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Call for proposals for the 2012 Young Researchers Award (GBIF)

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) invites proposals from graduate students for the 2012 Young Researchers Award. This prize intends to foster innovative research and discovery in biodiversity informatics. Two awards of €4,000 will be available to graduate students in a master’s or doctoral programme at a university in a GBIF Voting Participant or Associate Participant country (Application Deadline: 15 March 2012).

Objectives

  • The Young Researchers Award (YRA) in an annual award aimed at graduate students in a masters or doctoral programme at universities in countries participating in the GBIF network.
  • The main objective of the award is to foster innovative research and discovery in biodiversity informatics.
  • The award has been put in place to stimulate use of GBIF enabled data by graduate students developing new research in biodiversity informatics and also to serve as an outreach mechanism to universities.

Qualifications

  • Research proposals must clearly demonstrate how data enabled by GBIF are being incorporated in the student’s work.
  • The proposal should include a project description, a budget, literature cited, and the applicant’s curriculum vitae including contact information at the home institution.

Application Procedure

To view the further details, visit http://www.gbif.org/communications/news-and-events/showsingle/article/call-for-proposals-for-the-2012-young-researchers-award/

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