About the Academic Challenge
1) Background: It is intended to develop long-term and fundamental solutions for the improvement of air quality in subways by promoting academic research.
2) Host/Organizers
- Host: Seoul Metropolitan Government
- Organizers: SBA, Korea Society for Atmospheric Environment(KOSAE), Korea Society for Indoor Environment(KOSIE), Korea Association for Particle and Aerosol Research(KAPAR)
¡Ø The three academic societies will plan and operate each of the topics
3) Title: Improvement of air quality in subways
4) Topics
¨ç Links between indoor and outdoor air quality in subways (KOSAE)
¨è Reduction of particulate matters in subways (KOSIE)
¨é Reduction of viruses in subways (KAPAR)
5) Details : Compose and submit a research paper on each topic
¡Ø Select one or multiple topics among the three topics
¡Ø There is no restriction to the numbers of proposals on each topic
6) Application : Submit applications to the academic society relevant to the topic
¡Ø The specific timeline and method of application may vary depending on the society.
Timeline
¡Ø The timeline may change as the Challenge progresses.
¡Ø The specific timeline and details may vary depending on the society. They will be announced on the website of each society. (If not enough proposals are submitted, additional proposals may be accepted before the evaluation process begins)
Evaluation Method
Evaluation method and detail by step
Sort | Preliminary Evaluation (Jan, 2021) | Document Evaluation (Oct, 2021) | Presentation Evaluation (Nov, 2021) |
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Evaluation Method and Detail | Evaluation of submitted proposals by committee of each society | Evaluation of submitted research paper by committee of each society | - Presentation evaluated by committee of each society - Winners selected by adding written evaluation(50%) and presentation evaluation(50%) results |
Result | Teams selected for
research paper (30 teams per society, more or less) (Announcement : Jan, 2021) |
Teams selected
for presentation (10 teams per society) (Announcement : Oct, 2021) |
Winners selected (5 teams per society) (Announcement : Nov, 2021) |
¡Ø The detailed criteria for each evaluation will be determined by the evaluation committee of each society composed of competent experts. Participants are not supposed to file claims against evaluation methods and results.
Evaluation Criteria
According to the editing regulations and evaluation criteria for publications of each society
Awards
- The mayoral awards and prize money awards will be conferred for each topic.
- Awards
Awards Ranking Commendation Prize (KRW) Count Total 60 million 15 teams First Place
(1 team per topic)Seoul
Metropolitan City
Mayoral Award10 million each 3 teams Second Place
(1 team per topic)5 million each 3 teams Third Place
(1 team per topic)3 million each 3 teams Participation Award
(2 teams per topic)1 million each 6 teams ¡Ø Winners are subject to payment of all taxes and dues by the relevant Korean laws in receiving the prize money.
¡Ø Depending on the budget compilation for 2021 and on evaluation results, the details of the awards are subject to change; if the committee finds that there is no suitable candidate, winner for an award may not be selected.
¡Ø Opportunity for conference presentation
- Opportunity for presentation at the academic session to be held in conjunction with the Seoul Global Challenge 2021 Awards Ceremony will be offered to the winners.
Qualifications for Participation
- No restrictions regarding application and participation eligibility
- There is no restriction to number of papers submitted and number of authors
¡Ø Only new research papers(not published anywhere) are subject to application
Application
1) Method: Submit applications at the website of corresponding society
Topics | Submit at |
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Links between indoor and outdoor air quality in subways | kosae.or.kr (KOSAE) |
Reduction of particulate matters in subways | kosie.or.kr (KOSIE) |
Reduction of viruses in subways | kapar.or.kr (KAPAR) |
2) Period: Oct, 2020 ~ Dec 31, 2020
¡Ø The specific timeline and details will be announced separately on the website of each society.
3) Required documents : Application and proposal
¡Ø The specific details will be announced separately on the website of each society.
4) Note
- Application can only be submitted online on each society¡¯s website, and cannot be submitted after the deadline(KST).
- Participant must choose Korean or English as the language for documents submitted.
- False documents will lead to disadvantages such as application elimination
- Early application is encouraged as application delays and network errors may occur on the deadline date due to the overflow of submissions
Contact
- SBA Seoul Global Challenge Team (+82-2-2222-3752, 3754, 3726, sbatech@sba.seoul.kr, seoulglobalchallenge@gmail.com)
- Contact by topic
Contact by topic Topics Contact Links between indoor and outdoor air quality in subways (Phone) +82-2-387-1400
(E-mail) kosae@kosae.or.kr (KOSAE)Reduction of particulate matters in subways (Phone) +82-2-2294-1510
(E-mail) kosie@hanmail.net (KOSIE)Reduction of viruses in subways (Phone) +82-2-598-8835
(E-mail) info@kapar.or.kr (KAPAR)