The Winners
The Selection Committee for the Peccei and Mikhalevich Scholarship Awards has completed its review of the 2005 nominations. The winners of the two Peccei Scholarships are Daniela Knorr of Germany and Anne Maria Eikeset of Norway. The Mikhalevich Scholarships will go to Geir Halnes of Norway and Bartosz Kozlowski of Poland.

Daniela Knorr of Germany (Friedrich Schiller University, Jena) was chosen for her research in the Forestry Program. In her three months at IIASA, she produced a model which she described in "Spatial Modelling of Vegetation Units for GIS-based Terrestrial Carbon Accounting in the Siberia-II Study Region." Her result was described by her supervisor as "arguably better than that currently in use" and by a reviewer as "pioneer in the field."

Anne Maria Eikeset of Norway (University of Oslo) was chosen for her work in the Evolution and Ecology Program (until recently called "Adaptive Dynamics Network"). Her paper addressed "The ecological and economic consequences of fisheries-induced evolution in Northeast Arctic Cod." She was praised for the scientific quality and interdisciplinarity of her work.

There are two winners of the 2005 Mikhalevich Scholarships:

Bartosz Kozlowski of Poland (Warsaw University of Technology) was recognized for his achievements during his four months in the Integrated Modeling Project (until recently a part of the Risk, Modeling and Society Program). His report "Weather Indicators and Crop Yields Analysis with Wavelets" was praised as a "convincing analysis" with "high methodological" content.
   

Geir Halnes of Norway (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala). Geir's main undertaking in the Dynamic Systems Program during the summer of 2005 was to construct a new food web generating algorithm. His results are described in "Structural cycles in food webs," called by a reviewer "an outstanding paper with tremendous potential as a fundamental contribution."

Congratulations to all four!

About the Awards
The scholarships are awarded annually for outstanding work by participants of the IIASA's Young Scientists Summer Program. They provide financial support for the winners to return to IIASA for an additional three-month period of research.

The Selection Committee
The Selection Committee was made up of IIASA Director Leen Hordijk, Summer Program Dean Joanne Bayer, and Vice Dean Zbigniew Klimont.

The Selection Criteria
In making its decisions, the committee drew on the following sources of information:

• Written reports prepared by the candidates during their participation in the 2005 summer program. The reports were ranked on:
  • complexity of subject;
  • originality of approach;
  • policy relevance;
  • advancement of theory;
  • interdisciplinary character of research;
  • methodology appropriate for the analysis;
  • relevant literature cited;
  • justifiable conclusions.
• Memos from supervisors supporting and evaluating their candidates' nomination;
• Evaluations of the candidates' written reports by IIASA staff and external reviewers;
• The candidates' general contribution to IIASA’s overall objectives as evidenced by oral presentations at lectures or seminars;
• Professional interaction with other summer students and IIASA staff.

External Reviewers
Eighteen papers were submitted for consideration. The Selection Committee gratefully acknowledges the evaluations of the reviewers; their input was of great value in the selection process.

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