MAB Young Scientists Award Scheme

The MAB Young Scientists Awards targets young researchers carrying out interdisciplinary research in line with UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme. Priority is given to projects carried out in biosphere reserves, on the theme of ecosystems and water.The objectives of the MAB Young Scientists Award Scheme are: i) To encourage young scientists, in particular those from developing countries, to use MAB research, project sites and biosphere reserves in their research. ii) To encourage young scientists who already use such sites to undertake comparative studies in other sites in or outside their own country. iii) To assist exchange of information and experience among a new generation of scientists. Applicants from developed countries are eligible for Awards only in exceptional cases. International travel expenditures are usually not covered under these Awards.