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Dear colleagues, Please find attached the application form for the European Friedrich List Prize 2008. The Prize is dedicated to young transport scientists of all European countries. Please feel free to distribute this information to whom it may concern. Thanks a lot. Best regards, Sebastian BELZ, Dipl. Ing. Chair of the Board of the Young Forum of European Transport Sciences - YFE Member of the Board of the Young Forum Germany European Platform of Transport Sciences - EPTS Young Forum of European Transport Sciences - YFE --- I N A U G U R A T I O N of the EUROPEAN FRIEDRICH-LIST-AWARD 2008 to young scientists in European Transport Sciences For the 5th consecutive time the European Platform of Transport Sciences awards a prize dedicated to young transport researchers. The prize is named “European Frie-drich-List-Prize” to honour the extraordinary contributions of Friedrich List, a vision-ary of transport in Europe of the 19th century, being a distinguished economist and respected transport scientist committed to the European idea. The European Frie-drich List prize is awarded for outstanding scientific papers in each of the following categories: Doctorate paper (PhD or comparable) 1,750 € and Diploma paper (Master Thesis or comparable) 750 €. The submitted papers should address topics in the transport field within a European context and from a European perspective, ideally making reference and contributing to the sustainable development of elements and modes within pan-European or cross-border transport. The subject should be characterized by its international scope while papers elaborating on technical matters are equally accepted as those with a background in economics or another discipline. Eligible for submission are all scientific papers accomplished not longer than two years ago and which have not been submitted in another award competition. Papers may be submitted by individuals or a team of authors (up to five persons), being citizens of a country in Europe and under forty years of age at the time of submis-sion. Recommendations may only be made by full professors of universities or direc-tors of research institutions. Applications by the authors themselves will not be con-sidered. The application dossier should include: 1. The full version of the paper in any European language. 2. An executive summary of five to ten A4 pages in English language. 3. A short CV of the author(s). 4. Recommendations are to be verified by the professor in a statement written in English or German language. Submitted papers are evaluated by a jury composed of reputable individuals en-gaged in transport in its European dimension. The award winning papers are published in the publications of the European Plat-form of Transport Sciences. Candidates are invited to submit the papers in electronic format (*pdf or *doc) with papers exceeding 5 MB to be made available on CD ROM. Applications may be submitted to: Berliner Büro der Europäischen Plattform der Verkehrswissenschaften Hauptgeschäftsstelle der DVWG e.V. Leipziger Straße 61 D-10117 Berlin A L L E M A G N E Application deadline: February 15th, 2008 The award ceremony is scheduled to take place on June 26th, 2008 at the 7th Euro-pean Transport Congress of the European Platform of Transport Sciences, to be held in Berlin, Germany. Contact: Dipl.-Ing. Sebastian BELZ Chair of the YFE-Board (European Platform of Transport Sciences) Member of the Federal Board (Junges Forum der DVWG) [log in to unmask] P 0049 202 28 35 80 F 0049 202 28 35 870 M 0049 177 59 61 407 Dr. Claus JAHNKE Secretary General of the European Platform of Transport Sciences [log in to unmask] P 0049 30 29 36 06 0 F 0049 30 29 36 06 029