Nominations sought for Dawkins Prize
Thursday 5 November (All day)The Dawkins Prize was endowed by a generous donation from the family of Professor Richard Dawkins FRS, the first holder of Oxford University’s Charles Simonyi Professorship of the Public Understanding of Science. The Prize is for outstanding research into the ecology and behaviour of animals whose welfare and survival may be endangered by human activities.
The first Prize-winner (2001) was Dr Iain Douglas-Hamilton, the second Prize-winner (2004) was Professor David Macdonald and the third Prize-winner (2007) was Dr Roger Payne.
The College now seeks nominations for the fourth Dawkins Prize.
The Prize-winner will receive £2,000 and will be expected to give one public lecture in Oxford. The College also hopes that a Dawkins Prize Scholar will be chosen by the Prize-winner, to enable a student to gain research experience by working with him or her. £2,000 will be available to the Prize-winner for the Scholarship and research expenses. In addition, the travel expenses of the Prize-winner and Scholar will be met, up to a total of £2,000.
Nominations should contain names, addresses and affiliations of the nominator and nominee, and a brief list of key achievements and publications of the nominee. Nominations should be sent to:
Dr Sebastian Shimeld, Convenor of the Dawkins Prize Committee, Balliol College, Oxford OX1 3BJ (dawkinsprize@balliol.ox.ac.uk) by 4 December 2009.