Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “Biomimetics 2022 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in Biomimetics from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022. The award will be granted to one review and one research article. The papers will be selected after a thorough evaluation by the journal’s Award Committee, led by the EiCs, and the winners will be announced in March 2024.

Eligibility for the Awards:
– Papers published in Biomimetics from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:
The papers will be evaluated according to the following criteria (data source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)):
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Relevance to the journal’s field;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citation and download rates in 2023.

Prizes:
– For one review: CHF 500 and the opportunity to publish a paper with full waiver in Biomimetics in 2024, after peer review;
– For one research article: CHF 500 and the opportunity to publish a paper with full waiver in Biomimetics in 2024, after peer review.
– Each winner will also receive a certificate in recognition of their achievement.

The winners will be announced on the journal website in March 2024.

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Biomimetics, I am pleased to announce the winner of the Biomimetics 2023 Travel Award. The award has been granted to Wenda Song, a PhD Student in Bionic Science and Engineering at Jilin University, Changchun, China. He will attend the 7th International Conference of Bionic Engineering (ICBE2023), to be held in Wuhan, China.

As the awardee, he will receive an honorarium of CHF 800, an offer to publish a paper free of charge in 2023 in Biomimetics after peer review, and a certificate.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decision were challenging. We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the assessment committee, I congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.

Prof. Dr. Stanislav N. Gorb
Editor-in-Chief, Biomimetics

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the following paper was selected as the winner of the Biomimetics Best Paper Award 2018:

• A Parallel Modular Biomimetic Cilia Sorting Platform
• Biomimetics 2018, 3, 5. DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics3020005
• James G. H. Whiting, Richard Mayne and Andrew Adamatzky

The winner was selected based on their originality, contributions to and advancement of the field, as well as the quality of presentation and soundness of the scientific content.

All research and review articles submitted between 1 December 2017 and 31 July 2018 and accepted for publication by the end of November 2018 were eligible for consideration. The evaluation committee was presided by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Josep Samitier, supported by the Editorial Board Members, who examined each paper and expressed their recommendations for the ranking of the Biomimetics Best Paper Award 2018.

In recognition of their accomplishment, the winner will receive 500 CHF and a certificate.

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the 2018 Biomimetics Travel Award winner is Dr. Sébastien R. Mouchet.

As a postdoctoral research associate, Dr. Mouchet is conducting research in the Natural Photonics group led by Prof. Pete Vukusic at the University of Exeter, UK, in collaboration with his former supervisor, Prof. Olivier Deparis, at the University of Namur, Belgium. His research focuses on fluorescence emission and coloration changes in natural photonic structures with the aim to develop bioinspired technological solutions for chemical sensing and biosensing.

On behalf of Biomimetics, he will be awarded 500 Swiss Francs to support his participation at the Living Light 2018 Conference that will be held from 11–14 April, 2018 in Cambridge, UK. There, he will present his work on “Controlled fluorescence in beetles’s photonic structures” and “Structural color in Diptera”.

It was a difficult decision with such high quality applications for the award and we would like to thank all applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. We congratulate Dr. Mouchet for his accomplishments.

Prof. Josep Samitier
Editor-in-Chief

Read more about Dr. Mouchet’s research and his experience as an early-career researcher in our ‘Next Generation’ interview https://www.mdpi.com/2313-7673/3/2/10.