The ECI Prize is a prize awarded annually from 1986 onwards to an
ecologist distinguished by outstanding and sustained scientific achievements. It is awarded jointly by the
International Ecology Institute, a non-profit organization of research ecologists based in
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
dedicated to fostering ecological knowledge and awareness, and the Otto Kinne Foundation.
The prize both honors the recipient and requires him or her to serve science and society by authoring a book to be published in the series 'Excellence in Ecology', published by
Inter-Research and available at cost price. The ECI Prize carries an endowment of
€ 6,000 and is awarded alternatively for
terrestrial ecology,
marine ecology and
limnetic ecology.
ECI Prize Laureates
Source
Ecology Institute*1986
Tom Fenchel , marine ecology
*1987
Edward O. Wilson , terrestrial ecology
*1988
Gene Likens , limnetic ecology
*1989
Robert T. Paine , marine ecology
*1990
Harold A. Mooney , terrestrial ecology
*1991
Robert H. Peters , limnetic ecology
*1992
David H. Cushing , marine ecology
*1993
Paul R. Ehrlich , terrestrial ecology
*1994
Colin S. Reynolds , limnetic ecology
*1995
Ramon Margalef , marine ecology
*1996
John Lawton , terrestrial ecology
*1997
Maciej Gliwicz
Maciej Gliwicz (; born Zbigniew Maciej Gliwicz; 21 February 1939 – 2 June 2024) was a Polish biologist, evolutionism, evolutionist and professor at the University of Warsaw who specialised in the field of hydrobiology.
Life and scientific car ...
, limnetic ecology
*1998
Richard T. Barber , marine ecology
*1999
Ilkka Hanski , terrestrial ecology
*2000
Stephen R. Carpenter , limnetic ecology
*2001
Louis Legendre , marine ecology
*2002
Michel Loreau , terrestrial ecology
*2003
Jonathan J. Cole , limnetic ecology
*2004
Bo Barker Jørgensen , marine ecology
*2005
Robert D. Holt , terrestrial ecology
*2006
Winfried Lampert , limnetic ecology
*2007
Daniel Pauly , marine ecology
*2008
Monica Turner , terrestrial ecology
*2009
Brian Moss , limnetic ecology
*2010
Paul Falkowski , marine ecology
*2011
Georgina Mace , terrestrial ecology
*2012
Alan Hildrew , limnetic ecology
*2013
Antje Boetius , marine ecology
*2014
William H. Schlesinger , terrestrial ecology
*2015
John Smol , limnetic ecology
*2016
Jane Lubchenco , marine ecology
*2017
Kevin Gaston , terrestrial ecology
*2018
Lars Tranvik , freshwater ecology
*2019
Nils Christian Stenseth , marine ecology
* 2023
William J. Sutherland {{flagicon, United Kingdom, terrestrial ecology
See also
*
List of ecology awards
*
List of environmental awards
External linksECI Prize website
Awards established in 1986
Ecology awards