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Raymond L. Lindeman Award (ASLO)
Recognizing an outstanding paper, published in a peer-reviewed journal, dealing with the aquatic sciences, by an author who is no older than 35 years during the publication year Deadline: Usually October
Sloan Research Fellowship
For recent junior tenure track faculty. Deadline: Usually Mid-September
Albert Einstein World Award of Science (World Cultural Council)
Nominees should be eminent scientists whose achievements can serve as an inspiration for future generations. Deadline: Usually end of January.
Harbor seal dietary insights gained through new DNA technique
A promising new technique called DNA metabarcoding, can be used to identify specific marker genes in seal droppings.
West Africa fisheries experts welcomed
Fisheries scientists and experts from Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Cape-Verde, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, and Sierra Leone will attend a capacity-building workshop at UBC. Updates added.
Killam Awards for Excellence in Mentoring (UBC)
To recognize outstanding mentorship of numerous graduate students. One award will be on the mid-career category, another for the senior category. Deadline: Usually September
Robert H. Whittaker Awards (ESA)
The Whittaker Distinguished Ecologist award (2 given) recognize ecologists who are not U.S. citizens and who reside outside the U.S. Deadline: October 19, 2017
Innovation in Sustainability Science Award (ESA)
Innovation in Sustainability Science Award is given to the authors of a peer-review paper published in the past five years that exemplifies leading edge work on solution pathways to sustainability challenges. Deadline: October 19, 2017
Sustainability Science Award (ESA)
Sustainability Science Award is given to the authors of a scholarly work that makes the greatest contribution to the emerging science of ecosystem and regional sustainability through the integration of ecological and social sciences. Deadline: October 19, 2017
W. S. Cooper Award (ESA)
This award is for a single contribution in a scientific publication to honor an outstanding contributor to the fields of geobotany and/or physiographic ecology. Deadline: October 19, 2017