Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the application period is now open for the 2021 Diversity Travel Award. The nominations and applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief of Diversity, Prof. Dr. Michael Wink.

This prize provides financial assistance for one winner to present an oral presentation and/or a poster at an international conference or a multidisciplinary conference related to diversity in 2021.

Requirements:

• Applicants must be postdoctoral fellows or Ph.D. students undertaking research related to diversity;
• Applicants must plan to participate in an international conference in 2021 and to present their research (oral or poster presentation).

Required application documents:

• Outline of current and planned future research;
• CV (please include a complete list of publications);
• Details of the conference you would like to attend (list the conference name and its website) and an abstract of the work you plan to present;
• A letter of recommendation from your supervisor, research director, or department head confirming your status as a post-doc/Ph.D. student.

The award will consist of CHF 800 (Swiss Francs).

Please apply by clicking the button above before 31 January 2021. The winners will be announced on the Diversity website by 15 March 2021.

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the 2021 Diversity Young Investigator Award is now open. To apply, candidates must be nominated by a senior scientist(s). All nominations will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee consisting of senior scholars from the Diversity Editorial Board.

Eligibility and requirements: 

– Ground-breaking research and significant contribution to the advancement of the field;
– No more than 10 years since the receipt of their highest terminal degree (i.e., Ph.D., by 31 December 2020);
– Candidates must be nominated by a senior scientist(s).

List of documents for application:

– Detailed Curriculum Vitae, including an updated publication list;
– Scanned copy of the applicant’s Ph.D. certificate;
– Signed nomination letters from two established senior scientists. The letter should highlight the applicant’s achievements and contributions to the diversity concept and application, diversity assessment and diversity preservation research field.

The award will consist of: 

– 2000 Swiss Francs;
– An offer to publish a paper free of charge without a fixed deadline in Diversity after peer review; and
– Certificate.

Nominations may be submitted by clicking the button above by 31 December 2020. The winners will be announced on 15 January 2021. Follow us on Twitter @Diversity Mdpi to keep informed of the latest updates.

To acknowledge our authors’ continuing support, the Editorial Office of the online open access journal Diversity is pleased to announce the Diversity Best Paper Awards 2020, which will be given to two articles and one review published between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2019. After a thorough evaluation, the journal award committee will select the three winning papers (both regular and Special Issue submissions are eligible). Each winner will receive an award of 500 Swiss francs and a certificate. In addition, each winner may publish one paper free of charge in Diversity, after the normal peer-review procedure.

The papers will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following criteria:
–  Originality and novelty;
–  Citation and download rates in 2020.

The data used to select the winning papers will be retrieved from Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics). The winners will be announced early in 2021 on the journal website.

Dear Colleagues,

It is important that we acknowledge all those who have generously dedicated their time and effort to review manuscripts submitted to Diversity (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/diversity). Therefore, on behalf of the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Michael Wink, we are pleased to announce the “Diversity 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Awards”. We dedicate the awards to those who have exhibited dedication, professionalism, and timeliness when reviewing manuscripts. Anonymous peer-reviewing helps ensure the quality and integrity of scholarly communication. The Diversity Editorial Office is extremely grateful to reviewers for the time and energy that they have dedicated to peer-reviews.

What are the eligibility requirements for the “Diversity Outstanding Reviewer Awards 2020”?
– All reviewers of Diversity in 2020 will be considered automatically.

What are the evaluation standards?
– The number of manuscript reviews, timeliness, and quality of reviews will be taken into consideration.

What will the winners receive?
There will be three winners, and each will receive:
– 100 Swiss Francs (CHF);
– An official certificate;
– A 50% discount for a paper to be published in 2021.

When will the winners be announced?
– The winners will be announced on the journal website at the end of January 2021.

How do you ensure that you have a chance to win in the future?
– If you have not yet reviewed papers for Diversity but would like to, you can easily register to be a reviewer at https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/profile/edit.

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, we are pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Diversity Travel Award. The awards have been granted to:

Arlie McCarthy, a PhD student at University of Cambridge, UK. Her work is focused on the study of assessing the vulnerability of Antarctic marine ecosystems to invasive marine species. The award consists of 800 Swiss Francs to support her to attend the “NEOBIOTA 2020--11th International Conference on Biological Invasions” conference.

and to:

Zeana Ganem, a PhD student at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ), Israel. Her work is focused on the study of the evolution of predation-specialization in the woodlouse hunter spiders (Araneae, Dysderidae), including evidence from morphology, behavior and gut contents. The award consists of 800 Swiss Francs to support her to attend the “32nd European Congress of Arachnology” conference.

