Francisco García Novo, Professor of Ecology at the University of Seville, passed away on 15 July 2025.
His connection with Portugal and the establishment of an Iberian network for the exchange of ecological knowledge began in the 1980s. For this reason, he attended and participated with great joy and enthusiasm in the 1st SIBECOL Congress, held in Barcelona in February 2019. A natural-born and interdisciplinary researcher of nature and ecological principles, he was largely responsible for fostering a global and cross-disciplinary understanding of Doñana National Park. Iberian ecology has lost one of its great masters.
We share the following tribute written by Professor Mari Cruz Barradas, Professor of Ecology at the University of Seville.
Memories of Professor García Novo
Professor Francisco García Novo — known affectionately as Fuco to his friends — passed away on Tuesday, 15 July 2025.
His wisdom and ideas will remain with us forever. He was a brilliant researcher, ecologist, teacher, and speaker, and played a fundamental role in nature conservation, especially in the ecosystems of Doñana National Park.
Born in Madrid on 2 May 1943, though of Galician heritage, he graduated from the Complutense University of Madrid, where he completed his PhD under Professor Fernando González Bernáldez, the father of terrestrial ecology in Spanish science. He furthered his studies at the Institute of Edaphology in Madrid and the Plant Improvement Station in Elvas, where he collaborated with the renowned botanist and engineer Malato Beliz.
In 1968, he married Marisa Bouzas, his lifelong partner, and moved to Scotland to continue his training at the University of St Andrews, where he completed a second PhD in plant physiology under Professor Robert Crawford. Their first child was born there, continuing the family line of biologists. Back in Spain, they had three more children — two daughters and a son — who inherited the family's energy, curiosity, and wisdom.
In 1976, he was awarded the Chair in Ecology at the University of Santiago de Compostela, and the following year he returned permanently to Seville to become Professor of Ecology.
During those years of transition, he led pioneering research on the vegetation and dunes of Doñana, playing a key role in their protection and contributing to the formal establishment of Doñana National Park in 1979.
I met Professor García Novo in June 1980 when I was still a biology student. I was immediately captivated by his knowledge and extraordinary ability to communicate. I took his course on Systems Ecology, where he masterfully integrated the biosphere's systems through the lens of entropy and thermodynamics.
He published numerous scientific articles and supervised 26 PhD theses on a wide range of topics, including grassland vegetation, Mediterranean shrubland, and fish ecology. I would especially like to highlight three theses on Doñana: one on post-fire succession; another on Doñana’s ecological history, reconstructed from historical records dating back to the 13th century; and a truly innovative thesis on the visual and plastic representation of the park’s ecosystems, carried out by a Fine Arts professor. He also supervised theses in Galicia and Portugal.
In 1983, we began the journey of my own doctoral thesis. With his inventive spirit, we explored the vertical structure of Doñana’s vegetation — an advanced and unconventional topic at the time. This involved mathematically describing a plant, converting it into pixelated images, and analysing its interaction with light, neighbouring vegetation, and seasonal changes.
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At that time, he gave me invaluable advice — including that the role of an ecologist is to learn how to ask the right questions of nature. He also encouraged me, given my Iberian context, to establish contacts with Portuguese centres. So I went to Lisbon in search of ecologists, and at the old Faculty of Sciences of the Polytechnic School, I met Professor Catarino (Fernando Catarino), Amélia (Maria Amélia Martins-Loução), and Otília (Otília Correia). That marked the beginning of a long-standing collaboration and friendship.
I recall many anecdotes from those years — such as the time he caught a viper in the woods of the Doñana dunes and said he had to measure it, because "an ecologist must know how to take measurements in the field."
