RE: DARWIN NOW posting
DARWIN NOW (see http://www.britishcouncil.org/science-darwin-now-awards.htm )
Are you a researcher, artist or writer, interested in the natural
world and have a small-scale project you want to develop outside the
UK?
The Darwin Now awards offer small grants to allow individuals working
in the sciences, humanities, arts and media, the opportunity to pursue a
stand-alone piece of fieldwork/research outside the UK.
Even 150
years since the publication of On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin and
evolutionary theory continues to inspire debate about science, religion and
society.
In recognition of the strong contribution made by individuals
working in new environments and sharing their ideas with new audiences the
British Council, are offering UK based researchers, artists and writers the
opportunity to spend time doing fieldwork in another country.
The
awards are to support an individual's research project relating to Darwin, his
legacy, evolutionary theory, or biodiversity. It must be a stand-alone piece of
fieldwork/research which results in a clear outcome, for example: a published
paper, a book, or an exhibition.
Up to £5000 is available for each award
as a contribution towards travel and subsistence and any consumable equipment
costs.
The awards are available to individuals at any stage in their
professional career. Applicants can be from any area of research or the arts.
The proposed fieldwork does not have to be part the individual's wider work and
should be a project that they are unlikely to receive funding for from other
sources.
It should be an innovative and novel proposal with ambitious but
achievable outcomes, which could take into account possible wider cultural
implications. The project could be an idea that the applicant has wanted to
pursue but has not had the opportunity, possibly building on previous
work.
