This award is offered every two years for the best master thesis dedicated to the topics of the Alps – this year the emphasis is on the topic of Water and Water management.
Water is an important and delicate topic in the Alps as well as in their surrounding regions.

Contributions on the issue of sustainable water management in the Alps and particularly, but not limited to, on the related sub-topics are welcome:

  • Analysis and solutions for conflicting uses of water among different sectors (tourism, agriculture, energy production etc.);
  • Excess of water and scarcity of water;
  • Sustainable water management and efficient water use.


Contributions from students from all disciplines are encouraged. The submitted Master’s theses have to be completed between 01/01/2016 and 31/10/2018. Three main prizes will be directly awarded by the Austrian Presidency and the Permanent Secretariat of the Alpine Convention (1st prize: 1,000 €; 2nd prize: 750 €; 3rd prize: 500 €), plus additional prizes.

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30.10.2017