In spring 1985, we joined a trip organised by the British Ecological Society, visiting Doñana and the Huelva coast, where Professor Valverde welcomed us and spoke with great enthusiasm about the early conservation campaigns. The following year, I accompanied Professor García Novo to a conference in Třeboň (then Czechoslovakia), just a month after the Chernobyl disaster. That same June, during the First Spanish-Portuguese Integrated Action, we travelled to Lisbon. I vividly remember Professors García Novo and Catarino passionately discussing the essence of ecology during a visit to the Serra da Arrábida. He also supervised a thesis on the landscape diversity of Alto Alentejo, led by a landscape engineer from the University of Évora.
It is impossible to fully capture the scope of Professor García Novo’s legacy in a single text, but I will mention a few glimpses. He participated in a development commission on Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, in Argentinian Patagonia. In 1989, he began directing the Doñagua Project, which aimed to understand Doñana’s groundwater systems, their dynamics, and interactions with vegetation.
In 1991, during the Felipe González government and under the Andalusian regional government of Manuel Chaves, an international commission was established — led by sociologist Manuel Castells — to propose strategies for sustainable development in the Doñana area. Professor García Novo was appointed to this commission. In 1992, they presented a visionary report that promoted sustainable development in the surrounding areas, focusing on tourism and brand image, without intervening directly in the protected territory.
In 1995, he was awarded the prestigious Jaume I Prize for the Environment in Valencia, which he received from Infanta Cristina.
In 1999, we began a new collaborative project with Lisbon — one that still continues today. Through the Spanish-Portuguese Integrated Action programme, we studied the Portuguese crowberry (Corema album) along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula, with Professor García Novo actively contributing ideas and interpretations.
In 2005, he participated in the Doñana 2005 Project, focused on hydrological restoration of the park’s systems. That same year, we received a visit from students of the University of Lisbon, led by Professors Otília Correia, Margarida Santos-Reis, and Francisco Fonseca. He shared his insights with them and proudly led a field visit to the Partido restoration area, north of El Rocío village — a site he had helped recover from severe degradation.
28 March 2007 was a landmark day for Professor García Novo. He became a full member of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, delivering a comprehensive lecture on biological diversity. The reply was given by the anthropologist Emiliano Aguirre. It was an emotional day, filled with family and friends.
In September 2013, he retired at age 70. He celebrated this milestone with a heartfelt dinner attended by family, colleagues, and friends — a moving evening full of memories.
In the months following retirement, he continued visiting the department to sort through his materials and check mail. Gradually, his visits became less frequent as he shifted his focus to his work with the Academy. Still, we continued to share conversations, attend conferences, and take field trips together.
One of the most enjoyable recent projects we shared was filming three educational documentaries. He presented the last one — about the history of Doñana — so we still have his image and voice preserved.
But on 3 July 2025, his voice fell silent due to a devastating brain haemorrhage. He remained in a coma for several days until he passed away peacefully on Tuesday, 15 July, surrounded by his wife, children, and grandchildren.
Rest in peace, my dear teacher. I am sure that by now, you’ve already begun revolutionising celestial ecology.
Mari Cruz Barradas
Professor of Ecology
University of Seville
July 2025
His connection with Portugal and the establishment of an Iberian network for the exchange of ecological knowledge began in the 1980s. For this reason, he attended and participated with great joy and enthusiasm in the 1st SIBECOL Congress, held in Barcelona in February 2019. A natural-born and interdisciplinary researcher of nature and ecological principles, he was largely responsible for fostering a global and cross-disciplinary understanding of Doñana National Park. Iberian ecology has lost one of its great masters.
We share the following tribute written by Professor Mari Cruz Barradas, Professor of Ecology at the University of Seville.
Memories of Professor García Novo
Professor Francisco García Novo — known affectionately as Fuco to his friends — passed away on Tuesday, 15 July 2025.
His wisdom and ideas will remain with us forever. He was a brilliant researcher, ecologist, teacher, and speaker, and played a fundamental role in nature conservation, especially in the ecosystems of Doñana National Park.
Born in Madrid on 2 May 1943, though of Galician heritage, he graduated from the Complutense University of Madrid, where he completed his PhD under Professor Fernando González Bernáldez, the father of terrestrial ecology in Spanish science. He furthered his studies at the Institute of Edaphology in Madrid and the Plant Improvement Station in Elvas, where he collaborated with the renowned botanist and engineer Malato Beliz.
