Doctoral Dissertation Award 2017 - Submission invitation

Frontiers of Biogeography and the IBS Early Career Committee are pleased to invite submissions for Doctoral Dissertation/Thesis synopses from early career biogeographers*. Submitted synopses will compete for the Doctoral Dissertation Award that will be presented at the 2017 IBS biennial meeting in Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Established in 2013, the Doctoral Dissertation Award aims at promoting new knowledge and new energy in the field of biogeography by recognizing and publicizing outstanding doctoral work in the field of biogeography.


All synopses submitted to Frontiers of Biogeography after July 30^th, 2013 will be considered for the award as well as synopses submitted from this call’s date and until September 30^th, 2016. These latter submissions will also be considered for publication in Frontiers of Biogeography and go through the usual peer-review process.

The recipient of the Award will be invited to give a talk at the IBS Biennial meeting and will be presented with a certificate, a commemorative plate, and 1000 USD to help with the travel expenses to the 2017 IBS biennial meeting.

In preparing your submission, we strongly recommend you to follow the submission guidelines to Frontiers of Biogeography. We also encourage you to write an engaging summary, that not only describes the chapters of your thesis but it is written within a context of how the state of knowledge of your area is and how your doctoral dissertation contributes to this knowledge.


Guidelines for dissertation synopses
‘Long synopses’ of recently completed PhD dissertations/theses should include a brief summary of the state of the field as well as the contributions provided by the dissertation/thesis. Synopses should clearly articulate how the chapters (either published or unpublished) fit together and warrant attention as a single body of work, clearly listing those already published (including citation) and those yet to be published at the time of submission. The length of the submission should not exceed 2,500 words, with approximately 2-3 paragraphs of introduction, 2-3 paragraphs of methods, 1-2 of results and 1-2 paragraphs of discussion. Submissions will only be considered for those dissertations completed within 2 years of graduation from the PhD granting institution at the time of this call.
All synopses will be peer reviewed based on the following criteria:

• Novelty / originality work (20%)
• Clarity / specificity of the research questions and hypotheses (10%)
• Adequate Theoretical framework according to the objectives (10%)
• Originality of the data (10%)
• Methodological tools (10%)
• Scope and limitations of the research (10%)
• Relevance of the results to the research question (10%)
• Relevance / impact in the field of biogeography (10%)
• Structure and intelligibility of the written work (10%) 

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For more information about the Doctoral Dissertation Award contact:

Fabricio Villalobos
Chair, IBS Early Career Biogeographers Committee
fabricio.villalobos [at] gmail.com

Karen Faller,
IBS Membership Services
Biogeography.ibs@gmail.com

*Early Career Biogeographers: within 2 years of having received PhD.  Time since PhD degree can be extended by 1 year for each child born or adopted during this period.  Other forms of exceptional caregiving responsibility (e.g. partner, spouse, aged parent, etc.) will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Call for nominations - MacArthur & Wilson Award

The International Biogeography Society 

Nominations Request 

MacArthur & Wilson Award

The MacArthur and Wilson Award was established by the International Biogeography Society to recognize an individual for a notable, innovative contribution to biogeography. This award targets comparatively early career investigators and has a guideline that recipients should have completed their PhD no more than 12 years before the deadline for nominations. The committee has some flexibility in regard to this criterion, to take account of differing life and career paths.  A pair of collaborators might be considered providing both are eligible by this criterion. The award is made once every two years. Previous recipients include Drs. Miguel Araújo and Daniel Rabosky.

The award will be presented at the IBS biennial meeting in Bahia, Brazil, 9-13 January, 2017.

Nominations are due no later than February 1, 2016. Nominations should consist of a supporting cover letter of no more than 800 words, co-signed by two members of the IBS, an abbreviated CV of the nominee, and pdfs of four key papers published by the nominee, at least two of which should have been published within the last three years. An individual can be nominated for a single paper or a ‘group of papers’ and it is anticipated that such a corpus of work will involve – in the spirit of MacArthur & Wilson’s famous monograph – scholarly collaborations with other co-workers. Nominations should be sent to biogeography.ibs@gmail.com

Call for Nominations - Alfred Russel Wallace Award

The International Biogeography Society 

Nominations Request

Alfred Russel Wallace Award

The Alfred Russel Wallace Award was established by the International Biogeography Society in 2004 to recognize a lifetime of outstanding contributions by an eminent scholar in any subdiscipline of biogeography. The award is made once every two years. Previous recipients include Drs. Jack Briggs, Jared Diamond, John Avise, Bob Ricklefs, Jim Brown and Dan Simberloff.

The award will be presented at the IBS biennial meeting in Bahia, Brazil, 9-13 January, 2017.

