asia-Pacific region.
Call for nominations and applications will open from 01 March 2011 until mid-night GMT on 30 April 2011.
The 2011 award will be given in 3 areas:
ICT for Sustainable Development. Application of ICT in areas such as:
- Climate Change
- Water
- Agriculture and Food Security
- MDGs
Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management
- Ecosystem Management for sustainability
- Protection of species and wildlife including landscape management and habitat restoration
- Economics of ecosystems and biodiversity, valuing and ecosystem services, and the use of market-based instruments for biodiversity production
- Biodiversity for food and agriculture
Science & Technology with a Focus on Poverty Eradication
- S & T in rural and urban areas
- S & T in low carbon innovation
- S & T in renewable energy innovation
- S & T and income generation