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Appendix C Review of Other Prizes and Awards
Pages 23-24

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... Prizes are unrestricted with few, if any, conditions or requirements for use of the prize funds. Award applications generally require some plan or proposal describing work that will be undertaken using the award and/or identifying deliverables that will be produced.
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... : US$2,000 for an active investigator in mid-career who has made significant contributions to the knowledge of a particular ecosystem or group of organisms; an individual whose research and writing illuminate principles of evolutionary biology and an enhanced aesthetic appreciation of natural history are given special consideration. Has an independent selection committee.
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  • polar regions

  • margalef prize
  • tyler prize
  • researcher grant
  • describing work
  • george mercer

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  • mercer award
  • council starting

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  • regions research
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  • ramon margalef
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  • environmental achievement
  • sewall wright
  • consejo superior


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