The European Society for Evolutionary Biology
The European Society for Evolutionary Biology was founded in 1987. The objectives of the Society are to "Support the study of organic evolution and the integration of those scientific fields that are concerned with evolution: molecular and microbial evolution, behaviour, genetics, ecology, life histories, development, paleontology, systematics and morphology". The Society endeavours to accomplish these objectives through the publication of the Journal of Evolutionary Biology, through meetings, and the John Maynard Smith award.
Membership of the Society is open to both scientists and interested laypersons, although the primary goal of the Society is to serve the scientific community.
...and its John Maynard Smith Prize
The European Society for Evolutionary Biology has established The John Maynard Smith Prize to be awarded to outstanding young researchers in the field of evolutionary biology.
Starting from 2009 the Prize also includes a Junior Fellowship of generally 3 months at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany.
The prize is named after John Maynard Smith (6 January 1920 - 19 April 2004), eminent evolutionary biologist, and author of many books on evolution, both for scientists and the general public. He was professor emeritus at University of Sussex, UK, Fellow of the Royal Society, winner of the Darwin Medal, and laureate of the Crafoord Prize of the Swedish Academy of Sciences.
For more information on Fellowships at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, please contact. Dr. Katharina Biegger.
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Awardee 2009:
Tanja Schwander, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby