Candidates

Candidates for the Award should be influential foreign experts in science and technology or management, satisfying at least one of the following conditions:

1. Have made outstanding contributions to promoting the establishment of strategic partnerships between foreign scientific institutions, universities, enterprises, or international academic organizations with CAS.

2. Have made important achievements or brought about remarkable economic and social benefits due to their efforts, to enhance CAS’s competency in addressing key issues in science, technology and management by introducing innovative ideas, technology or methodology.

3. Have played an important role in upgrading the level of research, innovation or management of CAS by training innovative talents or introducing high-grade scientists to CAS.

4. Have made remarkable contributions either to the construction, operation or management of major science facilities, or to the design, organization and implementation of major science projects.

Those who have already been granted the International Science & Technology Cooperation Award or Friendship Award of the People’s Republic of China are no longer eligible to be nominated for this Award.

Recommendation

1. Candidates for the Award for International Scientific Cooperation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences are to be recommended by the President, Vice Presidents of CAS, Institutions under CAS or Bureaus of the CAS head-office. Recommendations from institutions outside CAS, or from other personnel, and applications from applicants themselves will not be accepted.

2. Those who recommend Candidates are requested to fill in the Recommendation Form for the Award for International Scientific Cooperation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in accordance with relevant regulations, and submit supporting materials.

3. The deadline for submission of recommendation materials for the Award for International Scientific Cooperation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is 30th October each year.

Appraisal

1. An Appraisal Committee for the Award for International Scientific Cooperation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences shall be established. The President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences shall hold the post of Chairman of the Committee, while relevant leaders and experts of the Academy shall hold posts of Vice-Chairman or members of the Committee.

2. The Appraisal Committee shall be responsible for evaluation and appraisal for the Award for International Scientific Cooperation of the Chinese Acadamy of Sciences. The results shall be submitted to the President’s executive meeting of the Chinese Academy of Sciences for final approval.

3. The Appraisal Committee shall establish an office which will be responsible for organizing the application procedure, appraisal, award-conferring and publicity for the Award.

4. The Award for International Scientific Cooperation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is not divided into grades. Evaluation and appraisal shall take place once each year, and the number of awardees shall be 2-3 each time.

5. The results of the appraisal shall be communicated in writing to the institutions or individuals who have recommended the candidates.

Conferring of Awards

1. The Chinese Academy of Sciences shall invite the Award winners to Beijing to attend the Award-conferring ceremony, and shall arrange academic visits for them.

2. The Award-conferring ceremony shall, in principle, be arranged during the Academy’sannual working conference and the President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences shall confer Award Certificates and Honor Medals to the winners.

3. Under exceptional circumstances, special representative(s) authorized by the President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences can confer the Award at other locations, either inside or outside China.

Medals & Certificates

Medal Design

1. The design on the medals consists of an evergreen tree decorated with ribbons.

2. The trunk of the tree is interlaced, forming six hexagons representing the six disciplines of mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geosciences and biology in the Academy’s logo.

3. The branches of the tree are formed from dynamic patterns of electronic circuits and represent scientific research and practice.

4. The fruit on the tree is formed from dynamic nodes in the electronic circuits and stands for fruitful achievements in scientific cooperation.

5. The large canopy of the tree is formed by the English title of the award and represents thriving scientific cooperation.

6. The ribbons circling the evergreen tree represent friendship and encouragement.

Implication

The picture on the medals has far-reaching implications. It represents thriving and fruitful scientific cooperation that is sustainable and dynamic, and pictures the long term friendship between Chinese and foreign scientists, and the outstanding contribution that award-winners have made in international scientific cooperation.

Materials

The principal material of the medals is gold. Each medal has a diameter of 45 mm and weighs 50 grams.

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