The 4th CAS/COSPAR Jeoujang Jaw Award Review Meeting held at CAS
On May 13, 2014, the 4th Review Meeting to vote for the winner of CAS/COSPAR Jeoujang Jaw Award was held in CAS headquarters. YIN Hejun, President of COSPAR and Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, chaired the review meeting and the reviewers are mainly CAS academicians including WANG Shui, HU Wenrui, JIANG Jingshan, YE Peijian, GU Yidong, and WU Yirong, etc.
In March, 2014, the COSPAR Executive Bureau recommended 2 potential candidates after the COSPAR Bureau meeting: George Siscoe from the U.S. and Martin Sweeting from the U.K.
The aim of this meeting is to finalize the nominee for the 4th CAS/COSPAR Jeoujang Jaw Award, who will receive the award during the inaugural ceremony of the 40th COSPAR Scientific Assembly in Moscow, Russia.
WU Ji, Secretary General of Chinese National Committee for COSPAR, made introduction of CAS/COSPAR Jeoujang Jaw Award, its candidates selection standards and its background. Brief presentations about George Siscoe and Martin Sweeting were delivered by Prof. LI Lei. The reviewers voiced their opinion from different perspectives and cast their votes.
CAS/COSPAR Jeoujang Jaw Award was jointly set up by Chinese Academy of Sciences and COSPAR, which became the eighth COSPAR award in 2006. The award is bestowed to the people who have made distinguished pioneering contributions to promoting Space Research, establishing New Space Science Research Branches and founding new Exploration Programs.
