Student Paper Competition

URSI Student Paper Competition

Chair : Prof. Steven C. Reising, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Co-Chair : Birsen Saka, Hacettepe University, Turkey

Student Paper Prize winners, 1st Place through 5th Place, will be awarded a certificate and check in the amounts of $1500, $1250, $1000, $750 and $500, respectively.

Rules and Guidelines

First author and presenter must be a full-time university student.
The topic of the paper must be related to the field of one of the ten URSI Commissions.
A full paper must be submitted by March 4, 2011. The paper must be not longer than 25 pages and in the single-column, double-spaced manuscript format of the journal Radio Science.
A paper which is submitted to a journal before final submission to the student competition is ineligible. However, a student is encouraged to submit his/her paper to a journal after March 4, 2011.
A letter from the student's advisor on university letterhead must be appended to the paper. The letter must state that the author is enrolled as a full-time university student in a degree program. If co-authored, the letter must state that all co-authors played only an advisory role. No other students are permitted as co-authors.
Ten finalists will be chosen based upon quality, originality and scientific merit. They will receive free access to the workshop/short course of their choice. They will be required to attend the banquet, where all finalists will be recognized, and the prizes will be presented.
The URSI Panel of Judges will consist of the ten URSI Commission Chairs or their authorized representatives, in case of absence.
In addition, the prizes will be awarded based on the clarity of their presentation, accessibility to the broad audience of the ten URSI Commissions and the ability to answer questions on their work.
All participants will have the option of submitting their full paper manuscripts for review for publication in a special section of the journal Radio Science edited by Prof. Piergiorgio L.E. Uslenghi, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA, 2011 URSI GASS Scientific Program Coordinator.