Below follows a letter from the IAB president, announcing the grants and encouraging members to nominate fellow bryologists for these awards – the Richard Spruce Award, the Hattori Prize, and the Riclef Grolle Award for Excellence in Bryodiversity Research. In addition, two research grants will be awarded, the Conservation and Endangered Species Grants and the Stanley Greene Award.
Dear colleagues,
On the occasion of its biennial meeting in Jiji, Taiwan, October 13–17, 2025 (see https://sites.google.com/view/iab-conference-2025), the International Association of Bryologists will be honoring bryologists for their achievements and support bryological research through two grants. Full descriptions of the award and grants are available on the IAB website http://bryology.org/get_involved/awards-grants/. The deadline for all nominations and application is Wednesday April 30, 2025.
Specifically, we will award the:
- Richard Spruce Award recognizing one IAB member who has made important contributions to bryology, within the first 25 years of their career;
- Hattori Prize to the one or more members that authored the best paper or series of papers published within the previous two years (2023-2024) in a journal or book;
- Riclef Grolle Award for Excellence in Bryodiversity Research recognizing outstanding contributions in bryodiversity in developing countries (see list below), in bryophyte-rich areas such as the tropics or smaller regions therein or in bryologically unexplored areas.
To nominate colleagues for one of the awards use the following submission forms:
- Richard Spruce Award: https://bryology.org/iab-spruce-award-nominations-2025/
Password: Spruce-2025
Password: Hattori-2025
- Ricleff Grolle Award: https://bryology.org/iab-grolle-award-nominations-2025/
Password: Grolle-2025
The Society will also award research grants to IAB member applicants:
- Conservation and Endangered Species Grants for projects focusing on rare or threatened species, habitats or bryophyte hotspots in high need of conservation actions.
- Stanley Greene Award for other bryological research.
To apply for the Conservation and Endangered Species Grant go to:
Password: Conservation-2025
To apply to the Stanley Greene Award go to:
Password: Greene-2025
Catherine Reeb
(President of IAB)