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The call for the GBIF Graduate Researchers Award 2024 is now open

The call for the GBIF Graduate Researchers Award 2024 is now open

The GBIF Secretariat has just opened the call to apply for the GBIF Award for Graduate Researchers 2024, aimed at graduate students whose master’s and doctoral studies are based on data mediated by GBIF. The purpose of these awards is to encourage and recognize innovative research and discoveries in the field of biodiversity informatics. The […]

The UGR presents an online learning platform about Sierra Nevada.

The UGR presents an online learning platform about Sierra Nevada.

The University of Granada has presented a online learning platform about Sierra Nevada, as part of the Smart EcoMountains, which seeks to raise awareness about biodiversity and global change in the Mediterranean mountains. The initiative offers a wide variety of educational resources accessible online that includes an interactive atlas of the mountain massif, infographics and […]

Princess of Girona Awards for young Latin American researchers

Princess of Girona Awards for young Latin American researchers

The Princess of Girona Foundation seeks to recognize, with the Princess of Girona Awards for young Latin American researchers, the careers of young people up to 35 years oldfrom Latin American countries who have stood out for their work and merits in the field of entrepreneurship and business and scientific research of extraordinary and exemplary […]

New edition of the GBIF.ES in-person Workshop: Optimization of R use in research

New edition of the GBIF.ES in-person Workshop: Optimization of R use in research

The II GBIF.ES in-person Workshop: Optimization of the use of R in research, new tools for programming, manipulation and visualization of biodiversity data is aimed at researchers who need to strengthen their knowledge of R and students undergraduate and predoctoral students who need to learn to use the new R tools. The workshop will take […]

André Vicente Liz and Dorothy Akoth win the GBIF Graduate Researchers Award 2023.

André Vicente Liz and Dorothy Akoth win the GBIF Graduate Researchers Award 2023.

André Vicente Liz, Galician doctoral student at the Center for Research in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO-InBIO) of the University of Porto, and Dorothy Akoth, master’s student at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the Makarere University of Uganda, are the winners of the GBIF Graduate Researchers Award 2023. The jury of experts has awarded […]