In 1968, he married Marisa Bouzas, his lifelong partner, and moved to Scotland to continue his training at the University of St Andrews, where he completed a second PhD in plant physiology under Professor Robert Crawford. Their first child was born there, continuing the family line of biologists. Back in Spain, they had three more children — two daughters and a son — who inherited the family's energy, curiosity, and wisdom.
In 1976, he was awarded the Chair in Ecology at the University of Santiago de Compostela, and the following year he returned permanently to Seville to become Professor of Ecology.
During those years of transition, he led pioneering research on the vegetation and dunes of Doñana, playing a key role in their protection and contributing to the formal establishment of Doñana National Park in 1979.
I met Professor García Novo in June 1980 when I was still a biology student. I was immediately captivated by his knowledge and extraordinary ability to communicate. I took his course on Systems Ecology, where he masterfully integrated the biosphere's systems through the lens of entropy and thermodynamics.
He published numerous scientific articles and supervised 26 PhD theses on a wide range of topics, including grassland vegetation, Mediterranean shrubland, and fish ecology. I would especially like to highlight three theses on Doñana: one on post-fire succession; another on Doñana’s ecological history, reconstructed from historical records dating back to the 13th century; and a truly innovative thesis on the visual and plastic representation of the park’s ecosystems, carried out by a Fine Arts professor. He also supervised theses in Galicia and Portugal.
In 1983, we began the journey of my own doctoral thesis. With his inventive spirit, we explored the vertical structure of Doñana’s vegetation — an advanced and unconventional topic at the time. This involved mathematically describing a plant, converting it into pixelated images, and analysing its interaction with light, neighbouring vegetation, and seasonal changes.
At that time, he gave me invaluable advice — including that the role of an ecologist is to learn how to ask the right questions of nature. He also encouraged me, given my Iberian context, to establish contacts with Portuguese centres. So I went to Lisbon in search of ecologists, and at the old Faculty of Sciences of the Polytechnic School, I met Professor Catarino (Fernando Catarino), Amélia (Maria Amélia Martins-Loução), and Otília (Otília Correia). That marked the beginning of a long-standing collaboration and friendship.
I recall many anecdotes from those years — such as the time he caught a viper in the woods of the Doñana dunes and said he had to measure it, because "an ecologist must know how to take measurements in the field."
In spring 1985, we joined a trip organised by the British Ecological Society, visiting Doñana and the Huelva coast, where Professor Valverde welcomed us and spoke with great enthusiasm about the early conservation campaigns. The following year, I accompanied Professor García Novo to a conference in Třeboň (then Czechoslovakia), just a month after the Chernobyl disaster. That same June, during the First Spanish-Portuguese Integrated Action, we travelled to Lisbon. I vividly remember Professors García Novo and Catarino passionately discussing the essence of ecology during a visit to the Serra da Arrábida. He also supervised a thesis on the landscape diversity of Alto Alentejo, led by a landscape engineer from the University of Évora.
It is impossible to fully capture the scope of Professor García Novo’s legacy in a single text, but I will mention a few glimpses. He participated in a development commission on Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, in Argentinian Patagonia. In 1989, he began directing the Doñagua Project, which aimed to understand Doñana’s groundwater systems, their dynamics, and interactions with vegetation.
In 1991, during the Felipe González government and under the Andalusian regional government of Manuel Chaves, an international commission was established — led by sociologist Manuel Castells — to propose strategies for sustainable development in the Doñana area. Professor García Novo was appointed to this commission. In 1992, they presented a visionary report that promoted sustainable development in the surrounding areas, focusing on tourism and brand image, without intervening directly in the protected territory.
In 1995, he was awarded the prestigious Jaume I Prize for the Environment in Valencia, which he received from Infanta Cristina.
