Dragons's Den_Competition for researchers
1. Dragons' Den:
Dragons's Den is a competition whose purpose is to encourage
young researchers to move forward in their fields of interest. The winners
receive a substantial prize to support their future research work.
2. Eligibility:
This contest is open to students and researchers with maximum
age of 35 and no permanent academic position. The proposer must be properly
registered with IUCr 2017 (24th Congress & General Assembly of the International
Union of Crystallography 2017 from 21 – 28 August 2017) – i.e. he
she must have an Access Key, and all registration fees paid.
3. Submitting a Proposal:
Eligible researchers must submit a proposal by filling an
online form. The proposal must be for future research work and not for research
work already undertaken or ongoing or presented at the IUCr 2017 Congress.
Details of the Proposer and the Project Proposed will be required by the
form.
4. Submission Deadline:
15 July 2017.
5. Judging Proposals:
Applications will be shortlisted by a judging panel nominated
by the IUCr2017 LOC.
6. Inside the Dragons' Den:
Authors of selected proposals will present and defend their
proposal in front of the Dragons (a Commission of 5 expert crystallographers).
Each presenter will be given a maximum of 5 minutes to convince the Dragons
about their idea and to answer their fiery questions. Decision on what projects
are funded is taken immediately at the end of all presentations. Please bring
any age proof document with you.
7. The Prize:
Awardees receive a grant of INR 1,50,000 or approximately
US$2300. Awards are sponsored by: IUCr2017; STOE; Springer; Elsevier.
Source: http://dragonsden.iucr2017.org/myaccount/login
2. Eligibility:
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