FYI deadline, 14 April: "The Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) is dedicated to facilitating, promoting, and advancing the scientific study and conservation of biological diversity. Recognizing the importance of dedicated individuals in achieving this, we are pleased to announce the SCB Europe Early Career Conservation Award 2025 to provide recognition for an early career conservationist to promote their work as exemplary conservation practice, whether this be through research, practical intervention, policy work and/or education, and outreach.
Eligibility: Candidates must be early career conservation professionals, defined as *within 6 years of the highest achieved full-time education* (whether this be school, undergraduate or postgraduate) attained prior to working as a conservation professional. Nominees must have been based in Europe during (part of) their career OR must have included European conservation in their work. The awardee will be announced at the 8th European Congress of Conservation Biology 2026. The award includes a free registration fee to enable the awardee to attend ECCB and they will be encouraged to attend to receive their award. We particularly encourage nominations for conservation scientists and practitioners from underrepresented groups. Your application should be submitted in English, but the quality of your English will not affect your application. Applications can be made through self-nomination or someone else can nominate you. Criteria for selection: To apply, you must be able to show evidence of the candidate’s achievement in conservation science and practice. This can be through research and its application to practical conservation problems, practical interventions, policy work and/or education. Deadline for applications: The online application form <https://us14.list-manage.com/survey?u=0f186bb2be3bfab99aac5b4dd&id=7c77505011&e=*|UNIQID|*> must be completed and submitted by 23:59 CET on 14 April 2025. If the link above isn't working for you, please copy and paste this bit.ly link: bit.ly/4bqXqMS into your browser. *--------------* *Instagram: @erikhoffner <https://www.instagram.com/erikhoffner/>* *BlueSky: @erikhoffner <https://bsky.app/profile/erikhoffner.bsky.social>* *Latest projects: www.erikhoffner.com <http://www.erikhoffner.com/>* To unsubscribe from this list please go to https://community.esa.org/confirm/?u=RhPWqPxFwODKvbkiT32nkIqRrsiSgulp
