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Travel Award

Thank you for your continuous support. We regret to inform you that the application deadline for the 2026 Travel Award has been postponed to the end of December and the deadline for announcing the winner has been delayed to 31 January 2026.

The Editorial Office would like to apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.


The Remote Sensing Travel Award was launched in 2017, and it is presented every year to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in the remote sensing technology field, which helps to increase their influence. Applications are open from April to October and winners are announced by the end of December every year.

The Prize:
– CHF 800;
– A certificate.

Number of Winners: 2
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Remote Sensing Travel Award

Application deadline: 31 December 2025Winner announcement date: 31 January 2026

Eligibility and Requirements

– Candidates must be postdoctoral fellows, PhD students;
– Candidates must have plans to attend an international conference in 2026 (oral presentation or poster).

List of Documents for Application

– Information of the conference the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted;
– Curriculum Vitae and list of publications;
– Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words);
– Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status.

Past Winners

Winner
  • Igor Ogashawara avatar imageIgor Ogashawara
    Igor Ogashawara
    Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries
  • Nicola Nocentini avatar imageNicola Nocentini
    Nicola Nocentini
    Department of Geosciences University of Padua
Award Committee
  • Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa avatar imageArturo Sanchez-Azofeifa
    Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa
    Chairman
    University of Alberta
  • Timo Balz avatar imageTimo Balz
    Timo Balz
    Wuhan University
  • Stephan Havemann avatar imageStephan Havemann
    Stephan Havemann
    Met Office, UK
  • Sofia Bajocco avatar imageSofia Bajocco
    Sofia Bajocco
    Council for Agricultural Research and Economics
  • Frédéric Frappart avatar imageFrédéric Frappart
    Frédéric Frappart
    ISPA, UMR 1391 INRAE/Bordeaux Sciences Agro

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