Grants and Awards

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.

Nominations must be received by 1 December in any given year and should be sent to the Grants Officer at the BES office in London. Nominations can be made using the BES award nomination form and should contain information such as research interests, their contribution to the science of ecology and/or its application, their status within the biological community and key publications. It should also contain a clear statement on why the nominee deserves the award. Nomination should also be accompanied by curriculum vitae of the nominee.

Nominators must be current BES members.

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

Professor Jeremy Thomas

Professor Michael Begon

Dr Phil Ineson

Dr ILkka Hanski

Professor JH Lawton

Professor P Grime

Professor T Clutton-Brock

Professor W Sutherland

Professor J Brown

Professor S Hubbell

Professor Christian Koerner.

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