Deadline: 20-Jun-22
On behalf of the network of national Participants, the GBIF Secretariat is pleased to invite nominations for the 2022 Young Researchers Award.
This annual programme aims to foster and recognize innovative research and discovery in biodiversity informatics by graduate students whose master’s and doctoral studies rely on GBIF-mediated data.
Award Information
The 2022 programme will provide a pair of €5,000 prizes recognizing the work of two early-career researchers—preferably, one master’s and one PhD candidate—who receive formally nominations from the heads of delegation and node managers of GBIF Participant countries.
Eligibility Criteria
Candidates must be enrolled in a university graduate programme to be eligible for the award. Candidates must be either:
- citizens of a country participating in GBIF or
- students at an institution located in a GBIF participant country
Nominations can come from the GBIF delegation or node of either the candidate’s country of citizenship or the country of the candidate’s host institution.
Selection Criteria
- The GBIF Science Committee will review the nominations and select winners of the Young Researchers Awards.
- The criteria for the awards include:
- Originality and innovation
- Use of and strategic significance for data accessed through GBIF
- Measurable effectiveness and impact in advancing biodiversity informatics and/or the conservation of biological diversity
- Proposals that are not selected may be updated and resubmitted for consideration in subsequent years.
- Awardees are expected to acknowledge GBIF support when disseminate research results via peer-reviewed publications, presentations at professional meetings, and other media.
For more information, visit https://www.gbif.org/news/6PzaBymtwAEvbpXYtb4d1y/call-for-nominations-to-the-2022-gbif-young-researchers-award