Deadline: 01-Mar-22
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced an open call entitled “Best Scientific Paper on NEXUS in Central Asia” to strengthen cooperation between students and researchers in Central Asia, increase their knowledge and skills on the water, energy, food security and health NEXUS and climate change, as well as encourage climate change risk analysis in the Ferghana Valley.
This competition is organized jointly with the National Research University “Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization” within the EU funded project ‘Climate Change and Resilience in Central Asia’.
Scientific articles should be submitted on the topic of ‘climate-water-energy-food and health’ NEXUS or be written in this direction.
Benefits
- The winners of contest will be awarded at the World Water Day event on March 23, 2022, in Tashkent. Travel related cost for award ceremony will be covered by organizers.
- The top three winners (from each country) will receive the following prizes:
- 1st place: Laptop (15.6)
- 2nd place: Tablet (Samsung Galaxy Tab)
- 3rd place: Hard disk (1 TB)
- Additional nominations (common for three states)
- “The Best Article” among women researchers – Tablet (Samsung Galaxy Tab);
- “The Best Article” on the role of women in climate risks and vulnerability – Tablet (Samsung Galaxy Tab).
Eligibility Criteria
All undergraduate and graduate students, researchers (PhD students) of the universities of the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
Requirements
- On the title page, the name of the university, full name, telephone number of applicant, course of study (direction), title of the article; the text is typed in MS Word in Times New Roman font, 14 point size, spacing – 1.5; each page must be numbered, in book format, margins of 2 cm above and below, on the right 1.5 cm, on the left 3 cm. Submitted works must be a maximum of 3000 (three thousand) words.
- Works must be submitted only in Russian and English.
- Articles that do not meet the requirements, plagiarism detected, without indicating the author, and received after the deadline will not be considered. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited. Articles with uniqueness less than 80% will be excluded from participation in the contest.
For more information, visit https://www.uz.undp.org/content/uzbekistan/en/home/presscenter/articles/2022/_the-best-scientific-article-contest-on-nexus-approach-in-centra.html