Elsevier’s Science &Technology division China and Science News Bi-Weekly have announced the launch of the ‘Scopus Young Scientist’ award, locally referred to as the Scopus’ Future Star of Science award. The award is designed to promote the cultivation and growth of the next generation of scientists in China. Registration for the award has already started and will end October 20, 2009.
This is the second collaboration between the Science News Bi-Weekly and Elsevier S&T China. The two parties successfully held an ‘Evaluating Academic Talent Flow Summit’ in June 2009. Four individual outstanding young scientists will be awarded a gold medal in the fields of nanosciences, information sciences, environmental sciences and biological sciences. There will also be silver medals for runner-ups and others will be recognised as excellent candidates.
The Scopus Young Scientist Awards are part of Elsevier’s global initiative to promote science at an early age, particularly in developing nations. The plan is to supplement the system that currently lacks awards for young scientists in China.
The Scopus' Future Star of Science award will honour scientists under the age of 40, by first evaluating their papers for innovative research, as indexed in Scopus, the world’s largest abstract and index database. The short-listed candidates will then be submitted to a selection committee consisting of leading scientists such as Shi Yigong of Tsinghua University, Gao Fu, Wan Lijun and Chen Tongbin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Qian Depei of Beihang.
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