The King of Thailand Vetiver Awards

 

On the occasion of the Fifth International Conference on Vetiver (ICV-5), which will be held in Lucknow, India, between 29-31 October 2011, Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, the Chairperson of His Majesty the King of Thailand's Chaipattana Foundation, has graciously granted US$ 10,000 from the Chaipattana Foundation for "The King of Thailand Vetiver Awards" for the most outstanding works on vetiver. The awards will be split into the following categories:

 

1.     Outstanding Vetiver Research (US$ 5,000)

            1.1       Agricultural Application    (US$ 2,500)

            1.2       Non - agricultural Application    (US$ 2,500)

2.     Outstanding Dissemination in the Vetiver System (US$ 5,000)

2.1           Government Agency  (US$ 2,500)

2.2           Non - government Agency      (US$ 2,500)

 

            The winners will receive the awards from Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, the Patron of The Vetiver Network, on His Majesty the King of Thailand's behalf, during the Opening Ceremony of the Fifth International Conference on Vetiver (ICV-5) in Lucknow, India. With the support from the Chaipattana Foundation, the recipients of the awards will have the honor to present their papers in the Conference and be covered with the cost of participation at ICV-5 as well as the international travel between their home country and the conference venue and accommodation during the conference period.

 

Scientists as well as vetiver practitioners from around the world are invited to apply for the awards by submitting the application form along with the abstract and full paper, both of which should conform to the format of the papers, including a 150 word "Statement of Merit" describing the contribution of the nominee's paper to the following address.

 

The Selection Committee for  the "King of Thailand Vetiver Awards"

Foreign Affairs Group

Office of the Royal Development Projects Board

78 Rajdamnern Nok Avenue,

Dusit, Bangkok 10300

THAILAND

 

E-mail: [email protected]

 

The deadline of the application with the abstract as well as the submission of the full paper is 30 April 2011 and 31 May 2011 respectively.  The announcement of the winners will be made by 31 August 2011.

 

 

 

 

 

Specifications for abstract and full paper

The abstract should be between 400-500 words (1 page). The complete work should not be longer than 6,000 words (including figures and pictures, not more than 15 pages). Before submitting, all abstracts and full papers must be edited according to the following norms:

 

Format: The papers must be written in the Microsoft Word program for Windows, in Times New Roman (TNR) font, according to the following specifications:

Contents: The text of the paper must include introduction, materials and methods, results and discussion, conclusions and references. Tables and figures must be inserted within the text at proper places. References must be included and listed in alphabetical order by last name of the first author according to the following norms: author, (if more than one author, use commas to separate them), year of publication, title, journal (abbrev.), volume, number, pagination (10, and 14 points of line space). For example:

Chomchalow, N, and Henle, H.V. (eds.). 1998. Proceedings of the First International  Conference on Vetiver. The Office of the Royal Development Projects Board, Bangkok, Thailand.

Roongthanakiat, N, and Chairoj, P. 2001. Uptake potential of some heavy metals by vetiver grass. Kasetsart J. (Nat.Sci.) 35: 433-440.

Truong, PNV. 1999. Vetiver grass technology for mines tailings rehabilitation. In: Proceedings of the First Asia-Pacific Conference on Ground and Water Bioengineering for Erosion Control and Slope Stabilization. Manila, The Philippines. pp. 315-325.

Author(s) data: Please include a brief curricular content (no more than 100 words) of the main author or the one that is going to present it orally, or is going to be present at the poster display.

Note: Please include a paragraph where it describes the contribution of the presentation to the central subject of the Conference "Vetiver and Climate Change".  

 

 

 

 

Awards Criteria for Consideration

            1. Outstanding Vetiver Research

                     The contesting papers should comply to one or more of the following criteria:

                     1)  Being the study of a researcher or a group of researchers

                     2)  Being  the basic or applied research

                     3)  Creating new knowledge in such fields as science, agriculture, environment, or other fields relating to the development of knowledge on vetiver grass

                    4)   Benefiting the community as a whole. If being a basic research, the researcher (s) must be able to provide the guideline on how to put it into practice.

            2. Outstanding Dissemination of the Vetiver System

                     The contesting papers should comply to one or more following criteria:

1)     Manifesting the effective promotion on the use and the real application

      of vetiver grass

                     2)   Following the principle of sustainable development

                     3)   Can be widely applied with no restriction to any particular group

                     4)   Using appropriate technology that is environmental friendly

                     5)   Supported by scientific reasons and is widely accepted

                     6)   Bringing about the extra income such as the development of products

The announcement of the winners will be made by 31 August 2011.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Application Form

The King of Thailand Vetiver Awards

First Name                                                      Middle Name (if any)                        

Last Name                                                       Sex                                Age              

Affiliation: Department/Office/Company                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

Address                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                   

Position                                                                                                                      

Responsibility                                                                                                            

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

Contact Address                                                                                                         

                                                                                                                                   

Country                                                           Tel                                                       Fax                                                     Email                                                              

Title of paper                                                                                                              

                                                                                                                                   

Type of work:

       Research:  (   )  Agricultural Application (   )  Non-Agricultural Application

Category:

                        (   )  Research, experiment, and activities of vetiver involving with

direct and indirect impact on climate changes

                        (   )  Recovering and nourishing the green environment

                        (   )  Reduction of greenhouse effect, carbon footprint, and carbon

mitigation

                        (   )  Green economy, alternative energy and vetiver in agriculture

practices

(   )  Specific research in relation with efficiency of the vetiver in

 various aspects

 

 

      ( ) Dissemination:  (   )  Government Agency      (   )  Non-Government Agency

            Category:   

(   )  Recovering and nourishing the green environment

                        (   )  Utilization of vetiver for erosion, flood control, and slope

stabilization

                        (   )  Wastewater purification, element uptake, and pollutant

decomposition

                        (   )  Vetiver network and other aspects

Author(s)                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

Source of funding of the work                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                   

 

Deadline of Submission

 

            Application with abstract                                 30 April 2011

            Full paper with �Statement of Merit�               31 May 2011