The Zdeněk Veselovský Award

The Zdeněk Veselovský Award is an annual prize awarded to outstanding student first-author publications that significantly contribute to ethological research.

Eligibility

• Applicants must be students of a Czech or Slovak university (of any nationality or citizenship).

• Membership in the Czech and Slovak Ethological Society (CSEtS) is not required.

Competition Rules

• The award is given for a first-author scientific paper published in a peer-reviewed journal in 2024.
  Any form of publication is acceptable, including online early publication.

• The applicant must declare affiliation with a Czech or Slovak home institution in the paper.

• The date of acceptance of the paper for publication must precede the date of the applicant’s PhD or Master’s thesis defence.

Required Documents

Applicants must submit:

• the nominated publication in PDF format,

• a brief summary (up to 100 words) explaining the significance and originality of the work,

• a statement from the supervisor confirming the first author’s contribution and declaring that the applicant is or was a student at the time of the research,

• a short academic CV, including date of birth and dates of study (start and, if applicable, completion).

Award Details

• The award is granted by an expert committee of the CSEtS, which evaluates submissions based on the originality of the work and its contribution to ethological research.

• The award includes a financial prize of CZK 20,000.

• It is awarded annually; however, the committee reserves the right not to award the prize in a given year.

• The award ceremony takes place during an ethological conference.

• The awardee will be invited to present the awarded work at the conference (if it has not already been presented in previous years).