It is now about ONE WEEK to go until the deadline for submissions to the 2010/2011 Emerald/EMRBI Business Research Award for Young Researchers http://www.emeraldinsight.com/research/awards/euromed.htm. The closing date for receipt of applications is 1 July 2011.

The Award-winning entry will receive a cash prize of €1,500 (or currency equivalent), a certificate, and a winners’ logo to attach to correspondence, as well as publication in the EuroMed Journal of Business, as a full paper. Runners-up will also be considered for publication.

In addition, authors of the winning entry and those of up to ten highly commended papers will receive a complimentary 12-month membership of EMAB (EuroMed Academy of Business of EMRBI), which will include an online subscription to the EuroMed Journal of Business. The winning and commendable papers will be awarded during a special ceremony during the 4^th Annual Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business http://www.emrbi.com/main.asp?sel_nav1=145&sel_nav2=172&cat=site that is taking place in Elounda, Crete, Greece during the 20^th and 21^st  of October 2011.

To be eligible for the Award, the research must address the environmental opportunities and threats, or marketplace developments and trends, in the European-Mediterranean region. In an effort to promote and reward research from new researchers, the award is open to any researcher who has undertaken a doctoral degree program in the past 5 years. The paper may be co-authored with a senior faculty member.

For further details of the award, including access to our online submission form, please follow the link below:

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/research/awards/euromed.htm

This award represents a fantastic opportunity for upcoming researchers to gain significant financial support as well as international recognition. If you are not interested in submitting a proposal to the award but know of someone who might be, please pass this message on to that person or direct them towards the above webpage.

 Prof. Yaakov Weber