VLIZ North Sea Award 2012
The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) annual awards a scientific prize to foster innovative fundamental or applied research on the structure and functioning of the North Sea ecosystem, with emphasis on coastal and estuarine areas of the Southern Bight and the Channel.
The prize is awarded to a researcher (or a research team) working and residing in a country bordering the North Sea. The prize amounts to 1000 EUR and is indivisible. It is granted to reward a recent original scientific contribution, preferably having relevance to the sustainable management of the area concerned. Studies pertaining to the biodiversity of the local ecosystem are equally welcomed. The contribution has to be of postgraduate or postdoctoral level.
More information is available in the Regulations. To be taken into consideration, the candidates should provide the following documents to VLIZ prior to the 30th of November 2012:
- three copies of the contribution written in Dutch, French or English
- a summary in English of five pages maximum (also in electronic form)
- the duly filled out participation form (to be requested at the VLIZ secretariat, or download)
- the curriculum vitae of the author or the senior author of the contribution
Candidacies and accompanying documents (cf. Regulations Art. 6) should be addressed to:
Prof. Dr. Colin Janssen, President Scientific Committee
c/o Dr. Jan Mees, Director
Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ)
Wandelaarkaai 7, B-8400 Oostende, Belgium
Tel.: +32-[0]59/34 21 30
Fax:+32-[0]59/34 21 31
E-mail: info@vliz.be
Winners of the Annual VLIZ North Sea Award:
2012
- dr. Griet Neukermans: 'Optical in situ and geostationary satellite-borne observations of suspended particles in coastal waters' - [Ph.D. thesis]
2011
2010
- dr. Marijn Rabaut: 'Lanice conchilega, fisheries and conservation: towards an ecosystem approach to marine management' - [Ph.D. thesis]
2009
- dr. Mieke Mathys:
'The Quaternary geological evolution of the Belgian Continental Shelf, southern North Sea' - [Ph.D. thesis]
2008
- dr. Els Verfaillie:
'Development and validation of spatial distribution models of marine habitats, in support of the ecological valuation of the seabed' - [Ph.D. thesis]
2007
2006
- dr. Eric Stienen: 'Living with gulls - Trading of food and predation in the Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis' - [Ph.D. thesis]
2005
- dr. Oscar G. Bos: 'Recruitement variation of Macoma balthica (L.). Is there a role for larval food limitation?' - [Ph.D. thesis]
2004
- dr. Dries Bonte: 'Distribution of spiders in coastal grey dunes - Spatial patterns and evolutionary-ecological importance of dispersal' - [Ph.D. thesis]
2003
- dr. Tim Verslycke: 'Endocrine disruption in the estuarine invertebrate Neomysis integer (Crustacea: Mysidacea)' - [Ph.D. thesis]
2002
2001
2000
