CEDAR email: 2024 lMCP Young Scietist Award application deadline extended

[lwren at spaceweather.ac.cn]

Up to $1500 cash prize, medal, certificate 
New deadline for Application: 25 june 2024 

To encourage and recognize young researchers who have made outstanding achievements in the field of ground-based geospace research and innovation of geospace science and technology, the International Meridian Circle Program (IMCP) is pleased to launch an honorary program, the Young Scientist Award. The details are as follows and can be found on the web at Young Scientist Award - IMCP 
  
Definition 
This award will provide encouragement to young scientists who have achieved considerable success and showed excellence in ground-based space weather research and taken an active part in IMCP-related studies. 
A call for applications from the research community will be made annually. Information will be distributed through the IMCP and other mailing lists and the IMCP website. 
  
Eligibility 
The definition of a Young Scientist (early career) is a researcher who has been awarded his/her Ph.D. normally within the past 8 years. Exception to this timeframe may be considered. 
The applicant should conduct original geospace scientific research and has made outstanding progress, using observations from one or more observing facilities associated with the IMCP or other related ground-based devices, or using other techniques (e.g., modeling) to help understand these observations. 
The award will recognize outstanding individual contributions as demonstrated in various formats including refereed literature and publications where the Young Scientist was a lead or main author. 
To be eligible for the award, submitting at least one abstract to and presenting at the IMCP workshop are required. The award will be presented at the workshop venue. 
  
Application 
The applicant should submit an application package with the following documents: 
i. Curriculum Vitae, with a brief (one-page) description of the research experience and important scientific contributions;
ii. A full list of relevant publications with the complete list of authors and other information;
iii. Two or more recommendation letters provided by the immediate supervisor and/or other scientist(s) familiar with the applicant’s research;
iv. The submitted abstract title(s) to the IMCP workshop.
The application package in a single PDF file should be sent to fyang at nssc.ac.cn by the deadline (June 15, 2024 for the 2024 competition). 

Selection 
The IMCP Scientific Committee is responsible for forming the review panel and conducting the review procedure. No more than 5 awardees will be selected each year. The award will include the citation, medal, and cash prize of up to USD 1500 or equivalent which could be used to make travel arrangements to the IMCP workshop. The award ceremony will be held during the IMCP workshop. 

Requirements after funding: 
The awardees should acknowledge the IMCP Young Scientist Award in their related publications and presentations. 
For further information, please contact: fyang at nssc.ac.cn 
Please find the application form in the attachment.



Liwen Ren
International Meridian Circle Program Manager
National Space Science Center, CAS

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