Epainos Award and Young Regional Scientist Sessions

The Epainos Award/Young Regional Scientist (EAYRS) Sessions provide a special platform for paper presentations by young scientists, and an in-depth discussion of these papers by senior scholars in the field.

These sessions are organized according to the following two principles:

  • Offering more time for each presentation, in particular to increase the amount of feedback a young scientist receives on her or his paper, and to provide more opportunity for other young scientists to participate in scientific discussions.
  • Assigning specialist senior discussants, experts in the specific field, to each paper that is presented. They will be asked to provide a written version of their comments, with a level of dedication that is considered normal when writing referee reports for scientific journals.

The sessions are primarily targeted to Masters and PhD students, and young scholars of comparable age. Participants should not yet have reached the age of 33 years on 1 September 2005. In case of multi-authored papers, this age limit applies for all authors.

Every participant of the Young Scientist Sessions competes for the Epainos Award, which is awarded to the best paper presented in the EAYRS Sessions. The winner will be announced during the conference dinner. The first prize winner will receive € 600. A second prize will also be awarded, comprising € 300. In case of multiple first prize or second prize winning papers, these sums will be shared.

The prize-winning papers will be considered for publication in "Papers in Regional Science". Because the paper will be subject to standard review procedures, publication is not guaranteed.

Those who want to submit a paper to the Young Scientist Sessions and the Epainos Award contest can indicate this when submitting the abstract (before 31 January 2005) by ticking the relevant box in the electronic form (and by selecting Young scientist sessions as their preferred theme).

The full paper should be submitted before 30 April 2005, using the standard procedures of paper submission for the conference.

If you have any further questions about the Epainos Award and the Young Scientist Sessions, please contact Erik Verhoef.


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