cash for semantic publishing research

Following from my last post, here is an update from the SePublica workshop

SUBMISSION DEADLINE February 28

ELSEVIER BEST SEMANTIC PAPER AWARD

The Best Paper Award is presented to the author(s) deemed to have written the paper covering the most innovative and feasible proposal concerning semantic publishing in the workshop. All submissions to the SePuBlica workshop will be considered, and a panel of experts will rate the papers according to originality of the idea, feasibility and  presentation. The Best Paper award is sponsored by Elsevier as an incentive for researchers working on defining the next generation of scientific publishing concepts.  The Best Paper Award will be handed out at the end of the SePuBlica workshop.

As a cash prize, the Best Paper Award will receive: US$ 750

The runner-up will be awarded a prize of US$ 250.

academic publishing innovation contest

For those that are interested in improving upon current approaches to academic publishing, you may be interested in this contest put on by Elsevier.

"The Elsevier Grand Challenge: Knowledge Enhancement in the Life Sciences is a contest created to improve the way scientific information is communicated and used. The contest invites members of the scientific community to describe and prototype a tool to improve the interpretation and identification of meaning in (online) journals and text databases relating to the life sciences..."

Its a chance to win $35,000 and, potentially, to have a real impact.