The Springer journal Extremes organizes a competition for Best Student Paper Award at EVA 2021. Young researchers, defined as PhD students and those who recently (in 2018-2021) received a PhD degree, were encouraged to participate. The corresponding author of the best paper was awarded a prize of €500 sponsored by Springer-Verlag with the option of publishing the paper in Extremes (after review). Sponsored by: Image This article was published on 2025-04-22