GBIF has announced its call for nominations for the 2025 GBIF Graduate Researchers Award. Share how you’re using open biodiversity data from the GBIF network in your graduate research—you could earn global recognition and €5,000! The deadline for US applications is May 27, 2025. This award is aimed at graduate students whose master’s and doctoral studies rely on GBIF-mediated data.

Important Details

• The US node staff, with help from the US science community, will nominate one master’s and one PhD candidate to the GBIF Secretariat.
• The GBIF Secretariat will announce winners prior to the 32nd meeting of the GBIF Governing Board (GB32), on 18-20 October 2025 in Bogotá, Colombia, and present their work at that meeting.

Eligibility

• Candidates must provide a letter of support verifying their affiliation with a university graduate programme (as a currently enrolled master’s, PhD, or post-doctoral student) to be eligible for the award. In addition, candidates must be either:

  • a) citizens of a country participating in GBIF or
  • b) students at an institution located in a GBIF participant country.

Nominations can come from the GBIF delegation or node of either the candidate’s country of citizenship or the country of the candidate’s host institution.

For detailed instructions on submitting applications visit GBIF, or contact the GBIF-US Node Manager, Steve Formel, sformel@usgs.gov. We look forward to reviewing the fantastic submissions this year!