Applications Invited for Carbon Neutrality Award

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About the Award

We are pleased to announce that Sustainability is now inviting applicants for the Sustainability 2024 Carbon Neutrality Award. This prize will be given to applicants who have made, and continue to make, unique and outstanding academic or societal contributions to carbon neutrality in general or to a carbon-neutrality-relevant issue in particular. All applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee led by our Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Marc A. Rosen.

The Prize:

• First class: CHF 1500, one winner;
• Second class: CHF 1000, one winner;
• Third class: CHF 500 each, for three winners.

Eligibility

Applicants must have a Ph.D. and have made a unique and outstanding academic or societal contribution to carbon neutrality in general or to a carbon-neutrality-relevant issue in particular.

How to Apply

All application materials should be sent to the Editorial Office’s email: sustainability-marketing@mdpi.com, and the email subject should be “Sustainability 2024 Carbon Neutrality Award Application – Name”.

The application materials will contain two parts: a self-recommendation summary and a related work summary.

The self-recommendation summary will include the following requirements:

• Title, first name, middle name, and last name;
• Position and institutional affiliation of applicant;
• Postal address of institution of affiliation;
• Postal address of applicant;
• Email address;
• Photo of applicant.

The related work summary will include the following requirements:

• A detailed description of the applicant’s work (max. 3000 words), highlighting their contributions to carbon neutrality;
• The applicant’s detailed CV;
• The applicant’s carbon-neutrality-related publications or social work;
• The applicant’s list of funded projects (if available);
• Other relevant information (supplementary materials).

Winner announcement: 30 April 2025

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