To promote outstanding academic research on issues related to logistics, every year, the Stinnes Foundation bestows the DB Schenker Award. The DB Schenker Award carries a cash prize of 10,000 Euro. The university department that has supervised the paper winning the award will receive an allowance of 10,000 Euro.

Papers can be handed in between May 7, 2009 and August 1, 2009. Eligible contenders for the award are authors of doctoral and postdoctoral theses or comparable academic papers submitted to the relevant examination boards between February 28, 2007 and February 28, 2009. The application form for the DB Schenker Award can be downloaded from our website at www.dbschenker.com > DB Schenker Award.

The paper - written in English or German - should preferably be devoted to logistics. However, we will also accept papers on topics related to information, management or communication systems, providing that they lead to findings that are of particular benefit for logistics.

For more information on the 2009 DB Schenker Award, you are welcome to contact michael.me.schmidt@dbschenker.com or by phone (+49-30-297-54025), fax (+49-30-297-54029).

Stinnes Foundation, Secretary
Leipziger Platz 9, 10117 Berlin/Germany