The SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) has the pleasure of announcing the call for entries to the SESAR Young Scientist Award 2013.

The SESAR Young Scientist Award, now in its second year, aims to recognise young scientific high potentials contributing to any SESAR activity which supports the scientific development of ‘Air Traffic Management and Enabling Technologies’ and provides opportunities for further personal development.

Candidates must be a young scientist with scientific achievements within a Bachelor or Master Thesis (which must be completed not more than 2 years ago) or on-going PhD Work. In order to be eligible the work must be done within the scope of SESAR; covering ATM, related Airport and Air Vehicle areas of research within one of the following themes:

• Automation;
• Complex Systems;
• System Architecture & System Design;
• Information Management, Uncertainty & Optimisation;
• Enabling Change.

The candidate selection criteria will be based on:

• Relevance to the thematic areas;
• Level of innovation;
• Scientific excellence and soundness of selected approach;
• Originality of work;
• Impact through publications derived from the Thesis (peer reviewed) and/or patents;
• Engagement of the candidate through European and/or international exchanges or cooperation.

A full overview of the contest rules can be found here. If you wish to present your candidacy for this Award, please complete the candidacy form and send it to: [email protected]

The SESAR Young Scientist Award will be awarded on the 28th November 2013 at the SESAR Innovation Days in Stockholm, Sweden. See www.sesarinnovationdays.eu for more information.

The deadline for application is the 28th October 2013 09:00 CET.