Royal Society Biology Letters Early Career Researcher Competition 2025 (£1,000 prize) Deadline: April 30, 2025

Applications for the Royal Society Biology Letters Early Career Researcher Competition 2025 are now open. Biology Letters has been a home for quality research since 2005. In that time, they have cultivated great relationships with scientists from across the world and at different stages in their career. This is especially true for early career researchers (ECR) who may be starting to submit their studies for publication the first time.

With this in mind, they launched the inaugural Biology Letters Early Career Researcher Competition in 2022 to highlight the best research papers published in the journal by ECRs. This competition is organised by The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge (known simply as ‘The Royal Society’).

Prizes

• The overall winner receives £1,000 and two runners-up receive £500 each (or currency equivalent). They hope the prizes are particularly helpful for funding new research and/or attending conferences.

Eligibility

• The competition is open to all early career researchers (ECRs) as defined as someone who has completed a postgraduate degree within the last six years. Employees of the Royal Society, their families, agents or any third party directly associated with administration of the award are not eligible.
• In entering the competition, you confirm that you are eligible to do so and eligible to claim any prize you may win. The Royal Society may require you to provide proof that you are eligible to enter the competition.
• The Royal Society reserves all rights to disqualify you if your conduct is contrary to the spirit or intention of the competition.
• Only original research manuscripts submitted to Biology Letters are eligible to enter the competition.

Application

• Submit your research article to the journal in the normal way here – the usual journal criteria, terms and conditions apply.
• To be considered for the 2025 competition, the eligible manuscript must be submitted between the dates of Monday 13 January 2025 and Wednesday 30 April 2025 (23:59 BST). Resubmissions of eligible manuscripts can only be considered if they are resubmitted before the April 30 closing date. You will need to opt into the competition by checking the appropriate box on the submission system (this is subject to acceptance to publication by the journal). Also include your cover letter that this is to be considered as an entry to the competition.

For more information, visit Biology Letters Early Career Researcher Competition.