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 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. The award should support a single field session of high-quality research and data collection. There should be strong links and collaborations with local agencies and communities. Local benefits should be demonstrated in applications.
WORTH
- An award of £15,000 is given to the team of researchers.
ELIGIBILITY
- Applications from geographers, ecologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, earth and environmental scientists, and researchers from related fields are all strongly encouraged.
- The award is open to established researchers.
- Applicants must hold a PhD at time of application and be based in a UK Higher Education Institution or equivalent research establishment.
DEADLINE: November 23, 2022
To apply and for more information, visit here
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