Grants and Awards

The BES Award

The BES Award is made in recognition of exceptional service to the Society. This award was set up by Council in December 2002.

Council considers the BES Award on an annual basis. Suggestions must be received by 1 December in any given year and should be sent to the Grants Officer at the BES office in London. Suggestions should be by nomination form and should contain information such as their contribution to the development of the BES, their research interests, their status within the biological community and key publications. It should also contain a clear statement on why the potential candidate deserves the BES Award. 

Nominators must be a current BES members.

Previous recipients of this award include:

Professor Mike Hassell

Dr Malcolm Cherrett

Professor Valerie Brown

Dr David Slingsby

Professor Peter J Grubb

Professor John Lee

Professor Arthur Willis

Professor John Whittaker

Professor John Grace.

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