Reinhard Rieger-Award in Zoomorphology

The Reinhard Rieger-Award is given in memory of the zoologist Reinhard Rieger (1943 - 2006). The prize is awarded annually for outstanding research in the field of zoomorphology.

Its purpose is to recognize an outstanding research article from the entire spectrum of functional and evolutionary morphology in the animal kingdom. Preference will be given to studies that are convincing in their potential to elucidate changes in morphologies and functions in the broader ecomorphological and evolutionary framework.

The award was initiated by Prof. Dr. Wilfried Westheide in 2008. It is sponsored by the two leading international journals in the field of zoomorphology - "Journal of Morphology" (John Wiley & Sons) and "Zoomorphology" (Springer) - and by the Institute of Zoology at the University of Innsbruck. It consists of a certificate and a grant of $ 3000.

The selection committee includes the chief executive editors of the two journals and one representative of the Division of Evolutionary Developmental Biology at the Institute of Zoology (University of Innsbruck, Austria).

All papers published in or accepted by "Zoomorphology" and "J. of Morphology" will be evaluated by the selection committee. For the price awarded in 2017, papers published or accepted between July 2016 and June 2017 are eligible. Corresponding authors of price-winning manuscripts will be informed about the decision immediately after the selection has been made.

Present and past members of the international reviewing panel are: Steven Perry (University of Bonn, Germany), Annalisa Berta (San Diego State University, USA), Peter Michalik (University of Greifswald, Germany), Cheryl Wilga (University of Rhode Island Kingston, USA), Janice Voltzow (University of Scranton, USA), Fernando Pardos Martinez (University of Madrid, Spain), Rick Hochberg (University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA), Katrine Worsaae (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Andreas Wanninger (University of Vienna, Austria), M.B. Thompson (University of Sydney, Australia), S. Tyler (University of Maine, USA), A. Haas (University of Hamburg, Germany), M.H. Wake (University of California/Berkley, USA), G. Giribet (Harvard University, USA), S. Harzsch (University of Greifswald, Germany), P. Wainwright (University of California/Davis, USA), J.M. Starck (University of Munich, Germany), T. Bartholomaeus (University of Bonn, Germany), M.S. Fischer (University of Jena, Germany), A. Goldschmid (University of Salzburg, Austria), R. Kristensen, (University of Copenhagen, Denmark), A. Minelli (University of Padova, Italy), W. Westheide (University of Osnabrück, Germany).

Inquiries about the submission should be addressed to: bert.hobmayer@uibk.ac.at, or to: peter.ladurner@uibk.ac.at

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