STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION (SPC)

The list of the SPC finalists is available here.

The Student Paper Competition (SPC) of the 2022 URSI Regional Conference on Radio Science (URSI-RCRS 2022) is open for applications. Full-time university students from any country, who is the principal (first-named) author and the presenter of a paper (oral or poster) at a regular session of URSI-RCRS 2022, are eligible for application in the SPC.

Applications should be completed electronically on the URSI-RCRS 2022 conference website by 16 August 2022. For SPC submission the following documents (in PDF format) must be submitted simultaneously through the Paper submission portal:

• Full-length paper (10 pages) IEEE paper style: The instructions given on the conference website must be followed for preparing this.

• Electronically scanned Letter of Certification from his/her advisor(s): This should be printed on the university letterhead and signed by the applicant’s advisor, clearly stating that the applicant is a full-time university student for a degree at the time of application. For a paper with multiple authors, the letter should emphasize that the role of the authors other than the applicant was primarily advisory in nature.

The URSI-RCRS 2022 Young Scientist and Student Program (YSSP) Committee will peer-review the SPC applications. Five finalists will be selected at the end of the review process. The YSSP Committee will email all the SPC applicants on 20 September 2022, notifying them about the review results. On 1 October 2022, the list of the SPC finalists will be announced on the URSI-RCRS 2022 website. Within two weeks of the notification, every finalist must confirm that he/she will attend URSI-RCRS 2022. The SPC finalists will receive:

• Free registration

• Free accommodation covering the full conference duration

Note that, basic accommodation will be provided by the URSI-RCRS 2022 organizers. In case the SPC finalists arrange for alternative accommodation, they have to bear the entire expenses on their own.

The SPC Special Session, open to all URSI-RCRS 2022 participants, will be scheduled during the conference duration. All the five finalists should check into the allotted accommodation on 30 November 2022, and

(i) Present their papers orally in the SPC Special Session

(ii) Present their papers in regular sessions (oral or poster)

The finalists also have to attend the official Conference Banquet, where the winners will be announced. At the SPC Special Session, members of the URSI-RCRS 2022 YSSP Committee will judge presentations by the five finalists and select the three winners (1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes), who will receive:

(1) 1st prize: Certificate and INR 10000

(2) 2nd prize: Certificate and INR 7500

(3) 3rd prize: Certificate and INR 5000

The two non-winning finalists will each receive an “Honorable Mention” certificate identifying him/her as a finalist at the Conference Banquet.

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