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The UNEP/CMS Thesis Award on Migratory
Species Conservation has been launched by the Secretariat
of the Bonn Convention on Migratory Species, on the occasion
of its 25th Anniversary in 2004, and is sponsored by Lufthansa.
The award of 10,000 EURO will be offered every three years
at the Conference of Parties to CMS at alternating locations,
and for the first time at the 8th meeting of the CMS Conference
of the Parties (COP8) in November 2005, in affiliation with
Museum
Koenig and the Global
Register of Migratory Species in Bonn. The
Secretariat of the Bonn Convention on Migratory Species
advertises this award to promote scientific research and
conservation of migratory species, as defined by the convention.
The thesis should provide new data and
insights into the biology of migratory species or external
factors disrupting their migration patterns. Research results
must be applicable to conservation measures to the benefit
of migratory species.
Online
Application for COP8 Awards is now open until
30 April 2005. After this period, application is immediately
open for COP9, to be held in 2008. A licensed educational
institution must have accepted the study as a Ph.D. or doctoral
thesis. All theses accepted since the last COP7 (September
2002) may be submitted.
From all online applications, 10 theses
will be short-listed by an advisory board of 20 international
experts, covering different regions and animal groups. Referees
will not see any personal data, such as candidates´ address,
email, home institutions or names of supervisors. Their
pre-selection is only based on abstracts and publications
(if available). In addition, candidates should outline the
relevance of their work for migratory species conservation
by a short statement (max. 300 words).
Short-listed candidates have to submit
3 hardcopies for detailed review by two experts. A final
Jury, consisting of 8 scientists and conservationists will
meet in Bonn, in July 2005, to nominate the winner. Their
decision is based on the expert reviews, the candidate´s
statement, and the Jury´s assessment of the potential for
migratory species conservation (Jury’s decision is final).
Submitted hardcopies are not returned,
but will remain in the libraries of the CMS secretariat
and the Museum Koenig. Bibliographic data and English abstracts
of all theses will be transferred and permanently stored
within the Global
Register of Migratory Species (GROMS)bibliographic
database. The winner should be willing to make his/her
original data widely accessible through the
CMS Information System and the GROMS
database (except sensitive data). The Secretariat
and the Museum Koenig will eventually provide support to
generate appropriate data repositories and related metadata,
as well as online and/or hardcopy publication of the winner´s
thesis.
Click here
to visit the official CMS Thesis Award
on Migratory Species Conservation Website
Click here
to go directly to the Online Application Form*
*If your Internet connection does not
allow Online application, you can also send your thesis
by mail to the Museum Koenig, with an accompanying letter
explaining its relevance for species conservation. |
