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I have been sent this which may be of interest to those of you who are in touch with students. If you are attcahed to a University please notify any relevant colleagues. Sean Society for Caribbean Studies, GB Research Bursaries and Travel Grants Full details at http://www.dnmt.org.uk/dnmt/index.php?p=default&rn=awards Two types of Research Bursary are available: One Research Bursary up to £1500 is open to post-graduate students, in the UK or overseas, preparing a project, dissertation or thesis on the Caribbean and who can benefit from: a.. access to David's former library, now housed in the David Nicholls Room at Regent's Park College in Oxford. This contains material on Haiti, Trinidad and modern politics in the Caribbean as well as interface of politics and theology. b.. access to material housed in other libraries in Oxford. Of particular note are the archives of the Baptist Missionary Society (including material from Haiti, Trinidad and Jamaica) in Regent's Park College and books on the modern Caribbean c.. in the library at Rhodes House. Oxford University library catalogue can be viewed via OLIS on http://library.ox.ac.uk The second Research Bursary, also up to £1500, is open to applicants from UK institutions to pursue field work in the Caribbean, spending at least two weeks abroad. Travel Grants Travel Grants up to the value of £300 are open normally to second and final year undergraduate or to postgraduate students registered with a UK higher educational institution and working on a Caribbean topic. Up to three will be awarded each year. These support second and final year undergraduates or postgraduate students registered with a UK higher educational institution and working on a Caribbean topic. Grants are worth up to £300. Closing date: 31 Mar 11