Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Ralph Brown Expedition Award

 

Purpose: The grant is a single annual award worth £15,000, offered to the leader of an expedition working in a marine environment. This includes the study of inland or coastal wetlands, rivers or shallow (less than 200m) marine environments. The project should be of value to the host country and where possible to the local community. The team should include nationals of the host country and the project should involve at least 4-6 weeks in the field.

Eligibility: Researchers. Applicants must be fellows or members of the RGS-IBG. The grant is open to applicants from any nation.

Deadline: Preliminary Proposals: 24 November 2006. Complete Proposals 12 January 2007.

 

More complete details (Please look to the far right hand side of the page): http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Grants/Research/Ralph+Brown+Expedition+Award.htm

 

Inquiries:

 

Sarah Henton

Grants Officer (funded by the Ralph Brown Memorial Trust)

Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)

1 Kensington Gore

London SW7 2AR

T: +44 (0)207 591 3073

F: +44 (0)207 591 3001

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Previous recipient: Iwona Conlan, School of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia

 

Project title: The geomorphology of pools along the lower-Mekong River in Southeast Asia and the transboundary impacts of river basin development