The Awards basics
The MAB Young Scientists Awards targets young researchers carrying out
interdisciplinary research in line with UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB)
Programme. Priority is given to projects carried out in biosphere reserves.
Until 2025, implementation of the UNESCO MAB Programme is guided by the
MAB Strategy and Lima Action Plan for UNESCO’s MAB Programme and its
World Network of Biosphere Reserves (LAP), which contributes to the
achievement of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
MAB Young Scientists Award applicants are strongly encouraged to take into
account the priorities of the LAP, and to identify in their applications how their
research contributes to the research-related actions of the LAP and to the SDGs.
Objectives
The objectives of the MAB Young Scientists Award Scheme are to:
• encourage young scientists, in particular those from developing countries, to
use MAB research, project sites and biosphere reserves in their research;
• encourage young scientists who already use such sites to undertake
comparative studies in other sites in or outside their own country;
• promote and encourage the exchange of information and experience among
a new generation of scientists;
• strengthen communication of the LAP within the young scientists and
strengthen its visibility;
• involve young scientist in the implementation of the LAP;
• enhance awareness among young scientists of the role of research in
the implementation of the SDGs – in particular when conducted in
biosphere reserves.
Criteria
The following criteria are used in the selection of MAB Young Scientists Awards:
• 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 LAP and the
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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.
• Awards are set at a maximum of US$5,000 each.
• 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.
* For the countries in which a MAB National Committee does not exist or is not fully
operational, the National Commission for UNESCO will ensure the selection of
candidates according to the above criteria.
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