The Bernd Rode Award is granted to outstanding scientific and higher education collaborations between European and South-East-Asian universities in the framework of ASEA-UNINET. The award is given every 18 months in three different categories.

The award is named after Bernd Michael Rode, an eminent Austrian researcher and founder of the Austrian-South-East-Asian Academic University Network (ASEA-UNINET).

The Award is associated with financial support up to a maximum of 5.000 euros to enhance and extend the research possibilities in the context of projects backed by ASEA-UNINET (e.g. travel expenses, research stay).

Guidelines:

• The award is granted in the following three categories:
  • Junior (Individual contributions conducted within the framework of ASEA-UNINET, by applicants up to 5 years after completion of their PhD studies)
  • Senior (Individual contributions, including all publications and projects carried out in the framework of ASEA-UNINET, by applicants over a period of 5 years after completion of their PhD studies)
  • Project-based collaborative research conducted in the framework of ASEA-UNINET
• Scientific contributions and projects (respective contributions in the area of music) are accepted in the three categories (junior, senior, project-based) mentioned above.
• The projects and contributions submitted must have been at least partially funded by ASEA-UNINET after the year 2014 (e.g. joint research project, research-stay, scholarship, etc.).
• The amount of money awarded has to be reinvested into an ASEA-UNINET-supported project.
• Please note that the intention is to award outstanding ASEA-UNINET collaborations and thus only past or ongoing projects are eligible for application, involving researchers from at least two ASEA-UNINET member universities.

Submissions:

Submissions are to be sent by email to asea-uninet@oead.at and should include the following documents.

• Junior and Senior submissions:
  • Short description of the research project conducted in the framework of ASEA-UNINET (about 5 pages)
  • Role of ASEA-UNINET in the work of the applicant
  • CV and publication list (plus the applicants’ best publications as full pdf-version max. 5)
  • The three most important scientific or artistic contributions of the applicant (max. 200 Words)
• Project-based submissions:
  • Short description of the research project conducted in the framework of ASEA-UNINET (about 5 pages)
  • Role of ASEA-UNINET as facilitator
  • CV and list of publications of the project team
  • Scientific and/or societal education results and publications arising from the project

Extended Submission Deadline: March 31st, 2021
Award Ceremony at ASEA-UNINET Plenary Meeting 2021: July 2021 (no Award Ceremony in 2020)