On July 23, 2024, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (President: Sugino Tsuyoshi) convened a meeting of the International Prize for Biology Committee (Chair: Dr. Fujiyoshi Yoshinori, Distinguished Professor at Tokyo Medical and Dental University) and decided to award the 40th International Prize for Biology to Dr. Angelika Brandt, 62, Germany. Dr. Brandt is a Professor at the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt and at the Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. The field of this year’s prize is Systematic Biology and Taxonomy. Further details, including the rationale for the award decision, can be found on the following pages.