In 1999, we began a new collaborative project with Lisbon — one that still continues today. Through the Spanish-Portuguese Integrated Action programme, we studied the Portuguese crowberry (Corema album) along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula, with Professor García Novo actively contributing ideas and interpretations.
In 2005, he participated in the Doñana 2005 Project, focused on hydrological restoration of the park’s systems. That same year, we received a visit from students of the University of Lisbon, led by Professors Otília Correia, Margarida Santos-Reis, and Francisco Fonseca. He shared his insights with them and proudly led a field visit to the Partido restoration area, north of El Rocío village — a site he had helped recover from severe degradation.
28 March 2007 was a landmark day for Professor García Novo. He became a full member of the Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, delivering a comprehensive lecture on biological diversity. The reply was given by the anthropologist Emiliano Aguirre. It was an emotional day, filled with family and friends.
In September 2013, he retired at age 70. He celebrated this milestone with a heartfelt dinner attended by family, colleagues, and friends — a moving evening full of memories.
In the months following retirement, he continued visiting the department to sort through his materials and check mail. Gradually, his visits became less frequent as he shifted his focus to his work with the Academy. Still, we continued to share conversations, attend conferences, and take field trips together.
One of the most enjoyable recent projects we shared was filming three educational documentaries. He presented the last one — about the history of Doñana — so we still have his image and voice preserved.
But on 3 July 2025, his voice fell silent due to a devastating brain haemorrhage. He remained in a coma for several days until he passed away peacefully on Tuesday, 15 July, surrounded by his wife, children, and grandchildren.
Rest in peace, my dear teacher. I am sure that by now, you’ve already begun revolutionising celestial ecology.
Mari Cruz Barradas
Professor of Ecology
University of Seville
July 2025
RESOLUTION OF SIBECOL GRANTS FOR THE SAME18 -SYMPOSIUM FOR AQUATIC MICROBIAL ECOLOGY
The purpose of this call was to support SIBECOL members who are in the early stages of their scientific career (up to 5 years after their thesis defense) by facilitating their attendance to the SAME18 – SYMPOSIUM FOR AQUATIC MICROBIAL ECOLOGY (https://same18barcelona.com), which will take place in Barcelona from 28th of Septmeber to 3rd of October 2025.
The selection of candidates has been made in order of receipt of the applications, as long as all the established requirements were met.
NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS: 4 (3 students, 1 postdoc)
NUMBER OF GRANTS: 2 (1 student, 1 postdoc)
LIST OF SELECTED AND RESERVE APPLICATIONS:
The candidates listed in the table have been selected to receive the grant. Reserve candidates may receive the grant only in the event of the resignation of a selected person.
Obligations of the beneficiaries:
- Participate as the first author in at least one communication in the SAME18 – SYMPOSIUM FOR AQUATIC MICROBIAL ECOLOGY.
- Include the SIBECOL logo in your communication at the Congress (this logo will be provided by SIBECOL Secretariat if you are selected as a beneficiary of this aid).
- During the conference, send a photo of your presentation to the SIBECOL Secretariat for sharing on social media.
June 23, 2025
SIBECOL Secretariat
The purpose of this call was to support SIBECOL members who are in the early stages of their scientific career (up to 5 years after their thesis defense) by facilitating their attendance to the SAME18 – SYMPOSIUM FOR AQUATIC MICROBIAL ECOLOGY (https://same18barcelona.com), which will take place in Barcelona from 28th of Septmeber to 3rd of October 2025.
The selection of candidates has been made in order of receipt of the applications, as long as all the established requirements were met.
NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS: 4 (3 students, 1 postdoc)
NUMBER OF GRANTS: 2 (1 student, 1 postdoc)
LIST OF SELECTED AND RESERVE APPLICATIONS:
The candidates listed in the table have been selected to receive the grant. Reserve candidates may receive the grant only in the event of the resignation of a selected person.
Obligations of the beneficiaries:
- Participate as the first author in at least one communication in the SAME18 – SYMPOSIUM FOR AQUATIC MICROBIAL ECOLOGY.
- Include the SIBECOL logo in your communication at the Congress (this logo will be provided by SIBECOL Secretariat if you are selected as a beneficiary of this aid).
- During the conference, send a photo of your presentation to the SIBECOL Secretariat for sharing on social media.
June 23, 2025
SIBECOL Secretariat
Resolution of SIBECOL Grants for the III SIBECOL & XVII AEET Meetings
Tuesday 8 th April 2025 - 13:22
Tuesday 8 th April 2025 - 13:22
NUMBER OF ACCEPTED APPLICATIONS*: 40 (35 students, 5 postdoctoral researchers)
*Applicants meet all the eligibility criteria
NUMBER OF GRANTS: 10 (7 students and 3 postdoctoral researchers)
In a call opened on March 15, 2025, the Iberian Society of Ecology (SIBECOL) offered 10 grants (7 for students and 3 for postdoctoral researchers) to attend and present a communication at the joint AEET/SIBECOL congress to be held in Pontevedra from June 2 to 7, 2025 (https://sibecol-aeet-meeting2025.org/). The grants are intended to cover the early registration fee established by the congress organizers for members of SIBECOL, AIL, AEET, SEEEE, or SPECO.
Evaluation criteria
All applications meeting the eligibility criteria were evaluated by a panel of three members from the SIBECOL Board. Within each category, candidates were shortlisted based on the following criteria, listed in order of importance:
1) Applicants who have not previously received SIBECOL grants for attending other conferences.
2) Applicants who requested to give an oral presentation, even if assigned a poster.
3) Applicants who were unemployed at the time of the application (proof of status required).
4) Applicants traveling from greater distances, grouped into four categories: <100 km, 100–500 km, 501–1000 km, and >1000 km.
5) Applicants with longer membership history in SIBECOL or its affiliated societies.
6) Applicants with children under 3 years old at the time of the call's publication. Priority within this criterion is given in the following order: women, men who have taken at least 2 months of paternity leave, and others.
7) In the case of a tie, abstracts were reviewed and scored based on their multi- or interdisciplinary nature, such as integrating more than one ecosystem (terrestrial, freshwater, marine) or combining different approaches toward a scientific goal.
LIST OF SELECTED AND RESERVE CANDIDATES:
The following candidates have been selected to receive the grant, along with a list of reserve candidates who may receive the grant in case of withdrawal by one of the selected individuals:
Obligations of grant recipients
Before the congress:
-Send the invoice and proof of payment for early registration to the SIBECOL secretariat before April 20, 2025 (secretariat@sibecol.org).
-Inform the SIBECOL secretariat if financial support is received from other sources to cover the congress registration fee. In this case, the grant will be transferred to the next person on the waiting list.
-Inform the SIBECOL secretariat in case of being unable to attend the congress so that the grant can be transferred to the next candidate on the reserve list.
During the congress:
-Participate as the first author in at least one communication (oral or poster).
-Acknowledge the SIBECOL grant in the presentation (oral or poster) by displaying the society’s logo and referencing this call.
-If available, represent SIBECOL at the society’s booth and, if requested, at the registration desk, according to scheduled shifts.
April 7, 2025
Secretary of SIBECOL
*Applicants meet all the eligibility criteria
NUMBER OF GRANTS: 10 (7 students and 3 postdoctoral researchers)
In a call opened on March 15, 2025, the Iberian Society of Ecology (SIBECOL) offered 10 grants (7 for students and 3 for postdoctoral researchers) to attend and present a communication at the joint AEET/SIBECOL congress to be held in Pontevedra from June 2 to 7, 2025 (https://sibecol-aeet-meeting2025.org/). The grants are intended to cover the early registration fee established by the congress organizers for members of SIBECOL, AIL, AEET, SEEEE, or SPECO.
Evaluation criteria
All applications meeting the eligibility criteria were evaluated by a panel of three members from the SIBECOL Board. Within each category, candidates were shortlisted based on the following criteria, listed in order of importance:
1) Applicants who have not previously received SIBECOL grants for attending other conferences.
