The Peter Nijkamp RSAI Research Encouragement Award for an Mid-Career Scholar from a Developing Country
DEADLINE to RECEIVE APPLICATIONS: November 30th 2025
Winners
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 Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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 The Ecuador National Polytechnic School, Ecuado
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 Capital University of Economics and Business, Bejing, China
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 Universidad Catolica del Norte, Chile
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 Peking University, China
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 CEER - Banco de la Republica, Colombia
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 Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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 Padjadjaran University, Indonesia
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1. Goal
The Award recognizes the outstanding potential of a mid-career researcher from a nation in the developing world, and seeks to encourage his/her development as a high-quality researcher in the field of Regional Science and his/her participation in the international Regional Science community.
2. The Award and Eligibility
2.1 The Award is established to recognize and honour the contribution Professor Peter Nijkamp, a RSAI Fellow and an outstanding regional science researcher, has made to the encouragement and involvement of young scholars in Regional Science research and activities.
2.2 The Award recognizes the potential of outstanding scholarship in Regional Science in a mid-career researcher from and based in low and lower-middle income countries (See World Bank classification below).
2.3 This Award will use the country classification by the World Bank and will consider “developing countries” those that fall into the category of: “Low Income Country”, “Lower Middle Income Country” and “Upper Middle Income Country”. Nevertheless, in equal conditions, preference will be given to applicants from and based in low and lower-middle income countries".
2.4 Eligibility to apply for the Award is restricted to researchers:
- a) who has held their doctoral qualification for no more than ten (10) years as at the 31 December in the year in which they apply for the Award (i.e. mid-career researchers)
- b) from a developing country (as defined in 2.2), and
- c) in full time employment in either a teaching or a research position in a university or research institution based in a developing country (as defined above)
2.5 An applicant for the Award must be member of RSAI in good standing. Please contact your national section or RSAI (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) in case you want to become a member.
2.6 The Jury of the Award will have to both evaluate:
a/ the research track record and performance of the applicant (as demonstrated in a full up-to-date Curriculum Vitae), and
b/ the quality of a written formal research paper on a topic in Regional Science (formatted in accordance with the requirements by Papers in Regional Science),
2.7 The winner of the Award will be able to attend one of the Supra-national RSAI Conferences (ERSA; PRSCO, NARSC) or the RSAI World Congress with the following costs being covered by RSAI (up to 750€): conference fees, transportation (with advanced purchase of flights) and accommodation during the conference. The winner will participate in the conference, present the submitted paper, and by then will have the paper submitted for review and potential publication in Papers in Regional Science. The winner of the Award will be granted with a certificate at the RSAI meeting that decides to attend
2.8 The award is individual (only one person awarded) but up to two (2) awards may be made in any one year. The eligibility criteria must be met by the researcher applying for the Award, but not for all the co-authors of the paper submitted.
3. Nomination Process
3.1 By April each year the Executive Director will contact members of RSAI and post on the RSAI website a notice calling for applications for the Peter Nijkamp RSAI Research Encouragement Award.
3.2 The eligible mid-career researcher must submit an electronic copy of:
a/ the up-to-date CV of the applicant for the award
b/ the research paper (formatted in accordance with the requirements for submitting a manuscript to Papers in Regional Science) and
c/ in case of multiple authors, a letter of acknowledgement from all authors specifying that i) they are aware of the application of (name of applicant) to the Peter Nijkamp Research Encouragement Award based on the paper (title of the paper); and ii) they agree with the paper being sent for consideration for publication in the RSAI Journal Papers in Regional Science.
to the RSAI Executive Secretary (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) for consideration for the Award at any time up to the end of November.
4. Jury and Process for Recommending the Award
4.1 The Jury will be formed by the immediate past-President of RSAI (as Chair), an Editor of Papers in Regional Science, and two RSAI Fellows. The Jury needs to be approved by the RSAI Council
4.2 The RSAI Executive Director will forward the applicant’s documentation received to the members of the Jury and the Jury will convene (in person and/or by email/teleconference) after January 1st in the following calendar year and will evaluate the applications. Its recommendation(s) will be submitted to the RSAI Executive Director by the end of January in that year.
4.3 The RSAI Secretary will inform the winner(s) of the Award and make all the necessary arrangements for their travel (up to a limit of 750 €) to the RSAI World Congress or one Supranational Conference (ERSA, PRSCO, NARSC) at which the paper will be presented and where the winner will be publicly announced and granted with a certificate
4.4 The Award must be taken up and the winner(s) attend the conference nominated during the year that the Award is announced or the Award will lapse.
WORLD BANK CLASSIFICATION 2025
A. High Income Countries: Andorra; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Australia; Austria; Bahamas, The; Bahrain; Barbados; Belgium; Bermuda; British Virgin Islands; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Cayman Islands; Channel Islands; Chile; Croatia; Curaçao; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Faroe Islands; Finland; France; French Polynesia; Germany; Gibraltar; Greece; Greenland; Guam; Hong Kong SAR, China; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Isle of Man; Israel; Italy; Japan; Korea, Rep.; Kuwait; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macao SAR (China); Malta; Monaco; Netherlands; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Northern Mariana Islands; Norway; Oman; Palau; Panama; Poland; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Qatar; San Marino; Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore Sint Maarten (Dutch part); Slovak Republic; Slovenia; Spain; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Martin (French part;) Sweden; Switzerland; Taiwan (China); Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States; Uruguay; Virgin Islands (U.S.).
B. Upper Middle Income Countries: Albania; Algeria; American Samoa; Argentina; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Belize; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Botswana; Brazil; Bulgaria; China; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Equatorial Guinea; Fiji; Gabon; Georgia; Grenada; Guatemala; Guyana; Iran, Islamic Rep.; Iraq; Jamaica; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kosovo; Lebanon; Libya; Malaysia; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Mauritius; Mexico; Montenegro; Namibia; Nauru; North Macedonia; Paraguay; Peru; Romania; Russian Federation; Samoa; Serbia; South Africa; Sri Lanka; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Suriname; Thailand; Tonga; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Tuvalu; Venezuela, RB.
C. Lower Middle and Low Income Countries: Angola; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Bolivia; Cabo Verde; Cambodia; Cameroon; Comoros; Congo, Rep.; Côte d'Ivoire; Djibouti; Egypt, Arab Rep.; El Salvador; Eswatini; Ghana; Honduras; India; Indonesia; Kenya; Kiribati; Kyrgyz Republic; Lao PDR; Lesotho; Mauritania; Micronesia, Fed. Sts.; Moldova; Mongolia; Morocco; Myanmar; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; São Tomé and Principe; Senegal; Solomon Islands; Sudan; Timor-Leste; Tunisia; Ukraine; Uzbekistan; Vanuatu; Vietnam; West Bank and Gaza; Zambia; Zimbabwe; and Low Income Countries: Afghanistan; Benin; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo, Dem. Rep.; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gambia, The; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Haiti; Korea, Dem. People's Rep.; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mozambique; Nepal; Niger; Rwanda; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Sudan; Syrian Arab Republic; Tajikistan; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Yemen, Rep.