[ Fyssen International Prize - ECOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND SPATIAL NAVIGATION ]

The aim of the Fyssen Foundation is to “encourage all forms of scientific inquiry into cognitive mechanisms, including thought and reasoning, which underlie animal and human behaviour; their biological and cultural bases, and phylogenetic and ontogenetic development”.
 
The 2019 Fyssen International Prize will be awarded for research in ecological psychology and spatial navigation. Spatial Cognition is one of the central characteristics of our species, and it is expressed through human behaviour at the individual, population and inter- regional levels, and is reflected in many aspects of society and culture. The prize will be awarded to a scholar who has significantly advanced our understanding of the relationship between coordinate systems and variables such as environment, language, and cosmology.
 
This Prize is awarded to a scientist who has conducted distinguished research in the areas supported by the Foundation: Ethology, Psychology, Neurobiology, Social Anthropology, Ethnology, Human Paleontology and Archaeology.
 
Prize: EUR 100,000
 
Requirements: The application must be submitted by a recognized scientist and include:

• Recommendation letter
• Curriculum vitae and list of publications
• Summary (four pages maximum) of the research work that justifies the award

• Prize online information page
• Foundation secretariat: [email protected]