The scientific committee has awarded five student grants of 1500 Euro each plus free registration to gifted young scientists.

The awardees are:

• Annawaty (Department of Biology, Bogor Agricultural University, Bogor, University)
   
• Clewing, Catharina (Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany)
   
• Hauffe, Torsten (Department of Animal Ecology and Systematics, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany)
   
• Jovanovska, Elena (Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Skopje, Macedonia)
   
• Pfaender, Jobst (Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany)