Announcing the Ronald W. Hardy Award for Young Authors

Abstract

Aquaculture Research is committed to supporting young aquaculture and fisheries scientists and fish biologists by highlighting the work of early career authors worldwide. In this context, Aquaculture Research is delighted to announce an annual award named after our founding Editor-in-Chief Professor Ronald W. Hardy. Dr. Hardy is now a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences and past Director of the Aquaculture Research Institute at the University of Idaho. In addition, to his role as Editor-in-Chief of Aquaculture Research, his career spanned several decades and encompassed a number of different international roles in which he played a significant contribution in advancing the field of aquaculture. Dr. Hardy has always been passionate about teaching the next generation of fish biologists, therefore given this and his esteemed career and previous contributions to the journal, Aquaculture Research is delighted to name our inaugural annual young authors award after him, in which he will also play a role in judging in collaboration with the current Editor-in-Chief.

The Ronald W. Hardy Award for Young Authors will be given out each year in August with the first award being granted in 2025 and receiving a cash prize of 500 pounds. This award is intended to recognize the noteworthy work being conducted by students and early career authors across all fields covered by the journal. To qualify for this award you have to either be listed on the manuscript as the first or last author and have completed your PhD or DPhil no more than five years ago and the qualifying manuscript published no earlier than January the year before the award is given, for instance for the 2025 award paper, only manuscripts published on or after January 1st 2024 will be considered. To apply for the award, please indicate this when submitting your manuscript by informing the Editor-in-Chief and/or the editorial office. Of course, reterospective submissions as long as they fufill the criteria will be considered and these can also be made as stated above. Moreover, as part of this initiative, we will promote the qualifying research and authors on our journal homepage.

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

The authors received no specific funding for this work.