CrSJ started last year offerring YSBPPA for young scientist based on the RIGAKU Fund. The purpose of the award is to encourage excellence in crystallographic research by investigators in the developmental stages of their career. The author must be under 35 years old. CrSJ ?YSBPPA in 2006 will be given to poster presenters of the AsCA2006. To be considered for this award, you must first register for the AsCA2006 and submit a poster abstract.

The following are criteria to be a candidate of the award:

• Any participants of AsCA2006 age younger than 35 as of May 31, 2006.
• May submit only one poster for consideration of the award
• Be the first author of the presentation
• Should have performed the major portion of the work
• Presence at the poster display is required during the scheduled evaluation by judges, which will take place on the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 21^st.

In your application form of poster presentation, please indicate that you are submitting the application for consideration of YSBPPA by ticking the appropriate box and your date of birth in the WEB registration page.

The award selection will be based on the evaluation of both scientific content and presentation technique of the poster. The judges will evaluate the posters and report their results to CrSJ in the afternoon of 21^st.

The awardees will be announced at the General Assembly of CRSJ held in the same afternoon and their names will be displayed on the information board. At the Banquet on the same evening (Nov. 21^st ) each awardee will receive a certificate of the award and 30,000 yen. The awarded posters will be displayed at the Banquet venue.