About to enter its third year, EURYI – the European Young Investigator Award scheme . is designed to attract outstanding young scientists from any country in the world to create their own research teams at European research centres. Most awards are between .1,000,000 and .1,250,000 and comparable in size to the Nobel Prize. The EURYI Awards are offered by 20 European national research organisations in an open competition with no .juste retour., with candidates selected on the basis of their academic and research excellence and their future potential. The EURYI Awards scheme was developed by the European Heads of Research Councils (EUROHORCS), in collaboration with the European Science Foundation (ESF), to attract outstanding young researchers from anywhere in the world to work in Europe for the further development of European science, contributing to building up the next generation of leading European researchers. The First Call of the scheme was launched in September 2003. Candidates are selected by a two-stage process, firstly at the national level by the relevant Participating Organisation and secondly at the international level by high-level scientific panels managed by the ESF. The Third Call is launched on 1st September 2005.
http://www.esf.org/esf_genericpage.php?section=8&language=0&genericpage=1879
Deadline: 30 November, 2005

The World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) is an international competition for youth-led projects, which aim at bridging the content gap in the emerging Information Society. The WSYA is jointly organised by the World Summit Award (WSA) and the Youth Caucus of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). The initiative promotes best practice in e-content and technological creativity, and demonstrates the potential of young people to create digital opportunities. WSYA seeks to contribute to sharing knowledge, protecting the environment, reducing poverty and empowering marginalized young people. Submissions are invited in three categories: Development, Creativity and Culture, Community Engagement from young people under 27 years of age. An international jury will then select finalists and category winners based on the content, design, innovation & creativity, interactivity and sustainability of the projects submitted.
http://www.youthaward.org
Deadline: 18 September, 2005

In 2006, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will grant the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award, which is funded by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research, to young scientists and scholars from abroad with outstanding research records. The aim is to give award winners an opportunity to concentrate on high-level, innovative research work of their own choice in Germany, virtually without administrative constraints, and thus to promote the internationalisation of research in Germany. The award should allow the winners to finance their own working groups at their selected German university and non-university research institutions and to cover their living expenses.
http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/programme/preise/kova.htm
Deadline: 4 January, 2006

The Austrian Academy of Sciences offers the Moritz Csáky Award for the first time this year. It is granted to young scientists from the Eastern or South-Eastern neighbouring countries of Austria. The award which amounts to EUR 2.200 and is given to a young scientist in the humanities, cultural studies or social sciences. For further information, please visit:
www.oeaw.ac.at/stipref/frame_csaky.html

The Javed Husain Prize for Young Scientists was launched in 1987 by a 34-year-old Indian scientist named Javed Husain, who wished to help young scientists gain recognition for their work. The Prize rewards outstanding pure or applied research carried out by scientists of no more than 35 years of age in the natural or social sciences or in technology. Candidates are judged on the quality of their publications and/or patents. Research specifically aimed at the development of weapons or other military devices is not considered for the Prize.
www.unesco.org/science/ips/science_prizes/
javed_husain_sc_prize.html
Next award in 2005!

The European Union (EU) Contest for Young Scientists, an initiative of the European Commission, was set up to promote the ideals of co-operation and interchange between young scientists. The Contest is the annual showcase of the best of European student scientific achievement. It gives students the opportunity to compete with the best of their contemporaries at European level. The young scientists also have the chance to meet others with similar abilities and interests and to be guided by some of the most prominent scientists in Europe. Only projects which have won a top prize at a national young scientist competition, can participate in the EU Contest.
europa.eu.int/comm/research/youngscientists/indexflash.htm Next contest: 2005 Moscow

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