Cornell University
26 June 2009The David Starr Jordan Prize
For Innovative Contributions to the Study of
Evolution, Ecology, Population and Organismal Biology
In 1986, Cornell, Indiana and Stanford Universities established a joint endowment to fund a prize in honor of David Starr Jordan, a scientist, educator and institution builder of enormous influence on higher education in the United States who had important ties to each of these universities. The prize is international in scope and presented approximately every three years to a young scientist (40 years of age or less) who is making novel innovative contributions in one or more areas of Jordan’s interest: evolution, ecology, population and organismal biology.
The sixth David Starr Jordan Prize will carry a prize of $20,000.00 and will be announced in Fall of 2009. This year the award ceremony will be held at Cornell University.
Nomination forms are posted on the David Starr Jordan Prize Website (www.davidstarrjordan.org). Nomination forms with supporting materials should be submitted by email. Questions should be directed to:
All nomination materials must be received prior to August 15, 2009. For more information including a list of previous prize winners and their accomplishments, visit: www.davidstarrjordan.org
