The Ebbe Nielsen Prize was established by the GBIF Governing Board to honour the memory of Dr Ebbe Schmidt Nielsen, who was an inspirational leader in the fields of biosystematics and biodiversity informatics.

The prize is awarded annually to a promising researcher, usually in the early stages of his/her career, who is combining biosystematics and biodiversity informatics research in an exciting and novel way.

The nominations are submitted by GBIF Participants to the GBIF Science Committee, which selects the recipient. The prize is awarded each year at the GBIF Governing Board meeting. It consists of 30,000 Euros, to be used by the recipient to further his/her research.

• Charter of the Ebbe Nielsen Prize
• About Ebbe Nielsen's life  

• 2012: Nathan Swenson (United States)
• 2011: Jens-Christian Svenning (Denmark)
• 2010: Sujeevan Ratnasingham (Canada)
• 2009: Andy Jarvis (Colombia)
• 2008: Vice Stuart Smith (United Kingdom)
• 2007: Paul Flemons (Australia)
• 2006: John Wieczorek (United States)
• 2005: Pablo Goloboff (Argentina)
• 2004: Johan Nilsson (Sweden)
• 2003: Stefan Schröder (Germany)
• 2002: Nozomi Ytow (Japan)

• Call for nominations for the 2013 Ebbe Nielsen Prize

• Plant data helps climate models - interview with 2012 Ebbe Nielsen Winner
• Awards target novel research on species distributions
• Call for nominations for the 2012 Ebbe Nielsen Prize

• Danish scientist accepts €30,000 Ebbe Nielsen Prize
• GBIF announces 2011 Ebbe Nielsen Prize Winner
• Call for nominations for the 2011 Ebbe Nielsen Prize 

• Canadian Scientist Awarded 9th Ebbe Nielsen Prize
• Canadian receives prestigious International Award
• Guidelines for nominating candidates for 2010 Ebbe Nielsen Prize

• Andy Jarvis winner of 2009 Ebbe Nielsen Prize
• Prize winner presentation: Are protected ares enough to conserve terrestrial biodiversity in a 2050 climate?
• GBIF announces 2009 Ebbe Nielsen Prize winner

• 2008 Ebbe Nielsen Prize awarded to Dr Vince Stuart Smith, British cyber-taxonomist from the Natural History Museum in London, United Kingdom.

• Australian Paul Flemons Wins Prestigious Prize in Biodiversity Informatics
• PowerPoint file of presentation: Reflections on a Vision – 12.7 Mb
• MP4 video clip: GBIF - MAPA – 27 Mb
• MP4 video clip: TAPIR – 40 Mb

• 2006 Prize awarded to John Wieczorek
• PowerPoint file of presentation given 5 April 2006

• 2005 Prize awarded to Pablo Goloboff
• Abstract of Presentation given 18 April 2005
• Download NDM / VNDM (open source software)

• 2004 Prize awarded to Johan Nilsson
• Link to Artportalen (Species Gateway)

• 2003 Prize awarded to Stefan Schröder

• 2002 Prize awarded to Nozomi Ytow
• Acceptance Lecture of Nozomi Ytow