Prizes & Awards

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2nd PVC Photography Contest and 2nd PVC Palaeoart Contest
In the upcoming 5th Palaeontological Virtual Congress, we are thrilled to announce the 2nd PVC Photography contest and the 2nd PVC Palaeoart contest! We will award the best photo and the best illustration, respectively, featuring anything related to palaeontology and scientific disciplines. This includes astonishing fossil specimens, beautiful landscapes, and much more. The photography contest has five categories, while the palaeoart contest has a single category. Check details and register here 

We are thrilled to announce that two exclusive student awards will be granted as part of the 5th Palaeontological Virtual Congress! These awards will honor the best slide presentation and the best video presentation focused on vertebrate paleontology, recognizing exceptional creativity and scientific rigor.

Thanks to the generous support of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, the winners will each receive a complimentary student membership, opening doors to an array of professional opportunities and resources.

Don’t miss this incredible chance to showcase your research on vertebrates and be celebrated for your outstanding work!

We are excited to announce that an award will be granted for the best video presentation as part of the 5th Palaeontological Virtual Congress! This award will recognize exceptional creativity and scientific rigor.

The winner will have the opportunity to choose one of the following fantastic prizes, generously provided by Transmitting Science:

  • A free Transmitting Science course: Choose any course offered within the next two years. Explore the full list here.
  • 3 free career coaching sessions: Receive expert guidance to tackle career-related challenges. Learn more about this service here.

This is your chance to showcase your research and win a prize that supports your professional growth. Good luck to all participants!

We are thrilled to announce that two awards will be granted as part of the 5th Palaeontological Virtual Congress, recognizing the best video presentation and best slide presentation by Early Career Researchers!

Thanks to the generous support of PeerJ, each winner will receive:

  • A free publication in any PeerJ journal (subject to peer review).
  • A feature on the PeerJ blog, highlighting their research and its impact.

This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase your work, gain recognition for your achievements, and publish your research with PeerJ. We encourage all Early Career Researchers to participate and share their innovative contributions to paleontology!

In past editions

PeerJ Award Winners

Best Poster Presentation. Winner: Petra Lukeneder.
Best Video Presentation. Winner: Anthony Romilio.

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Transmitting Science Award Winner

Best student Presentation. Winner: Malton Carvalho Fraga. Title “”

List of participants edition 2023 “4th Palaeontological Virtual Congress”

Daniel Navarro Guerrero · Ataque de Repenomamus al nido de Psittacosaurus
Paeloart · 2nd Prize (tie)

Daniel Navarro Guerrero · Jaekelopterus cazando Phacops
Paeloart · Special Mention

Victor Beccari · Sunset at the age of giants
Photography (Taphonomy and Ichnology) 

Victor Beccari · Jurassic beach
Photography (Invertebrates) 

Victor Beccari · Ice age reflections
Photography (Vertebrate Palaeontology) · 1er Prize in the Category

Muhammad Awais · (1) Corals in Pleistocene(?) rocks, northern Calabria, southern Italy
Photography (Invertebrate Palaeontology)

Muhammad Awais ·(2) Foraminifera in Eocene carbonates, Kohat Plateau, Pakistan
Photography (Invertebrate Palaeontology)

Muhammad Awais ·(3) Foraminifera in carbonates, Zinda Pir, Sulaiman Range, Pakistan
Photography (Invertebrate Palaeontology)

Jaqueline Pérez Solsona · Petrificado
Photography (Invertebrate Palaeontology)

Lucia Šmídová · Cretaceous resiniferous forest
Paleoarte

Harriet B. Drage · Life on the Seafloor
Photography (Invertebrate Palaeontology)

Harriet B. Drage · Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Photography (Other topics related to palaeontology) · 1er Prize in the Category

Maxime Santer · Attentive Balaur in Hatzeg Forest
Paeloart 

Samuele Consolo · Deinocheirus
Paeloart 

Samuele Consolo · Kaiwhekea and squids
Paeloart 

Samuele Consolo · Thalassodromeus sunset
Paeloart 

David Groenewald · It’s a small world by A. Krüger
Photography (Taphonomy and Ichnology) 

Manuel Andreas Staggl · Jurassic Jaws: Protospinax annectans in the Solnhofen Archipelago
Paleoart

Alexander Assemat · Initializing future fossiliferous deposits in Quercy cavities
Photography (Taphonomy and Ichnology)

Ferrutxo · Dance of the Fireflies
Paleoart 

Ferrutxo · Morning in the forest
Paleoart · Special Mention

Jesús Gamarra González · Herpetofauna of the Early Miocene locality of les Cases de La Valenciana 1 (Vallès-Penedès Basin, Iberian Peninsula)
Paleoart · 1er Prize

Abhishek Pratap Singh · Reconstruction of palaeoecology of Siwalik during late Miocene based on the δ13C and δ18O data (a) Giraffidae, (b) Equidae (c) Bovidae, (d) Tragulidae, and (e) Suidae
Paleoart

Gustavo Corrêa de Almeida · Sangaia lavinai: the rebirth of a Temnospondyli
Paleoart

Luis Enrique Gómez Pérez · Trapped in amber: a myriapod and other invertebrates
Photography (Invertebrates)

Iniwara Kurovski Pereira · Interpretation of Boucot’s Australospirifer Paleocommunity
Paleoart

Iniwara Kurovski Pereira · Devonian Starfish Preying on a Bivalve
Paleoart

Iniwara Kurovski Pereira · Trilobitomorpha
Paleoart

Francisco Joao Da Costa Pinto · A peak through some of a paleontologist’s tasks
Photography (Taphonomy and Ichnology) · 1er Prize in the Category

José Daniel Romero Calvo · Jurassic shades
Photography (Invertebrate Palaeontology) 

José Daniel Romero Calvo · Oncolites from the Torrecilla formation
Photography (Invertebrate Palaeontology) 

José Daniel Romero Calvo · Capa oolitos ferruginosos de Arroyofrío
Photography (Invertebrate Palaeontology) 

Turner Alice · Leedsichthys problematicus
Paleoart 

Turner Alice · Parapuzosia
Paleoart 

Turner Alice · Aegirocassis benmoulae
Paleoart 

Peter Nickolaus · Underwater Chase in the Western Interior Seaway (Tylosaurus, Archelon, Hesperornis)
Paleoart · 2nd Prize (tie)

Peter Nickolaus · Snack Time During a Permian Drought (Dimetrodon, Diplocaulus, Xenacanthus)
Paleoart 

Peter Nickolaus · A Morning Surprise (Megaloceros, Homo)
Paleoart · Special Mention

Seabourne Rust · Fossil bearing strata at Castlecliff, Wanganui Basin, New Zealand with a border of encrusting bryozoans!
Paleoart 

Darja Dankina · The coral beach of Thailand
Photography (Other topics related to palaeontology)

Darja Dankina · Coral islands of Thailand
Photography (Other topics related to palaeontology)

Darja Dankina · Walking to the bottom of Palaeobasin
Photography (Taphonomy and Ichnology)

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