The Gilchrist Educational Trust offers an award to support original and challenging overseas fieldwork carried out by small teams of university academics and other researchers.
The Gilchrist Fieldwork Award, of the Gilchrist Educational Trust, was first awarded in 1990. It is entirely owned, funded and awarded by the Trust, but operationally administered for a fee by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).
Aim and Benefits
The Gilchrist Educational Trust offers an award of £15,000 to support original and challenging overseas fieldwork carried out by small teams of university academics and other researchers.
Requirements
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Applications from geographers, ecologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, earth and environmental scientists, and researchers from related fields are all strongly encouraged.
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The award is open to established researchers.
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Applicants must hold a PhD at time of application and be based in a UK Higher Education Institution or equivalent research establishment.
Interview date, Process and Venue
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The award, now annual, is given to a team of researchers with an outstanding proposal for research to advance geographical knowledge, that requires significant, challenging overseas fieldwork.
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The award should support a single field session of high-quality research and data collection.
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There should be strong links and collaborations with local agencies and communities. Local benefits should be demonstrated in applications.
Application Deadline
November 23, 2024
How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to Royal Geographical Society on cdn-rgs-media-prod.azureedge.net to apply
All prospective grant applicants are encouraged to read our Advice and Resources pages, which include more information about the grants programme, its conditions, how to apply for a grant and what is expected if your application is successful. Please read this information carefully and send your application, or any enquiries, by email to [email protected]
For more details visit: RGS website.
