The Walther E. Petrascheck Award recognises scientists under 35 years of age who can demonstrate outstanding scientific works in the field of earth sciences and are working at a university or a research institution in one of the following countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, or Austria.

Selection Process

Prize winners are decided by an awards committee whose members are nominated by the Division of Mathematics and the Natural Sciences of the OeAW.

Application Documents (in English)

1. Application documents:
   1. Tabular CV including list of publications
   2. Abstracts of the publications submitted
2. Publications:
   1. Selection of a maximum of 5 publications submitted for the prize
   2. Brief statement on the type and extent of the applicant’s contribution to these selected publications