Dear RSAI members,

I hope this email finds you well.

Just a brief message to remind you that every RSAI member has the possibility to nominate candidates for the “RSAI Fellow Award” and the “Peter Nijkamp Research Encouragement Award”.

RSAI Fellows are "distinguished scholars with a proven and recognized research record in the field of Regional Science during a considerable part of their scientific career. Such honoured members of the RSAI are appointed after a careful nomination and selection procedure, based on a broad consultation of the RSAI membership".

The aim of the “Peter Nijkamp Research Encouragement Award” is to recognize “the outstanding potential of an mid-career researcher (in the Field of Regional Science) from a nation in the developing world” in a full time employment position in a university or research institution based in a developing nation in which there is a member section of RSAI, and who has become a Doctor no more than ten (10) years before next December 31^st.

If while reading the previous paragraph, some RSAI member has come to your mind, please consider nominating her/him for this year’s Awards. (Remark: no self-nomination or nomination by RSAI Fellows are allowed).

Candidatures will be screened by dedicated committees. For the “RSAI Fellow Award” the election will be based on the votes of the RSAI Fellows. In the “Peter Nijkamp Research Encouragement Award” a four-person Jury will take the decision.

For more details on these two awards, please visit:

https://www.regionalscience.org/index.php/awards/rsai-fellows.html (RSAI Fellow Award). Deadline Apr. 15^th

https://www.regionalscience.org/index.php/awards/peter-nijkamp-research-award.html (Peter Nijkamp Research Encouragement Award). Deadline May 31^st.

Thank you all in advance for your attention and looking forward to candidacies,

Kind regards,

Ana Viñuela

RSAI Executive Director