Entries are now open for
the 2022 Prince Sultan Bin
Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW), it is an international award focusing on
water-related scientific innovation and judged by leading scientists from around
the world.
Categories
- Specialized Prizes: Each of the
four specialized prizes is worth US$ 133,000. Researchers and research
teams nominate themselves for these prizes:
- Surface Water Prize: The
Surface Water Prize coves every aspect of the study and development of
surface water resources.
- Groundwater Prize: The
Groundwater Prize awards work related to all aspects of the study and
development of groundwater resources.
- Alternative Water Resources
Prize: The Alternative Water Resources Prize covers desalination, waste
water treatment, and other non-traditional sources of water.
- Water Management and Resources
Prize: The Water Management & Protection Prize addresses the use,
management, and protection of water resources.
- Creativity Prize: Worth US$
266,000, the Creativity Prize is awarded for cutting-edge
interdisciplinary scientific work that can rightly be considered a
breakthrough in any water-related field. The work might be a body of
research, an invention, or a new patented technology. It is by nomination
only. Universities, university departments, research institutes,
companies, and agencies can nominate interdisciplinary teams for this
Prize.
Criteria
- All nominations are made online
through an electronic application form that is available on the PSIPW
website. All required documentation and submitted works will be uploaded
by way of the same form. No mail-in applications will be accepted.
- In the event that a team of
individuals are being nominated, all team members must be named at the
time of application and one member must be specified as their
representative. Groups of people working on the same project may not be
nominated separately. They must be nominated as a group with a single
nomination form.
- The nominee must be an
individual or group of individuals. A university, institution, or
government agency is not eligible to be a nominee.
- Nominations for the Specialized
Prizes are by direct self-nomination. Nominations for the Creativity Prize
must be made by a university, institution, or government agency on behalf
of the nominated team of researchers. Individuals may not nominate
themselves or others for the Creativity Prize.
- The work or works being
considered for the nomination must have been completed no more than five
(5) years prior to the nomination deadline for the current Prize.
- Published research papers,
published books, published software and registered patents may be submitted
for consideration. Unpublished works and unregistered patents are
ineligible for the Prize.
- No more than five (5) distinct
works may be submitted. Multiple works should not be collected together
and submitted as a single work.
- Works will be reviewed and
judged in English. If the work being nominated was originally published in
a language other than English, it must be submitted in the original
language accompanied by a full translation or by a translation of the
parts of the work that are to be considered for the Prize. If a partial
English translation is provided for a work submitted in another language,
then only that portion of the work which is translated will be considered
for assessment.
- A nominee can only be nominated
for one of the five Prizes during the same award.
- The work being nominated must
not have previously been a recipient of any other international prize.
(However, it may have been the recipient of local or regional prizes.)
- Members of the Prize committees
and their immediate relatives may not be nominated for the Prize.
Post Date - 25-Jun-2020