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    GfÖ - Prizes for young scientists

     

    The GfÖ awards prizes for outstanding scientific and applied achievements in ecology, which are presented during the annual conference. Prize proposals for the Horst Wiehe Prize and the GfÖ Prize can be submitted by GfÖ members - in alternating years - by January 31st; the proposals are reviewed by the extended GfÖ Board by March 31st and the prize winners are informed in April. The award ceremony with presentation of the work and projects by the prizewinners takes place in the award session of the GfÖ annual conference.

    The awards are tied to the current financial situation, which is why the amount of prize money or the frequency with which they are awarded may be adjusted in individual cases.

    The GfÖ Medal of Honor will be awarded annually at the annual GfÖ conference from 2020. The prize is aimed at active, leading ecologists for outstanding and pioneering achievements in ecological research.

    Starting in 2025, Basic and Applied Ecology will present an award for outstanding student publications for the first time. The BAAE Best Student Paper Award, which is endowed with EUR 500, is aimed at young researchers and will be presented annually at the GfÖ annual conference.

    zum BAAE Best Student Paper Award >>>

     


     

    Horst Wiehe Award - prize for the best dissertation 2024

    (Prize proposals in odd years)

    Go to Horst-Wiehe-Award >>>

     

    current award winner:

    Vera Wersebeckmann

    Dr. Vera Sabine Wersebeckmann

    Hochschule Geisenheim University, Germany;
    Julius-Kühn-Institut Braunschweig, Germany

    ... for her outstanding PhD thesis:
    "Terracing in steep slope viticulture an its
    potential for biodiversity in vineyard
    ecosystems"

     

     


     

    GfÖ Prize - Prize for the best work 2024

    (Prize proposals in even years)

    Go to GfÖ - Prize >>>

     

    current award winner:

    Dr. Rachel Oh Rui Ying

    Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ /
    German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Deutschland

    ... for her outstanding contribution to advance the
    field of ecological research focusing on investigating
    linkages of biodiversity and human health and
    wellbeing.

     

     


     

    Honorary Medal 2024

    Go to Honorary Medal >>>

     

    current award winner:

     

    Christian Körner

    Prof. em. Dr. DDr. h.c. Christian Körner

    University of Basel, Schweiz

    ... for his outstanding and future-oriented research in
    plant ecology, experimental ecology and alpine
    ecology

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    The Ecological Society of
    Germany, Austria and Switzerland

     

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    Gesellschaft f. Ökologie e.V.
    c/o Institut für Ökologie

    Kathrin Dieckgräber

    Technische Universität Berlin
    Rothenburgstr. 12

    12165 Berlin
    Germany

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