The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) awards the International Prize for Biology each year to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of basic research in a filed of biology.
The Prize, comprising a medal and a prize of ten million yen, is awarded to the selected recipient, along with an Imperial gift from His Majesty the Emperor. The International Prize for Biology was instituted in April of 1985 by the Committee on the International Prize for Biology in commemoration of the sixty-year reign of Emperor Showa and his longtime devotion to biological research.
The nomination form can be downloaded from the JSPS website.
The research field for the 2024 Prize: Systematic Biology and Taxonomy
Deadline for Nominations: March 15, 2024