Young Scientist Award (YSA)
The The Young Scientist Award (YSA) of the 2026 URSI Regional Conference on Radio Science (URSI-RCRS 2026) is open for applications. To qualify applications for the YSA, the applicant must be:
- Less than 35 years of age as of 01 November 2026
- The principal author of a paper submitted and accepted for oral or poster presentation at a regular session of URSI-RCRS 2026
Applicants from India or any other country, including regions that do not (yet) belong to URSI, are welcome. Applications should be completed electronically on the URSI-RCRS 2026 conference website by the deadline of 10 July 2026 (Friday). Every YSA applicant must submit the following documents in PDF format, through the Paper submission webpage:.
- Summary paper (4 pages) in IEEE Format
- Full CV
- Complete List of Publications separately mentioning Journals & Conference Proceedings
The URSI-RCRS 2026 Young Scientist and Student Program (YSSP) Committee will peer-review the applications and select the awardees. The YSSP Committee will notify all the applicants of the review results by email on 21 August 2026. Within three days of notification, every YSA awardee must confirm that he/she will attend URSI-RCRS 2026. By 21 August 2026, the list of the YSA awardees will be announced on the URSI-RCRS 2026 website. The YSA awardees will receive.
- Free conference registration
- Free accommodation covering the entire conference duration
Please note that basic accommodation will be provided by the URSI-RCRS 2026 organizers. In case the YSA awardees arrange for alternative accommodation, they must bear the entire expenses on their own with a reimbursement of up to Rs 5000 for the entire duration.
The YSA awardees will be required to attend the official Conference Banquet, where the awards will be presented. All the YSA awardees are also required to attend the URSI-RCRS 2026 Student Paper Competition (SPC) Special Session, where they will be asked to contribute to the evaluations of the presentations by the SPC finalists For any inquiries, please contact : rcrs2026.iig@gmail.com