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EURASAP RESEARCH AWARDS-FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS

Guidelines

(1) Purpose The purpose of the EURASAP Research Awards is to encourage young scientists in the field of air poliution

science. (2) Criteria for Granting Awards

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An award shallbe made for an outstanding scientific research paper. An award shall be made to young scientists not exceeding the age of 32 at the time of nomination. Normally, only one paper should be submitted by each candidate. Workers in all fields of air pollution science (i.e. air pollution physics and chemistry, air pollution transport modelling, air pollution control, etc.) shall be eligible. Awards may be divided between two or more co-authors provided that all meet the other criteria for granting of the award. Only papers that have been published in scientific journals will normally be eligible for consideration. Papers published in languages other than English will be eligible for consideration if accompanied by a full translation in English. Only papers published during the three year period immediately preceding the year in which the nomination is made will be eligible for consideration. Papers that have previously won international prizes will not be ehgibfe.

(3) Method of Submission of ~andldatures (a) An award is granted every second calendar year, starting from 1989. (b) Applications, consisting of full name of the candidate, permanent address, affiliation and professional position,

together with four copies of paper in English (or in the original language plus four translations into English) should be submitted by the candidates themselves directly to the EURASAP Secretariat before 1 January, starting from 1989.

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Selection of the nominations will be made by a Selection Committee specially constituted for this purpose by the Executive Committee.

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Members of the Selection Committee serve as the assessors; each assessor should allot a mark to each paper which should be a digit in the range 0 (lowest) to 5 (highest). The evaluation should be based on the following: significance of topic, novelty of ideas and methods, value of results and quality of presentation, with equal weight being assigned to each of these sectors. The candidate receiving the highest aggregate marks becomes the award winner. If two candidates tie for top place then an additional baliot decides who becomes a winner; in this case each assessor has one vote. There shall be no award if the Selection Committee considers that none of the papers submitted is of sufficiently high standard. The Executive Committee, at its yearly meeting, approves the nomination made by the Selection committee.

C. 1 (5) Nature OI Awara (a) The award will consist of citation, honorary diploma and an amount of f200. (b) The arrangements for presentation of the award will depend in each case upon circumstances and will be

decided by consultation between the National Correspondent for the award-winner’s country and the Chairman of the EURASAP Executive Committee.

Information: Administrative Office, Environmental Safety Group, Mechanical Engineering Dept., Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.

REPORT ON MEETING: I~ERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TROPICAL MICRO-METEROROLOGY AND AIR POLLUTION 15 - 19 FEBRUARY 1988 I.I.T.,

NEW DELHI, INDIA

About 200 delegates from 30 countries attended the donference. Selected papers will be published as a special issue of the journal Afmospheric Environment early next year. The conference was co-sponsored by the following organizations:

INTERNATIONAL American Meteorological Society. Air Pollution Control Association, Pittsburgh, U.S.A. International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.