In honour of Francisco Coello de Portugal y Quesada, a prolific cartographer
and instigator of the modern cartography in Spain, the Vice President
for Extracurricular Activities and the Polytechnic University College
of the University of Jaén is proud to announce the eighth edition
of "The Francisco Coello International Award for Degree and Master
Thesis Projects in the study of Cartographic Engineering and Related
Sciences", with the following conditions of entry for applicants:
APPLICANTS
This competition is open to candidates from the whole University community.
Students from Technical Colleges may apply if they have submitted their
student project, after 2004, on one of the following subjects: Cartography,
Geodesy, Photogrammetry, Cadastral Surveying and Mapping, Geographical
Information Systems, Remote Sensing, Land Planning, Surveying and Mapping
Tools and Techniques, etc.
SUBMISSIONS
·The project submitted must be the same as the one used by the applicant
to be awarded his/her degree.
·In the instance where the original document were not written in
Spanish, the applicant should fill in the form found on the web page in
Spanish [form].
·The document should be presented in written form, in DIN-A4 paper
format, and any graphic information should be presented to an adequate
scale and in a separate annex.
·Candidates applying from outside Spain may submit their documents
in pdf format and send them in soft copy (CD or DVD), together with a
certificate of authenticity issued from the university department in which
it was originally presented.
·The document presented may show the author's name, where he/she
is from, tutorship, college or any other explanatory data which appears
on the original work.
AWARDS
·There are two different competitions: In the first, those
candidates who have submitted projects which have led them to being
awarded a University Diploma* may apply and the second is for those
applicants whose projects have led to them being awarded a University
Bachelor's Degree-Master's Degree**.
·In both cases, the award money offered has been set at 1000
euros. Together with this, the successful applicants will receive material
and equipment granted by the different sponsors of this competition
including: bibliography, computer based tools and mapmaking software
ceded by these sponsors.
·The panel of judges may decide to concede any of these two awards
to more than one applicant, in which case, the award will be shared
by the winners.
·The prize will be awarded to the projects, regardless of the
number of authors that have participated in their elaboration.
·A certificate will be issued to the supervisors-tutors of the
award-winning projects in acknowledgement of their work.
*University Diploma level is equivalent to a 3 year University course
or 180 credits according to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).
**Bachelor's Degree-Master's Degree level is equivalent to a 4-5 year
University course or 240-300 credits according to the ECTS.
CERTIFICATES
All applicants will receive a certificate for having participated
in the competition.
DEADLINE FOR ADMISSION
The deadline for the presentation of the candidates' projects will
be 17th April 2007 at 14:00 hours.
PANEL OF JUDGES
The panel of judges will be composed of University lecturers and professionals
of renowned prestige related to the subjects being judged.
DECISION
The result of the competition will be publicly announced on 27th April
2007.
The prizes will be awarded on 10th May 2007 at the University of Jaén.
There is no right to appeal against the final decision reached by the
judges.
PROCEDURE TO FOLLOW
·All candidates who fulfil the requirements of the competition
will be allowed to take part by sending their projects to the address
given below.
·Those projects which have received awards in previous editions
of this competition are not eligible to participate.
·The projects should be sent in a sealed envelope in which all
the applicants should also enclose full information about the their
personal data (name, address, telephone number, email address and a
copy of their identity card or passport) and an attested photocopy of
their degree certificate, or, failing this, an attested receipt of having
applied for its issue.
·Once the judges have met to evaluate the projects and the minutes
have been taken of these meetings, the result will be announced on the
University of Jaén web page and the winners will be notified
and invited to the public award ceremony.
·All the original projects will be used to increase the library
collection of the Polytechnic University College of Jaén.
·By participating in this competition the candidate demonstrates
that he/she accepts the conditions of entry.
·The "Agencia MRW" will be responsible for the transport
(within Spain) of the students projects which participate in this competition,
with no extra charge to the candidates. Subsequently, the latter should
contact this agency either by phone 902 300 400 or through their web
page www.mrw.es.
CORRESPONDENCE
All correspondence, submission of documents or any type of explanatory
questions should be sent to:
Premio Internacional Francisco Coello
Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Jaén (España)
Campus Las Lagunillas, s/n., Edificio B5, Jaén - 23071 - España
Tlf. +34 953-212424 / Fax: + 34 953-212400
E-mail: coello
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