The call for submissions to present candidatures for the 5th Premi Ramon Margalef of Ecology and Environmental Sciences went out on 12 January. The candidatures must reach the Technical Secretariat of the Prize before 15 May 2009 and must be submitted by qualified representatives from universities, schools of higher learning, research centres, academies of science, or by persons who have been awarded the Prize or who have been members of the Jury of the Prize.
In 2004, the Government decided to establish this Prize in the name of Ramon Margalef (Barcelona 1919-2004), one of the leading Catalan scientists of all time. The Prize is awarded annually and is endowed with 100,000 euros, making it the most important prize awarded by the Generalitat, and the most important prize, on an international level, exclusively dedicated to ecological and environmental sciences.