Nominations are due no later than February 1, 2016. Nominations should consist of a supporting cover letter of no more than 800 words, co-signed by two members of the IBS, plus an abbreviated CV of the nominee. Nominations should be sent to biogeography.ibs@gmail.com

2015 Alfred Russel Wallace Awardee - Daniel Simberloff

The IBS Board is pleased to announce that Daniel Simberloff will be the next to join the distinguished list of  recipients of the Alfred Russel Wallace Award.  The Wallace Award will be given at the upcoming IBS biennial meeting in Bayreuth, Germany (January 8^th to 12^th, 2015), and was established by the IBS in 2004 to recognize a lifetime of outstanding contributions by an eminent scholar in any subdiscipline of biogeography.

Daniel Simberloff received his A.B. at Harvard College in 1964 (with magna cum laude) and his Ph.D. in Biology at Harvard University in 1969, and is currently a Professor at the University of Tennessee (1997-present).  His work on island biogeography, reserve design, null models, plant-insect interactions, character displacement, biological invasions, etc., is cited in every single textbook on our shelves and his early experimental papers with E.O.Wilson are textbook classics.

Througout his career, Simberloff has never shied away from controversies in ecology and biogeography, publicly challenging the most important paradigm in ecology, biogeography and the growing field of conservation biology with his 1976 Science paper, which cautioned against making broad generalizations without sufficient data.  A former student of E.O. Wilson, and having had Robert MacArthur on his committee, Simberloff is arguably a perfect hybrid of the two – exceptionally quantitative and rigorous, while displaying a love of organisms and a passion for the preservation of biodiversity.  Simberloff’s lifelong contributions to the field have forever changed the face of biogeography, making the field as a whole, a much more rigorous science for his efforts.

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The IBS Board notes with thanks the work of the Wallace Award Committee:  Felisa Smith, Catherine Badgley, Jens-Christian Svenning, Pablo A. Marquet, and Carsten Rahbek (chair)

MacArthur & Wilson Award 2015 - Daniel L. Rabosky

MacArthur & Wilson Award

The International Biogeography Society Board is pleased to announce that the MacArthur & Wilson Award will be presented to Daniel L. Rabosky at the society’s biennial meeting in Bayreuth, Germany, happening from the 8^th to 12^th of January 2015.  This award, which is sponsored by Frontiers of Biogeography, was created to recognize an outstanding early-career scientist that has made innovative, substantive, broad and important contributions to the discipline of biogeography and is named in honor of Robert H. MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson. 

Daniel Rabosky received his PhD from Cornell University in 2009, completed a post-doctoral position at the University of California Berkeley, and is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan.  Interested in evolutionary diversification, ranging from the role of ecological interactions in the speciation process to factors that determine the fates of clades over epochal timescales, Daniel was nominated by IBS members for his work involving both comparative analyses of diversification as well as the development of analytical tools for hypothesis testing.  His work is published in the highest-profile scientific journals, such as Systematic Biology, PNAS, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Nature, and Science.  A fuller account of his work will be featured in a future edition of Frontiers, following the presentation of this award at the upcoming biennial conference.

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The IBS Board notes with thanks the work of the MacArthur & Wilson Award Committee: Miguel B. Araújo, Christy M. McCain, Robert E. Ricklefs, Brett R. Riddle (chair)

Alfred Russel Wallace Award - call for nominations

The Alfred Russel Wallace Award was established by the International Biogeography Society in 2004 to recognize a lifetime of outstanding contributions by an eminent scholar in any subdiscipline of biogeography.  Previous recipients have included Drs. Jack Briggs, Jared Diamond, John Avise, Bob Ricklefs and Jim Brown. 

We are now in the process of accepting nominations for the 2015 award.  Nominations should consist of a supporting cover letter of no more than 800 words, co-signed by two members of the IBS, plus an abbreviated CV of the nominee.  The selected recipient will be invited to address the society at its next biennial meeting.

Please forward nominations to Carsten Rahbek (crahbek@snm.ku.dk), chair of the Awards Committee, by February 24th, 2014.

IBS meeting - Travel awards

Dear Biogeographers

The International Biogeography Society and the Paleontological Society are awarding travel grants for students and post-docs (i.e. received the PhD less than two years ago) to attend the 2013 IBS biennial meeting, 9-13 January 2013 in Miami, Florida. Grants will be awarded to individuals giving oral and poster presentations at the meeting; all applicants must be current members of the International Biogeography Society.

The standardized application form for all awards can be downloaded from the conference web site. Applications and supporting materials are due by September 30th, 2012.  Awards include registration, attendance at a workshop, and up to $500 of travel costs.

If you or anyone you know of could benefit from these awards, please refer them to http://www.biogeography.org/html/Meetings/2013/travelawards.html for details and contact ibstravelawards@gmail.com with any questions.

