DKKV Promotional Award
Young professionals in the field of disaster risk management are particularly important to DKKV and its members. For this reason, the "DKKV Promotional Award" is being announced annually since 2018. The prize is awarded for final theses that are related to the topics of national/international disaster prevention and rehabilitation, civil protection, adaptation to climate change or the integration of disaster prevention and adaptation to climate change. In addition, best practice examples that deal with current research results with future perspectives can be submitted. Applicants for the DKKV Promotional Award are expected to have graduated in an accredited degree programme.
Sponsors of the DKKV Promotional Award
The DKKV Promotional Award 2022 is supported by Stiftung Technisches Hilfswerk (THW).
If you are interested in learning more about the THW-Stiftung, please visit their homepage.
Reference to a DKKV-related subject
It is important for a successful application that the content of your work is related to the topics of national and international disaster preparedness and post-disaster risk reduction, risk and crisis management, or risk research.
Your work should therefore address one or more topics in this context that are named in the following word cloud:
Required Documents for Application
In addition to your thesis, we require proof that your work has already been evaluated. Possible documents are your transcript of records, your degree certificate or a confirmation from the examination office. This document is for review in the office and will not be given to the jury. In addition, please submit the following documents combined into one document:
- Cover sheet
- Curriculum vitae in table form without grades
- Exposé of your thesis
- Optional: Letter of recommendation from your reviewer
- Affidavit/statutory declaration
Please be sure to observe the specified content and formal requirements, which you can view here.
The application documents can be submitted in German as well as in English.
Important Notes
The submitted thesis must not be older than two years (24 months) at the time the application period closes. The date of submission counts, which thus may not be before 01.06.2020.
Only theses that have already been submitted and finally evaluated will be accepted. You can apply for the sponsorship award more than once, as long as it is not the same thesis.
Theses can only be considered, if they were submitted to an accreditet University in Germany or in one of the meber states of the European Union (and associated countries).
By submitting your application, you agree to an internal transfer of the work within DKKV.
Please send all necessary documents and possible questions by e-mail to: foerderpreis@dkkv.org.
The application deadline ends on May 31st, 2022.
Helpful Documents
Procedure
- May 31st, 2022: application deadline
- approximately end of June/August 2022: end of pre-evaluation on the basis of the summaries
- appr. October/November 2022: end of evaluation of the theses and nomination of the winners
The winners are expected to be announced in the end of 2022 via the DKKV website and on DKKV's social media accounts. The award ceremony will be hosted and planned with regard to the current situation.
Evaluation of the theses
After the application deadline, all application documents are first checked for completeness.
The submitted abstracts are used for the pre-selection of the papers. The best of them will be shortlisted by the jury, which will then jointly evaluate the corresponding final papers.
The jury members of the DKKV Promotional Award are:
- Dr. Benni Thiebes (Chief Executive DKKV)
- Prof. Dr. Lothar Schrott (University of Bonn)
- Prof. Dr. Wiltrud Terlau (Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, IZNE)
- Dipl.-Ing. Sylvia Wallasch (Regierung von Schwaben/KaVoMa)
- Martin Zeidler (Executive Board Member DKKV/THW)