Travel Award

The Diversity Travel Award was launched in 2018, and it is presented every year to encourage junior scientists to present their latest research at academic conferences in the field of biodiversity concepts and applications, biodiversity assessment, and biodiversity preservation, which helps to grow their profile. The application process is open from April to October every two years, and winners are announced by the end of December.

The Prize:
– CHF 800;
– A certificate.

Number of Winner: 1

 
Diversity Travel Award
 

Eligibility and Requirements

– Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students, research fellows;
– Plans to attend an international conference in 2024 (oral presentation or poster).

List of Documents for Application

– Information of the conference the applicant is planning to attend and the abstract that will be submitted;
– Curriculum Vitae and list of publications;
– Justification letter describing the focus of the research (max. 800 words);
– Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head, which also confirms the applicant’s status.
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Leipzig University

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Michael Wink Chairman
Heidelberg University
Prof. Dr. Adriano Stinca
Department of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
Prof. Dr. João Pedro Barreiros
Universidade dos Açores - Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e do Ambiente and Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes - Azorean Biodiversity Group
Dr. Mark Belk
Brigham Young University

Winner

Vanessa Silva
University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Michael Wink Chairman
Heidelberg University
Dr. Jordi Figuerola
Prof. Mary Kelly-Quinn
University College Dublin
Dr. Eric Buffetaut
CNRS
Dr. J Judson Wynne
Department of Biological Sciences
Prof. Michel Baguette
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 75006 Paris, France
Dr. Richard Seigel

Winner

Arlie McCarthy
Zoology Department, University of Cambridge
Zeana Ganem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ), Israel.

Award Committee

Prof. Dr. Michael Wink Chairman
Heidelberg University
Prof. Simone Fattorini
University of L'Aquila
Dr. Luc Legal
UMR 5245
Prof. Giovanni Bacaro
University of Trieste
Dr. Juan Carlos Illera
Oviedo University
Prof. Ales Gregorc
University of Maribor, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Dr. Tamer Albayrak
Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
Prof. Dr. Mario A. Pagnotta
Tuscia University
Dr. Stephan Koblmüller
Prof. Mary Kelly-Quinn
University College Dublin

Winner

Juan Moles Sánchez
Museum of Comparative Zoology, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

Winner

Raquel A. Garcia
Stellenbosch University, South Africa
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