Godfrey Hewitt Mobility Award
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Godfrey Hewitt Mobility Award supports early-career evolutionary biologists with fieldwork and visits to new laboratories to pursue independent research ventures and advance their careers.
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Funder: European Society for Evolutionary Biology
Due Dates (Anticipated): January 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to €2,000 per award
Summary: Supports early-career evolutionary biologists undertaking fieldwork or research visits to previously unvisited laboratories.
Key Information: Applicants must be ESEB members and normally within six years of starting their PhD.
Description
The European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB) annually offers mobility awards for young scientists undertaking fieldwork or research at a laboratory they have not previously visited. The award honours Godfrey Hewitt, ESEB president from 1999 to 2001, whose research and mentoring emphasized observing organisms first-hand and exchanging ideas between laboratories. Projects should connect to evolutionary biology, broadly defined.
The programme favours new ventures driven by the applicant’s own initiative rather than core components of existing doctoral or postdoctoral projects. Proposed work should be achievable within the award period, produce definable outputs, and potentially lead to larger projects or enhance the applicant’s career. Evaluation also considers whether the award would make a meaningful difference given resources available through the home or host institution.
