American Society of Naturalists

The ASN Distinguished Naturalist Award is given to an active investigator in mid-career who has made significant contributions to the knowledge of a particular ecosystem or group of organisms. Nominations for the 2026 award are due January 3, 2026

The Conceptual Unification award is given annually and honors a senior but active investigator who is making fundamental contributions to the Society's goals in promoting the conceptual unification of the natural biological sciences. Nominations for the 2026 Award are due January 30, 2026

Nominations/Applications for the 2026 Early Career Investigator Award are due January 5, 2026

The ASN Diversity Committee seeks to add 2 new members in January 2026. Applicants should apply by Nov 30.

For more information about the ASN Diversity Committee, see https://www.amnat.org/about/governance/Diversity.html

Send in nominations by April 1. Please include a short paragraph on why. 

The ASN is seeking applicants for Editor-in-Chief, to begin in January 2027

Honorees for the ASN Outstanding Student Poster Award at Evolution, June 2025: Sarah K. Swiston with Louisa Bartkovich and Robert Ernst

The ASN is delighted to announce its newest Honorary Lifetime Members: Joel Kingsolver and Douglas Futuyma

The Presidential Award is chosen by the President of the American Society of Naturalists from all of the papers published in The American Naturalist during the preceding calendar year. The winner of the award for 2025 is “Multitrophic Higher-Order Interactions Modulate Species Persistence” by Lisa Buche, Ignasi Bartomeus, and Oscar Godoy. Congratulations!

The ASN Student Research Awards support research by student members that advances the goals of the society: the conceptual unification of ecology, evolution, and behavior. 

This year’s winners are Emily Burgess, Nina Ferrari, Subhashis Halder, Aidan Harrington, Robert Hechler, Yuxin Hou, Rishiddh Jhaveri, Kyla Knauf, Peter Searle, and Florencia Vilches. Congratulations!