2) Applicants who requested to give an oral presentation, even if assigned a poster.
3) Applicants who were unemployed at the time of the application (proof of status required).
4) Applicants traveling from greater distances, grouped into four categories: <100 km, 100–500 km, 501–1000 km, and >1000 km.
5) Applicants with longer membership history in SIBECOL or its affiliated societies.
6) Applicants with children under 3 years old at the time of the call's publication. Priority within this criterion is given in the following order: women, men who have taken at least 2 months of paternity leave, and others.
7) In the case of a tie, abstracts were reviewed and scored based on their multi- or interdisciplinary nature, such as integrating more than one ecosystem (terrestrial, freshwater, marine) or combining different approaches toward a scientific goal.
LIST OF SELECTED AND RESERVE CANDIDATES:
The following candidates have been selected to receive the grant, along with a list of reserve candidates who may receive the grant in case of withdrawal by one of the selected individuals:
Obligations of grant recipients
Before the congress:
-Send the invoice and proof of payment for early registration to the SIBECOL secretariat before April 20, 2025 (secretariat@sibecol.org).
-Inform the SIBECOL secretariat if financial support is received from other sources to cover the congress registration fee. In this case, the grant will be transferred to the next person on the waiting list.
-Inform the SIBECOL secretariat in case of being unable to attend the congress so that the grant can be transferred to the next candidate on the reserve list.
During the congress:
-Participate as the first author in at least one communication (oral or poster).
-Acknowledge the SIBECOL grant in the presentation (oral or poster) by displaying the society’s logo and referencing this call.
-If available, represent SIBECOL at the society’s booth and, if requested, at the registration desk, according to scheduled shifts.
April 7, 2025
Secretary of SIBECOL
Joint Call for Research Project Grants in Ecology (SIBECOL-AEET-AIL) 2025
Thursday 13 th March 2025 - 22:11
Thursday 13 th March 2025 - 22:11
Dear fellow ecologists,
Continuing with our goal of supporting ecologists in the early stages of their scientific careers by providing them with funding opportunities, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Joint Call for Research Projects for Early-Career Researchers in 2025 by the Iberian Society of Ecology (SIBECOL), the Spanish Association of Terrestrial Ecology (AEET), and the Iberian Association of Ecology (AIL). The Iberian Association of Limnology (AIL) joined this joint initiative in 2022, and this year, for the second time, we are launching the call together.
This multiple call is open for research projects in any topic and ecosystem within Ecology (theoretical, terrestrial, freshwater or marine), but please see the specific call of each society below.
Any member of SIBECOL, AEET, AIL, SPECO or SEEEE can apply to either call (SIBECOL-AEET-AIL). In the event that a researcher applies to several calls simultaneously, they must take into account that the projects to be presented in each call must be substantially different and that only one project can get awarded.
This call wants to support both researchers in their initial stages of their scientific career, as well as those in somewhat more advanced stages, for which reason it differentiates various fellowships for pre-doctoral researchers, recent post-docs and more advanced post-docs, thus increasing funding possibilities of their scientific projects across the different research stages in which they are.
This call wants to be equal and accessible to all ECR. Moreover, SIBECOL, AEET, AIL, SPECO and SEEEE are signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), so the evaluation of the projects will be done under such criteria.
To do so, the combined call of research projects for ECR SIBECOL-AEET-AIL in 2025 is organized in the following calls:
SIBECOL research projects:
Proposals can be led by one or two researchers and must be related to experimental or theoretical Ecology of aquatic or terrestrial ecosystems. Proposals that integrate the study of more than one ecosystem (terrestrial, freshwater, marine) or that have a theoretical or methodological orientation, which transcend the delimitations between types of ecosystems will be positively valued, although such inter or multidisciplinarity is not imperative. Proposals must be written in English.
