30 July 2016 ~ Weimar, Germany

DVL Earth Building Prize for Young Academics 2016

The German Association for Earth Building, the Dachverband Lehm e. V. (DVL), announces the first DVL Earth Building Prize for Young Academics 2016. The prize aims to promote the study of earth building in an academic context. It recognises academic work of excellent quality that demonstrates a firm knowledge of earth building and makes a forward-looking and original contribution in the fields of design, construction, research or development.

Theses / final projects are invited in one or more of the following subject areas:

  • Regulations and building codes,
  • Research (e.g. development, testing or assessment of materials),
  • Education and professional training,
  • Sustainability,
  • Design approaches (modern / traditional earth building).

The thesis or project topic can relate to an international context.

Organisers

Dachverband Lehm e. V. (DVL)

Applications

Applicants are invited to submit a successfully completed bachelor, diploma or master thesis project or doctoral dissertation in German or English. The work should have been completed within the two years prior to the time of the prize award in November 2016. Please use the attached application form.

Awarding of the prize

The prize will be awarded during the LEHM 2016 – 7th international Conference on Building with Earth from 12  -  14 November 2016 in Weimar.

Assessment procedure

The prize is a single-stage competition. Submissions are initially assessed with regard to relevance to the aforementioned subject areas of the prize. The jury then assesses the level of scientific expertise, innovative potential and design quality of the final projects or theses, and selects one or more submissions for the prize.

Prize money

A total of 1500 € is available and will be divided among the prize winners as per the number of awarded projects / theses.

Jury

Submissions will be judged by the Scientific Committee of the LEHM 2016.

Eligibility

Applications are invited from graduates of a university or equivalent institution (e.g. Hochschule). Applicants should submit their final project or thesis in digital form (PDF format) along with the respective university’s grade / assessment. An accompanying letter of recommendation from the academic supervisor or assessor is recommended.

Deadline for submissions

The deadline for submissions is 30 July 2016.

Submission

Full details and an application form can be downloaded from the LEHM 2016 homepage.

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