The ASAB Medal
If you have any questions or comments about the ASAB Medal, please contact the Secretary of ASAB Council.
The ASAB Medal is awarded annually for contributions to the science of animal behaviour - through teaching, writing, broadcasting, research, or for work on behalf of the association. There is no limit on age or career stage. The medal is awarded at either the Summer or Winter meeting.
The ASAB Council intends the medal not only to provide an appropriate way of recognising distinction in our field, but also to raise the profile of ASAB and the field of animal behaviour in the wider scientific community.
The ASAB medal was designed by Jonathan Kingdon and is struck in bronze.
Prof. Jane Hurst is awarded the 2017 ASAB Medal by ASAB President Prof. Pat Monaghan.
Members of ASAB are invited to nominate one or more candidates for the medal. Female nominees are particularly encouraged as women tend to be under-represented at the nomination stage. Nominees should agree to being nominated.
Nomination forms can be downloaded here. A separate form should be completed for each nominee. Once completed, please submit each nomination form along with the relevant supporting documents in a separate email (one email per nominee) to the ASAB Secretary by the deadline.
Nominations are open and will be considered for three consecutive years. The deadline for nominations for the 2025 award is 1st December 2024.
Recipients of the ASAB Medal
2024 - Prof Rebecca Kilner, FRS
2023 - Prof Ben Hatchwell
2022 - Prof Nicola Clayton, FRS
2021 - Prof Anne Magurran, CBE FRSE
2020 - Prof Leigh Simmons
2019 - Prof Alex Kacelnik, FRS
2018- Prof Innes Cuthill
2017 - Prof Jane Hurst, OBE FRSB
2016 - Dr Kate Lessells
2015 - Prof Pat Monaghan, FRS
2014 - Prof Tim Clutton-Brock, FRS
2013 - Prof Alasdair Houston, FRS and Prof John McNamara, FRS
2012 - Prof Tim Birkhead, FRS
2011 - Prof Alan Grafen, FRS
2010 - Dr Michael Dockery
2009 - Prof Marian Stamp Dawkins, CBE FRS
2008 - Prof Christopher Barnard
2007 - Prof Robert Elwood, MRIA
2006 - Prof Felicity Huntingford, FRSE
2005 - Prof Linda Partridge, CBE FRS FRSE
2004 - Prof John Alcock
2003 - Prof John Wingfield
2002 - Prof Geoffrey A. Parker, FRS
2001 - Prof P. Patrick G. Bateson, FRS
2000 - Prof Sir John R. Krebs, FRS
1999 - Prof Peter J.B. Slater, FRSE
1998 - Prof Aubrey W.G. Manning, OBE FRSE
1997 - Prof Robert A. Hinde, CBE FRS
1996 - Prof Nicholas B. Davies, FRS
1995 - Prof John Maynard Smith, FRS