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EPTS awards 16th European Friedrich List Prize 2021

19th European Transport Congress of the EPTS, to be held in Maribor, Slovenia.
Maribor, Slovenia. ©_Leonhard Niederwimmer | pixabay

[EPTS] For the 16th consecutive time the European Platform of Transport Sciences – EPTS Foundation awards a prize dedicated to young transport researchers. The award ceremony is scheduled to take place on 07.10.2021 during the 19th European Transport Congress of the European Platform of Transport Sciences, to be held in Maribor, Slovenia.

Friedrich List EPTS Prize

Friedrich List. Source: EPTS

The prize is named “European Friedrich-List-Prize” to honour the extraordinary contributions of Friedrich List, a visionary of transport in Europe of the 19th century, being a distinguished economist and respected transport scientist committed to the European idea.

The European Friedrich-List-Prize is awarded for outstanding scientific papers in each of the following categories:

    • Doctorate paper (PhD or comparable) – EUR 1,000

and

    • Diploma paper (Master Thesis or comparable) – EUR 500

The submitted papers should address topics in the transport field within a European context and from a European perspective, ideally making reference and contributing to the sustainable development of elements and modes within pan-European or crossborder transport. The subject should be characterized by its international scope while papers elaborating on technical matters are equally accepted as those with a background in economics or another discipline.

Eligible for submission are all scientific papers accomplished no longer than two years ago and which have not been submitted successfully in another award competition. Papers may be written by individuals who are citizens of a country in Europe and under fourty years of age at the time of submission. Recommendations may only be made by full professors of universities or directors of research institutions. Applications by the authors themselves will not be considered.

The application dossier must include:

  1. The full version of the paper in any European language.
  2. A scientific summary of fifteen A4 pages in English language.
  3. A short CV of the author(s).
  4. Recommendations are to be verified by the professor in a statement written in English language.

Candidates are invited to submit their papers in electronic format (*pdf or *doc) with papers exceeding 50 MB to be made available on CD ROM directly to the EPTS-General Secretariat.

The full applications have to be sent to the EPTS General Secretariat:

European Platform of Transport Sciences – EPTS Foundation e.V.
Eva SCHMIDT | Head of Office
Bahnstrasse 23 | 42327 Wuppertal GERMANY
schmidt@epts.eu

Application deadline: April 2nd, 2021

Submitted papers are evaluated by a jury composed of reputable scientists engaged in transport in its European dimension. The jury’s results will be fixed by the end of May 2021.


The award ceremony is scheduled to take place on 07 Oct 2021 during the 19th European Transport Congress of the European Platform of Transport Sciences, to be held in Maribor, Slovenia. For more information, please visit: www.epts.eu/etc2021