Genes will highlight a paper in the form of an issue cover for each issue. So far, 24 covers have been published in 2019 and 2020. These covers reported important research results or innovative methods and presented impressive images. To reward the authors who published important research results in Genes, we are announcing the Genes 2019–2020 Best Cover Award.

Five covers will be chosen from the 2019 and 2020 covers and each winner will receive 200 CHF. The criteria that will be considered for selection are as follows:

–– Importance or innovation of the research;
–– Open to all career levels;
–– Quality of the cover image.

The voting line will be open to all of Genes’s followers, subscribers, and other scholars in the genomics area.

Voting will be open from April 2021 to June 2021. You are welcome to participate. (To vote)

The winners will be announced on the journal website by the end of August 2021.

Thanks again for supporting Genes.

The journal Genes (ISSN 2073-4425, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/genes) will offer 1st and 2nd Best Poster and Best Talk Awards at Neurofly 2020 “*18th European Drosophila Neurobiology Conference*” (https://neurofly2020.com/), which will be held in May (4th-7th) in Toledo, Spain, 2021.

All attendees who complete a poster presentation and talk will be eligible for these awards. Awards will be judged equally by a team of Scientific Advisors, and a prize of 300 Euros and 200 Euros will be granted to the 1st and 2nd prizes of both categories, respectively, on the basis of presentation clarity and scientific significance.

Dear Colleagues,

To acknowledge the continued support from our authors, we are holding the 2020 Genes Best Paper Awards. The awards are for two articles and two reviews published between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2018. After a thorough evaluation by the journal award committee, four papers will receive awards.

Eligibility for the awards:
– Article and/or review papers published in Genes from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018 will be considered;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal award committee according to the following criteria:
– Originality and novelty;
– Citation and download rates in 2019;
– Data Source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics).

Prizes:
– First Award (one for a review paper and one for a research paper): 300 CHF and a free paper in Genes
– Second Award (one for a review paper and one for research papers): 200 CHF and a free paper in Genes

The winners will be announced in November 2020 on the journal website.

Dear Colleagues,

Genes (ISSN 2073-4425, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/genes) is pleased to announce the Best Poster Awards for researchers attending the 1st International Electronic Conference on Genes (IECGE2020) (https://sciforum.net/conference/IECGE) which will be held online from 2nd to 30th November 2020.

All attendees who complete a poster presentation will be eligible for this award. The Scientific Committee will judge the presentation clarity and scientific significance of the work presented. The award will consist of 200 CHF. The winner will be announced online after the conference.

Best regards,
Genes Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

Genes (ISSN 2073-4425, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/genes) is pleased to announce the Best Paper Awards for researchers attending the 1st International Electronic Conference on Genes (IECGE2020) (https://sciforum.net/conference/IECGE) which will be held online from 2nd to 30th November 2020.

Applications will be assessed by the Scientific Committee based on originality/novelty of the paper, significance of content, scientific soundness and interest to the readers. Award winner will receive 300 CHF and will be able to publish the extended version of one paper in the Journal Genes, free of charge (being the paper the one submitted to the conference, or another one). The extended version will have a normal peer-review procedure. The winner will be announced online after the conference.

Best regards,
Genes Editorial Office

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that Genes is now inviting nominations for two 2020 Young Investigator Awards. This prize will be given to two young investigators in recognition of their excellence in different areas of research on genetics and genomics. All nominations will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee led by the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Peter W. Young.

The Prize:
– 1000 CHF (Swiss Francs) for each winner;
– Option to publish one paper free of charge in Genes after peer review before the end of 31 December 2021.

Eligibility and Requirements:
– Must be under 40 years of age or have received their Ph.D. no more than 8 years prior to 31 December 2019);
– Must have produced ground-breaking research and a significant contribution to the advancement of genetics and genomics research;
– Candidates must be nominated by their supervisor(s), research director, or department head.

List of Documents for Nomination:
– Detailed Curriculum Vitae, including an updated publication list and a list of the researcher’s own research grants;
– A copy of a birth certificate or other proof of age;
– Scanned copy of doctorate certificate;
– Signed nomination letters from two established senior scientists.

Schedule:
– Open for nominations: June 2020
– Nomination deadline: 31 December 2020
– Winners announced: February 2021

The 2018 Genes Young Investigator Award is granted to Dr. Renato Polimanti, Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at Yale University School of Medicine, USA, whose research focuses on psychiatric genetics. Using a multidisciplinary approach that includes statistical and computational analysis, Dr. Polmanti has advanced our understanding in the genetic mechanisms of behavioural traits. As the awardee, Dr. Polimanti will receive an honorarium of 2000 Swiss Francs.

The 2018 Genes Travel Awards have been granted to:

a. Andi Wilson, a Ph.D. student at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, for her work on the understanding of sexual reproduction in fungal plant pathogens of the Ceratocystidaceae family.

b. Dr. Jesus A Ballesteros, a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, for his research on the molecular and developmental evolution of arachnids and other arthropods.

The awards consist of 800 Swiss Francs each, and are available for the winners to use for attendance and participation in any academic conference in 2018.

It is also my pleasure to announce that as part of the reward, Genes will offer the winners the oppor tunit y to publish a paper with the publication fees waived.

I would like to thank all applicants for their participation and interest in our journal.

Have you ever considered guest editing one of our Genes Special Issues? We plan to give one of our guest editors a monetary award towards the cost of presenting their work at an international scholarly conference of their choice.

Our 2017 Guest Editor Award is in recognition of the scientific contribution of guest editors actively collaborating with us to bring the latest advances in the most trending research topics to Genes.

The award consists of 1200 CHF. All Special Issues completed in 2017 will be eligible for the 2017 Guest Editor Award in Genes. The editorial team will select it based on the number of submissions received in the various Special Issues and the quality of submissions.

The requirements of eligible Special Issues are:

1. Completed in 2017;
2. Minimum of 10 manuscripts published.

As Editor-in-Chief of Genes, I am pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Genes Travel Awards.

The Evaluation Committee were very impressed with the high level of work presented and, after careful consideration, Travel Awards have been granted to:

Anna Esteve-Arenys, a Ph.D. student at the University of Barcelona, Spain, for her work on the development of novel combination therapies for double-hit lymphoma;

and to Dr. Marika Annika Kaakinen, a post-doctoral research associate at the Imperial College London, UK, working on the development of a novel method for the multi-phenotype analysis of rare genetic variants (MARV).

The awards consist of 800 Swiss Francs each, and are available for the winners to use for attendance and participation in any academic conference in 2017.

It is also my pleasure to announce that as part of the reward, Genes will offer the winners the opportunity to publish a paper with the publication fees waived.

I would like to thank all applicants for their participation and interest in our journal.