Call for nominations to the 2021 GBIF Young Researchers Award

GBIF is pleased to invite nominations for the 2021 Young 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. The 2021 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—nominated by the heads of delegation and node managers from GBIF Participant countries.

Award winners of the 2020 call were Vaughn Shirey from Georgetown University (USA) and Ángel Luis Robles Fernández from Universidad Veracruzana (Mexico).

Applicants can get further information about the submission process and deadlines from national GBIF nodes. In Spain, applications must be submitted to the Coordination Unit of the Spanish GBIF Node (info@gbif.es) before May the 31st, 2021.