John Maynard Smith Prize

The European Society for Evolutionary Biology has established The John Maynard Smith Prize to be awarded to outstanding young researchers in the field of evolutionary biology.

The prize is named after John Maynard Smith (6 January 1920 - 19 April 2004), eminent evolutionary biologist, and author of many books on evolution, both for scientists and the general public. He was professor emeritus at University of Sussex, UK, Fellow of the Royal Society, winner of the Darwin Medal, and laureate of the Crafoord Prize of the Swedish Academy of Sciences. See the interview by 'the Evolutionist' for an account of his life long fascination with evolution, and here for a biography.

 

The sixth prize winner, announced at the 2007 congress of the society in Uppsala, Sweden, is Andy Gardner. Information about the Prize winner can be found here; the Abstract of his lecture at the congress will be available soon.

Previous winners

Nomination

Candidates for the prize must be nominated by a senior colleague; the nomination must be accompanied by the candidate's CV, a list of publications, a short description of future research plans, the names and addresses of two referees, and a letter from the candidate approving the nomination. Candidates for the 2007 prize must have received a PhD (or equivalent) degree no earlier than January 2007.

The nominations (three copies if sent by mail) should be sent to:

Mauro Santos
Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia
Facultat de Biociències, Edifici Cn
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona)
SPAIN
Fax: +34 93 581 2387
e-mail: mauro.santos@uab.es or msantos@colbud.hu

and postmarked no later than March 1, 2009. The winner is expected to attend the 2009 congress, where he or she will deliver the John Maynard Smith Lecture. The society will pay registration, accommodation, and travel expenses (economy fare).