The Marsh Award for Ecology

The Marsh Award for Ecology is normally awarded annually.  It is supported by the Marsh Christian Trust and administered by the British Ecological Society.  It is awarded for an outstanding recent discovery or development which has had a significant impact on the development of the science of ecology or its application. The Award is an honorarium of £1,000 plus a certificate and is open to ecologists from anywhere in the world.

Council welcomes suggestions for the Marsh Award for Ecology. Nominations must be made using the nomination form, received by 15 October and sent to info@britishecologicalsociety.org

The nomination form should contain a brief statement on the nominees’ research interests, their contribution to the science of ecology and/or its application, their status in the ecological community and key publications. Nominations should be accompanied by a curriculum vitae of the nominee.

Nominators must be a current member of the BES.

The award is given at the BES Annual Meeting and past winners include:

2012 – Professor Tim Coulson

2011 – Professor EJ Milner-Gulland

2010 – Professor Jeremy Thomas

2009 – Professor Mike Begon

2007 – Dr Christian Korner

2006 – Professor Philip Ineson

2005 – Professor Ilkka Hanski

2004 – Professor Stephen Hubbell

2003 – Professor Andrew Watkinson

2002 – Professor Jim Brown

2001 – Professor Sam Berry

2000 – Professor William Sutherland

1999 – Professor John Harper

1998 – Sir Phil Grime

1997 – Professor John Lawton