If you are a student yourself, please note that all applicants must be current members of the International Biogeography Society.  If you are not a current member and are otherwise eligible for the awards, you can renew here prior to applying:
Click Here to Register

MacArthur & Wilson Award

The International Biogeography Society

Announces

The MacArthur & Wilson Award

The Board of Directors of the International Biogeography Society (IBS) is pleased to open the competition for a new biennial Award.  Named after R. H. MacArthur and E. O. Wilson, it honors their seminal contributions to biogeography. The award will recognize an individual for a notable, innovative contribution to biogeography.  This award will be targeted at comparatively early career investigators and will have a guideline that recipients should have completed their PhD no more than 12 years before the deadline for nominations. The committee has some flexibility in regard to this criterion, to take account of differing life and career paths. A pair of collaborators might be considered providing both are eligible by this criterion.

The recipient should be prepared to offer a paper at the biennial meeting of the IBS and will be invited to publish a short article on their work in Frontiers of Biogeography. In return, their attendance at the meeting will be underwritten by the IBS.

The first award will be presented at the IBS biennial meeting in Miami, Florida, 10–12 January 2013.

Nominations should be sent to the Chair of the MacArthur & Wilson Award Sub-Committee (pdf’s are preferred; Robert.whittaker@ouce.ox.ac.uk) no later than Friday 23rd March, 2012. An individual can be nominated for a single paper or a ‘group of papers’ and it is anticipated that such a corpus of work will involve – in the spirit of MacArthur & Wilson’s famous monograph – scholarly collaborations with other co-workers.

 

Nominations should consist of a supporting cover letter of no more than 800 words, co-signed by two members of the IBS, plus a short cv of the nominee, plus pdfs of four key papers published by the nominee, at least two of which should have been published within the last three years.  Current members of the IBS Board are not eligible for nomination.

Current members of this IBS sub-committee include: Pauline Ladiges, Christine Maggs, Albert Phillimore, Robert E. Ricklefs, Brett R. Riddle, Robert J. Whittaker (chair).  

For further information about the IBS, see www.biogeography.org.

IBS Awards: Call for Nominations for the Alfred Russel Wallace Award

The ARW award was established by the International Biogeography Society (IBS) in 2004 to recognize a lifetime of outstanding contributions by an eminent scholar in any subdiscipline of biogeography. Previous recipients have included Drs. Jack Briggs, Jared Diamond, John Avise and Bob Ricklefs. Preliminary nominations consist of a letter endorsing the candidate with an abbreviated copy of their curriculum vitae. The committee reviews these materials and solicits complete nomination packets (consisting of the letter of nomination, a complete CV, and three or more letters of recommendation) for selected individuals. The selected recipient will be invited to address the society at its next biennial meeting.

We are now in the process of accepting nominations for the 2013 award. Please forward preliminary nominations to Felisa Smith (fasmith@unm.edu), chair of the Awards Committee, by May 1, 2012. Current members of the IBS Board are not eligible for nomination.

Hey IBS members!
The call for nominations for the Alfred Russel Wallace award will close on 1st July. Less than a week left to recognize a lifetime of outstanding contributions to biogeography. Please propose a titan from your subdiscipline! Please submit preliminary nominations (which consist of a letter endorsing the candidate with an abbreviated copy of their curriculum vitae) to Felisa Smith fasmith@unm.edu.

IBS Awards: Call for Nominations for the Alfred Russel Wallace Award

The ARW award was established by the International Biogeography Society (IBS) in 2004 to recognize a lifetime of outstanding contributions by an eminent scholar in any subdiscipline of biogeography. Previous recipients have included Drs. Jack Briggs, Jared Diamond and John Avise. Preliminary nominations consist of a letter endorsing the candidate with an abbreviated copy of their curriculum vitae. The committee reviews these materials and solicits complete nomination packets (consisting of the letter of nomination, a complete CV, and three or more letters of recommendation) for selected individuals. The selected recipient will be invited to address the society at its next biennial meeting.

We are now in the process of accepting nominations for the 2011 award. Please forward preliminary nominations to Felisa Smith (fasmith(at)unm.edu), chair of the Awards Committee, by July 1, 2009.

Edward O. Wilson — First Honorary Member of the International Biogeography Society

E.O. Wilson has accepted the IBS invitation to become its first Honorary Member. At the suggestion of Rob Whittaker, the President-elect, the board of IBS unanimously agreed that Wilson be its first Honorary member in recognition of his seminal contributions to island biogeography, ecology, and evolution. Mark Lomolino announced the award after a talk by Dr. Wilson in the recent symposium, ”The Theory of Island Biogeography at 40” at Harvard University on October 5-6, 2007.