Pan-GLASS 2026 will organize two competitions for Early Career Researchers (ECRs). ECR’s can choose to enter one or both competitions.
You are deemed an ECR if you are an undergraduate or postgraduate (Masters/PhD) student or a scientist who has received his or her highest degree (BSc, MSc, or PhD) within the past six years. If parental leave fell in this period, up to one year of parental leave time may be added per child, up to a maximum of four years.
The GLASS Panel competition award is dedicated to the best oral or poster presentation from an early career scientist with respect to the improvement of the understanding of the land-atmosphere system. This can be a new observation contributing to process understanding, a new theoretical description of a key process, or a new component incorporated in a land-atmosphere model system.
Oral and poster presentations that are entered in the GEWEX/WCRP Presentation Competition will be judged on technical content, technical knowledge of the topic, and presentation delivery.
Both ECR competitions will be evaluated by fellow participants of Pan-GLASS 2026 who are not participating in the competitions themselves.
To ensure a robust evaluation, we strive for at least three evaluations for each presentation. An independent committee consisting of representatives from the ECR and Program Committees will review the numerical ratings and comments from the evaluations to produce a summary of the rankings. The ECR Committee then selects the winning presentations from ECRs among the many excellent talks and posters. Prizes were awarded to winners at the end of the conference.
