This year, the award is aimed again at German- and English-language Bachelor's and Master's theses. For the first time, we are awarding this prize to both the best Bachelor's and the best Master's thesis. The award comes with prize money of €500 (Bachelor) and €1,500 (Master) as well as a two-year Young Professionals membership in the DKKV.

Important for a successful application is that the content of the thesis relates to the topics of national and international disaster prevention and disaster risk reduction, risk and crisis management as well as risk research. Possible orientations of the work are, for example, a focus on natural hazard analysis, early warning systems, adaptation to climate change, protection of critical infrastructures or other topics of civil protection.

In addition to your thesis and the affidavit, we need a few other documents for your application. These include a curriculum vitae in table form and a summary of your work. The documents can be submitted in German as well as in English.

Please do not include grades from your studies or grades from your bachelor or master thesis in your CV, as all applicants should have the same chances. Optionally, you may attach a letter of recommendation from your reviewer.

In the summary, please briefly present your research question, central findings and the usability of the results within two pages. Further you should highlight how your work relates to the topics of disaster prevention and disaster risk management.

Important:

Please then summarize the documents as PDFs (Times New Roman, font size 12, line spacing 1.5) as follows:

• Document 1: Includes curriculum vitae, max. 2-page summary of the work, affidavit and letter of recommendation (optional) as PDF with the following name: Name_first name_application_promotional award
• Document 2: Contains the German or English final thesis as PDF with the following name: Name_first name_final paper_application_promotional award

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 April 30th, 2021.

• April 30th, 2021: application deadline
• approximately end of June 2021: end of pre-evaluation on the basis of the summaries
• appr. August 2021: end of evaluation of the theses and nomination of the winners

The winners are expected to be announced in September 2021 on the DKKV website and on Twitter. The award ceremony will be hosted and planned with regard to the current situation.

The submitted thesis must not be older than two years (24 months) at the time the application period closes (30.04.2021). Here, the submission date of your work is important, which therefore may not be before 01.05.2019.

Furthermore, only theses that have already been submitted and finally evaluated by your reviewer will be accepted. Please also note that it is not permitted to reapply with a thesis that has already been submitted in previous years. Of course, you can apply more than once, as long as it is not the same thesis.