We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their applications, describing the diverse and fascinating range of topics that they are investigating.

Prof. Dr. Michael Wink
Editor-in-Chief

The editorial team would like to congratulate the winners of the 2019 Diversity Best Paper Award. The nominations were made by a selection committee, which was chaired by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Michael Wink, and supported by Five Editorial Board Members. The two top-voted papers, in no particular order, have won the 2019 Diversity Best Paper Award:

Species Richness and Relative Abundance of Reef-Building Corals in the Indo-West Pacific
DeVantier, L.; Turak, E.
Diversity 2017, 9, 25. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/9/3/25

Positive Diagnosis of Ancient Leprosy and Tuberculosis Using Ancient DNA and Lipid Biomarkers
Donoghue, H.D.; Taylor, G.M.; Stewart, G.R.; Lee, O.Y.-C.; Wu, H.H.T.; Besra, G.S.; Minnikin, D.E.
Diversity 2017, 9, 46. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/9/4/46

Please join us in congratulating the winners, whom we thank for having chosen Diversity to publish their work.

In recognition of their accomplishment, the authors will collectively receive a cash award of 500 CHF, and the privilege of publishing an additional research article or review paper free of charge in open access format in Diversity after the usual peer-review procedure.

Additional thanks go out to the selection committee for its efforts in choosing the winners:

Prof. Dr. Maria Augustyniak
Prof. Dr. Carlo Nike BIANCHI
Dr. Vitor H. Paiva
Dr. Eugenia Apostolaki
Dr. Matthieu Chauvat

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, we are pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 Diversity Travel Award. The Awards have been granted to:

Juan Moles Sánchez, a Postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, USA. His work is focused on the study of the diversity and systematics of Antarctic heterobranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda), and the application of next-generation sequencing to answer deep phylogenomic questions. The Award consists of 500 Swiss Francs to support him to attend the “World Congress of Malacology 2019” conference.

and to:

Adrià López-Baucells, a PhD student at University of Salford, UK. His work is focused on the study of sustainable land use and bat conservation worldwide. The Award consists of 500 Swiss Francs to support him to attend the “18th IBRC International Bat Research Conferences”.

We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their applications, describing the diverse and fascinating range of topics that they are investigating.

Prof. Dr. Michael Wink
Editor-in-Chief

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Evaluation Committee, we are pleased to announce the winner of the 2018 Diversity Travel Award.

The Award has been granted to:

Raquel A. Garcia, a Postdoctoral fellow at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Her work links climate change geography, biogeography, and thermal ecology to understand the mechanisms underlying species responses to climate change. She attended the IBS Climate Change Biogeography Meeting in Portugal where she presented her work “Rethinking climate change vulnerability indices”. The Award consists of 800 Swiss Francs to support her attendance at this conference.

We would like to thank all the applicants for submitting their applications, describing the diverse and fascinating range of topics that they are investigating.

Prof. Dr. Michael Wink
Editor-in-Chief

Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818) is an open access journal on the science of biodiversity, published quarterly online by MDPI. It is indexed in Scopus, Zoological Record, etc. For more information on Diversity, please visit our website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/diversity.

We are inviting applications for a Travel Award for a Postdoctoral fellow to attend a conference in 2018. The nominations and applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee presided by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Michael Wink

Candidates’ Requirements:
1. Candidates must be postdoctoral fellows who are performing research in any field of Diversity.
2. They will participate in an international conference in 2018 (oral presentation or poster).
3. The awardee is asked to acknowledge the support from the journal Diversity in his/her presentation.

Applicants are required to submit the following documents:
1. The abstract and details for the conference.
2. A CV, including a complete list of publications.
3. A letter of recommendation from a supervisor or PI (Principal Investigator). The supervisor or PI should sign and confirm that the applicant fulfills all requirements.
4. A letter of acceptance from the conference organizers.

The Award will consist of 800 Swiss Francs.

Please send the application by 28 February 2018. The winner will be announced in Diversity by 15 April 2018.