APEC to Honour Outstanding Ocean Researcher

APEC member economies have announced that they will honour a young scientist in 2013 whose collaborative work in the region has made an outstanding contribution to sustainable ocean development.

 

The theme of this year’s APEC Science Prize for Innovation, Research, and Education, also known as the ASPIRE Prize, reflects members’ focus on boosting cooperation that can help to generate innovative, environmentally and economically sustainable management solutions for the region’s oceans and waterways.

 

The 2013 ASPIRE Prize is targeting young scientists from APEC economies who specialize in fields such as oceanography and marine sciences, aquaculture and fisheries science, hydrology, hydrography, and coastal geography. The merit of their collaborative accomplishments must be evidenced by scholarly publication.

 

Each APEC member economy may nominate one individual under 40 years of age for the 2013 ASPIRE Prize which is sponsored by Wiley and Elsevier, and carries US$25,000 in prize money. The submission deadline is 3 May 2013.