● Starting early career researchers project grant (Starting ECR): Early-term post-doctoral researchers (PhD defense < 3 years before the publication of this call). One fellowship of 3,000 €.
● Advanced early career researchers project grant (Advanced ECR): Mid-term post-doctoral researchers (3 < PhD defense < 8 years before the publication of this call). One fellowship of 4,000 €.
AEET research projects:
Research projects led by a single researcher in any topic and ecosystem within Ecology (theoretical, terrestrial, freshwater or marine). Proposals can be written in English or Spanish. Three different options exist:
● Taking the lead (Tomando la iniciativa): Pre-doctoral researchers who have not yet defended the PhD thesis. Two fellowships of 2,000 € each.
● Gaining independence (Ganando independencia): Early-term post-doctoral researchers (PhD defence < 3 years before the publication of this call). Three fellowships of 3,000 € each.
● Consolidating the research (Consolidando la investigación): Mid-term post-doctoral researchers (3 years < PhD defence < 6 years before the publication of this call). Three fellowships of 4,000 € each.
Within the modalities “Gaining independence” and “Consolidating the research”, priority will be given to the awarding of a “Carlos Herrera” grant in each modality for projects that aim to advance knowledge of the ecosystems of the Sierra de Cazorla (Jaén, Andalusia).
In order to guarantee the total impartiality of the evaluations, the reviews will be double- blind, that is, the project reports will be anonymized. The CV of the applicant will not be subject to evaluation.
AIL research project:
Only young members of SIBECOL or sister societies can apply. These can be students or postdocs who defended their PhD thesis up to 6 years before the publication of this call. The projects submitted should be designed to include a large number of participants but they should also be feasible with a low number of participants. The call has the following characteristics:
● Original research on any aspect of the ecology of inland waters and potential to involve as many young members from different institutions as possible.
● The project should be completed within two years after the team constitution; publication of scientific outputs is not included within this time frame.
● This 5th call for projects has an available budget of 4,500 euros (VAT included) for the implementation of the selected project, which can be supplemented by funds provided by the participants.
All the necessary information and documents to apply for any of the three calls can be found in the following links:
● SIBECOL projects: http://sibecol.org/en/sibecol_ecr2025
● AEET projects: http://www.aeet.org/es/convocatorias/proyectosinvestigacion.html
● AIL project: https://www.limnetica.com/es/proyecto-jóvenes-ail
The call will be open from March 15th until June 15th 2025 (23:59 H. UTC+1). To be considered, the project proposals must follow the regulations of the respective call and be presented using the application form format. Please, check the regulation and the evaluation criteria of each call carefully. To submit your proposals, send an email with all the required information to the Secretary of the respective Society:
● SIBECOL projects: secretariat@sibecol.org
● AEET projects: secretaria@aeet.org
● AIL project: secretaria@limnologia.net
The Secretary of SIBECOL, AEET or AIL will confirm the successful application with a read receipt. In case of doubts with any of the project calls, do not hesitate to contact the respective Secretary.
We encourage all researchers in Ecology to spread this multiple call across their networks to achieve the maximum participation of ECR.
Thank you in advance for your participation and we wish you a lot of success.
On behalf of the Committee Boards of SIBECOL, AEET and AIL.
Call for SIBECOL grants for the registration to the III SIBECOL & XVII AEET MEETING
Wednesday 5 th March 2025 - 12:14
Wednesday 5 th March 2025 - 12:14
The Iberian Society of Ecology (SIBECOL) aims to promote the multidisciplinary nature of the study of natural systems, and to disseminate the values of Ecology and sustainability, promoting training activities and dissemination of advances in Ecology.
The purpose of this call is to support SIBECOL members or members of its sister societies who are in the early stages of their scientific career (up to 5 years after their thesis defense) by facilitating their attendance to the III SIBECOL & XVII AEET MEETING (https://sibecol-aeet-meeting2025.org/), which will take place in Pontevedra from 2 to 7 of June 2025.
More info here: https://www.sibecol.org/en/sibecol_aeet_2025.html
