Application for 2020 MAB Young Scientists Awards

Priority is given to projects carried out in biosphere reserves, which contribute to the achievement of  the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

It aims to encourage young scientists, in particular those from developing countries, to use MAB research, project sites and biosphere reserves in their research. 

Criteria

• To be eligible, award applications must be made on the MAB Young Scientists Award application form (in English or French) and follow-up technical requirements stated there. The application must be endorsed by the applicant's MAB National Committee, which may endorse only two applications per year from applicants who are not older than 35 years of age (at the closing date of the application).
• Applications must contain concise information on past and existing research in areas concerned in order to present linkages and avoid duplications and financing of projects already carried-out. 
• Priority is given to interdisciplinary projects carried out in biosphere reserves designated under the Man and the Biosphere Programme or potential biosphere reserves and which contribute to the implementation of the Lima Action Plan and the SDGs. In this regard, applicants shall identify in their applications if and how their research contributes to the research-related actions of the LAP and to the SDGs. 
• Applicants from developed countries are eligible for Awards only in exceptional cases or if working in joint partnership with developing countries.
• Research supported by an Award should be completed within two years.
• Candidates must accept to submit reports of Award-funded research to the MAB Secretariat in Paris and to their MAB National Committees, and agree to the possibility of UNESCO publishing the results of their research.
• International travel expenses are usually not covered under these Awards.

More information are available here.