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L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards in Life and Environmental Sciences

Deadline: 4 July 2025 The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science (FWIS) International Awards recognise outstanding contributions by female scientists to the advancement of science. The L’Oréal charitable foundation and the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) offer five jointly financed International Awards in the area of Life and Environmental Sciences. Each of the […]

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Prize to inspire innovative applications of open-access biodiversity data

Deadline: 7 September 2025 The Ebbe Nielsen Challenge, boosted by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), aims to reward innovative applications of open-access biodiversity data by scientists, informaticians, data modellers, cartographers and other experts. It recognises outstanding contributions to biodiversity informatics while honouring the legacy of Dr Ebbe Nielsen, a Danish entomologist and one of […]

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Doctoral Prize in Ecology

Deadline: 15 June 2025 The Doctoral Prize in Ecology ‘Fundação Amadeu Dias’ honours the best doctoral theses, in any area of Ecology, awarded by Portuguese universities, regardless of the nationality of the candidates. Three prizes will be awarded, worth €3,000, €2,000 and €1,000, respectively, for first, second and third prize, and one year’s SPECO (Portuguese […]

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Award to honour fundamental disciplinary or interdisciplinary advances 

Deadline: 30 June 2025 The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards recognise and encourage world-class research and cultural creation, prizing contributions of singular impact for their originality and significance. Nominations must be indirect, and there will be one prize of 400,000 € per category (eight in total). Additional information may be found here. CESAM integrated […]

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GBIF award for PhD students in the field of biodiversity

Deadline: 31 May 2025 The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) has launched its annual GBIF Graduate Researchers Award. The competition seeks to encourage research and innovation in biodiversity informatics based on data published through GBIF. Researchers who are master’s or doctoral students can apply for this award. In 2025, two 5,000€ prizes will be awarded, […]

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Writing Contest: Celebrating Women in Science

Deadline: 31 May 2025 FEBS Letters celebrates Women in Science Week 2025 with a writing contest. Researchers at any career stage and of any gender are invited to write about their female role models, including prominent scientists, mentors, and other women who have inspired them in their academic careers. The author of the winning submission will […]

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Award for ludic science in Natural Sciences

Deadline: 31 May 2025 The Mario Markus Prize for Ludic Science is designed to honour scientific work in the natural sciences that is ‘playful’. For the purpose of the award, the term ‘playful’ is defined as research that includes discoveries that arose from research that was undertaken not with any specific application in mind, but […]

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Belmiro de Azevedo Foundation Prize

Deadline: 30 April 2025 The Belmiro de Azevedo Foundation Prize is an initiative resulting from a protocol between the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the Belmiro de Azevedo Foundation (FBA), aiming to promote the implementation of projects with obvious merit and impact at national and international level in the field of conservation, restoration […]

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EMBO Women in Science Awardees

Deadline: 15 May 2025 The FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award recognizes significant contributions by female scientists in Europe. Winners of the award are inspiring role models for future generations of women in science. Each year, one woman working in the life sciences will be rewarded with a 10,000 € prize. Additional information and […]

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Arquivo.pt 2025 Award invites you to travel back in time

Deadline: 6 May 2025 The 8th edition of the Arquivo.pt Award is now open, inviting submissions of innovative projects that utilize the historical information preserved by Arquivo.pt. The call is open to all interested individuals or groups. Participants can win prizes ranging from €2,000 to €10,000. Description The call will reward original and innovative works […]