Global Biodiversity Information Facility - 2024 Graduate Researchers Awards

Deadline: June 24, 2024

Projects

Grant Essay Fellowship & Research

Location(s)

  • Australia
  • Online
Canberra

Overview

On behalf of its network of national Participants, the GBIF Secretariat is pleased to invite nominations for the 2024 Graduate 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.

Details

The 2024 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 formal nominations from the heads of delegation or node managers of GBIF Participant countries.

A jury organized by GBIF Science Committee will select two award recipients from the pool of nominees whose names are received by the GBIF Secretariat by 24 June 2024. The GBIF Secretariat will announce winners before the 31st meeting of the GBIF Governing Board (GB31) and present the winners' work at the meeting in Portugal in October 2024.

National deadlines for 2024

While the deadline for receipt of nominations at the GBIF Secretariat is 24 June, local deadlines do apply!

  • Mexico: 24 May 2024
  • United Kingdom: 27 May 2024
  • Spain: 3 June 2024
  • Argentina: 10 June 2024

We will post national deadlines here as and when we receive them and post notifications through GBIF's social media channels using the hashtag #GRA24.

Submission process and deadlines

Students seeking nomination must apply to the Head of Delegation or node manager of a GBIF Voting or Associate Participant country (see the complete list). National participants are responsible for establishing their own deadlines and processes for receiving and processing student applications. As a result, graduate students who seek nomination should consult the websites of their national GBIF Participants or contact the Head of Delegation or node manager directly.

Student proposals are first reviewed and prioritized at the national level. GBIF national nodes are encouraged to work closely with the academic communities and higher education institutions in their countries and to reach out to relevant university programmes and research groups.

National Heads of Delegation and/or node managers may submit a maximum of two nominees per country to the GBIF Secretariat to gradresearchersaward@GBIF.org by the deadline for submissions: 24 June 2024. Heads of Delegations in cooperation with node managers will ensure that submissions are complete and include all the elements listed below. Submissions of incomplete proposals will not be considered.

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Eligibility

Candidates should be from:


Description of Ideal Candidate

Eligibility

Candidates must provide a support letter verifying their affiliation with a university graduate programme to be eligible for the award. In addition, candidates must be either

a) citizens of a country participating in GBIF

or

b) 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.


Dates

Deadline: June 24, 2024


Cost/funding for participants

Two awards of €5,000 prizes each.

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