German Ministry of Education to offer Fellowship to Winners

SINGAPORE, February 9 - Elsevier announced today the start of the second annual
ProSPER.Net-Scopus Young Researcher Award in sustainable development, a
partnership between its flagship product SCOPUS, the world's largest abstract
and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and ProSPER.Net, a network
of nineteen leading universities in Asia-Pacific. The top three finalists in
each category will be sponsored to present their work in a public symposium
to be held the first week of July 2010 at Tongji University in Shanghai.
Winners will be announced at the symposium and receive a cash award. In
addition, this year, the International Bureau of the German Ministry of
Education will offer a fellowship to the winners.

The award will be presented in July 2010 and is open to those involved in
graduate education and research activities that emphasize sustainable
development in the areas of Energy, Water, Agriculture & Food Security, and
Economics, Business, & Management. In order to qualify, candidates for the
award are expected to be employed at institutions of higher education in the
Asia-Pacific region and should be younger than 40 years of age as of 1 July
2010. To apply visit: asia.elsevier.com/prospernet2010

The need to nurture and promote young researchers as they progress
through their career has long been recognized by academic institutions for
its effect on scientific development. Elsevier being the world-leading
publisher of scientific, technical and medical information sees the
importance in supporting and promoting scientific excellence in sustainable
development which provided the impetus for creating the award. All partners
believe that awards such as these will provide the right incentive to get
leaders in research and create awareness for young researchers in sustainable
development.

"We are honored to present this award in sustainable development for a
second year with ProSPER.NET," said Lim Kok Keng, Director, Sales & Marketing
APAC, Elsevier. "The significant contributions by early career researchers in
Asia-Pacific in the areas of Energy, Water, Agriculture & Food Security and
Economics, Business & Management should be acknowledged and our support for
this award is consistent to our goal of making a genuine contribution to
science."

"We are proud to be a part of an award that recognizes researchers in the
development process and promoting scientific and technological leadership,"
said Professor Peter Haddawy, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Asian
Institute of Technology and the current Chair of the Board of ProSPER.Net
"Our strong emphasis in promoting science and research excellence in
sustainable development and acknowledging the role of young researcher is
crucial to the advancement of the scientific progress in the region."

About ProSPER.Net

The network for the Promotion of Sustainability in Postgraduate Education
and Research (ProSPER.Net) is a network of several leading higher education
institutions in Asia and the Pacific that have committed to work together to
integrate Sustainable Development into postgraduate courses and curricula.
Member institutions involved have strong education and research programs in
sustainable development and related fields.
www.ias.unu.edu/efsd/prospernet

About the International Bureau of the German Federal Ministry of
Education and Research

The International Bureau supports the Scopus and ProSPER.Net Young
Scientist Award in Sustainable Development by providing a fellowship to the
award winners. The fellowship consists of the financing of a research stay in
a German institution. The aim is to give the awardees the opportunity to get
an insight into the research system in Germany and to create contacts with
institutions and organizations in Germany in their respective field of
research.

The International Bureau has been commissioned by the German Federal
Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to strengthen the international
ties of German universities, research institutes and enterprises with the
ultimate goal of building competencies and fostering competitive advantages
for industry and the research community in Germany in the areas of research
and innovation. In doing so, the International Bureau is making an important
contribution to cultivating an international dimension within the research
programmes of the BMBF.

About Asian Institute of Technology

The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) promotes technological change and
sustainable development in the Asian-Pacific region through higher education,
research and outreach. Established in Bangkok in 1959, AIT has become a
leading regional postgraduate institution and is actively working with public
and private sector partners throughout the region and with some of the top
universities in the world. AIT mission is to develop highly qualified and
committed professionals who play leading roles in the region's sustainable
development and its integration into the global economy.
www.ait.ac.th/about

About Tongji University

Tongji University is one of the leading universities directly under the
Ministry of Education of China. It offers degree programs both at
undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The university has Colleges of
Sciences, Architecture and Urban Planning, Civil Engineering, Economics and
Management, Environmental Science and Engineering, Material Science and
Engineering, Traffic and Transportation Engineering, and Automotive
Engineering etc. www.tongji.edu.cn/english/abouttongji/About.asp

About Scopus

Covering the world's research literature, Scopus is the largest abstract
and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality Web sources
with smart tools to track analyze and visualize research. Scopus was designed
and developed with over 500 users and librarians internationally. Its unique
database contains abstracts and references from nearly 18,000 titles from
more than 5,000 international publishers, ensuring broad interdisciplinary
coverage. In addition, Scopus not only offers users citation information
about the articles covered, but also directly integrates Web and patent
searches. Direct links to full-text articles, library resources and other
applications like reference management software, make Scopus quicker, easier
and more comprehensive to use than any other literature research tool. For
more information about Scopus please visit www.info.scopus.com.

In October 2008, the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and
Development (OECD) announced it would use Scopus Custom Data for its
research, analysis and benchmarking work due to its broad international
coverage, clean flexible data and advanced features. Australian Research
Council (ARC) selected Scopus to provide citation information for the
Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative Cluster One evaluation.
And of the top fifty universities, as ranked by Time Higher Education (THE)
World University Rankings, 50% of them depend on Scopus and the percentage
increases each year.

About Elsevier

Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and
medical information products and services. The company works in partnership
with the global science and health communities to publish more than 2,000
journals, including The Lancet (www.thelancet.com) and Cell
(www.cell.com), and close to 20,000 book titles, including major
reference works from Mosby and Saunders. Elsevier's online solutions include
ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com), Scopus (www.scopus.com),
Reaxys (www.reaxys.com), MD Consult (www.mdconsult.com) and
Nursing Consult (www.nursingconsult.com), which enhance the
productivity of science and health professionals, and the SciVal suite
(www.scival.com) and MEDai's Pinpoint Review (www.medai.com),
which help research and health care institutions deliver better outcomes more
cost-effectively.

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of Reed Elsevier Group PLC (www.reedelsevier.com), a world-leading
publisher and information provider, which is jointly owned by Reed Elsevier
PLC and Reed Elsevier NV. The ticker symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam),
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    Name: Linda Kwok
    Phone: +65-6349-0206
    E-mail: l.kwok@elsevier.com

Name: Linda Kwok, Phone: +65-6349-0206, E-mail: l.kwok at elsevier.com