Call for Applications: Global Energy Prize

The Global Energy Prize for research in the field of energy (hereinafter, “the Prize”) is an independent scientific award for extraordinary scientific achievements, practical and theoretical research, development and systemic studies of global problems, patterns and prospects for the development of the power industry, aimed at the validation of the new efficient energy production methods, invention of new high-yielding energy sources, significant increase in the technical and economic performance of the already existing types of power sources, while ensuring their safety and compliance with all the environmental requirements, in order to promote sustainable development of civilization.

Goals

• The goals of the Prize are as follows:
  • Promotion of theoretical, experimental and applied research in the field of energy, and stimulation of international cooperation in this area.
  • Encouragement and engagement of key experts from various countries, international organizations, public and commercial structures, in order to solve the most significant problems and tasks in the energy sector.

Categories

• Nomination submissions of the following categories are accepted for consideration:
  • Electric power engineering;
  • Exploration, extraction, transportation and processing of fuel and power resources;
  • Renewable energy sources;
  • Bioenergy;
  • Fuel cells and hydrogen energy;
  • Heat power engineering;
  • Nuclear power engineering;
  • New materials used in energy;
  • Energy efficiency;
  • Efficient energy storage;
  • Energy transportation;
  • Management in energy sector.
• The nomination submissions of the categories are further distributed into three nominations:
  • Traditional energy:
    • Electric power engineering;
    • Exploration, extraction, transportation and processing of fuel and power resources;
    • Heat power engineering;
    • Nuclear power engineering.
  • Non-traditional energy:
    • Renewable energy sources
    • Bioenergy;
    • Fuel cells and hydrogen energy.
  • New ways of energy application:
    • New materials used in power engineering;
    • Energy efficiency;
    • Efficient power storage;
    • Energy transportation.

Prize Information

• The award package of the Prize includes: a gold medal, a gold badge, diploma and a certain sum of money (the Prize fund).
• The prize fund of the award totals 39 million rubles.

Nomination Criteria

• Citizen of any state can become a laureate of the Prize.
• Candidates for the Prize can be nominated by the Nominators. These are:
  • Scientists and/or organizations acting via their representatives who have been verified on the Organizer’s website and received confirmation of their nominating status, as well as persons specially invited by the Organizer to the nomination pool.
  • Laureates of the Global Energy Prize, Nobel Prize winners, laureates of the Kyoto, Max Planck, Wolf, Balzan, Zayed Future Energy, Energy Globe, Goldman Environment and UNEP Sasakawa Prizes.
  • Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences and of foreign academies of sciences.
• Persons performing solely administrative and/or organizational functions cannot be nominated.
• Self-nomination for the Prize is not allowed.
• The nominator can file up to three nomination submissions in the course of one nomination process. An individual nomination submission is required for each nominee.
• The nomination process is strictly confidential. No preliminary public discussion of the nomination process or its stages is allowed. Nominators and other participants of the process shall not disclose the nominations submitted.

Application Requirements

• Basic requirements for the nomination submission will be as follows:
  • The submission shall be accompanied by a motivation letter (up to five pages) with a detailed substantiation of the nomination.
  • The submission shall contain a concise, clear, unambiguous and specific description of the nominee’s achievements making that nominee eligible for the Prize.
  • A list of the most important works (publications) by the nominee on the nomination topic shall be attached to the submission.
  • The nomination submission may be accompanied by a detailed and documented substantiation of the nominee’s merits (international patent rights, publications in fundamental areas of research, opinions of power industry authorities, top energy companies, academic boards of the leading scientific and technical centers of the field of energy, etc.)
  • Only the nomination submissions of the current nomination cycle are allowed.

For more information, visit Global Energy Association.