> Japanese Postgraduate Scholarships
> Deadline: 9 August 2004
> The Japanese government invites applications for its research scholarships
> for UK graduates to study at Japanese universities. There are two
> categories: a two-year scholarship from April 2005 and a 18-month
> scholarship from October 2005. The awards include six months of Japanese
> language study.
> Successful applicants may undertake research in almost any field, as long
> as it is relevant to …
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> Applicants must be under 35 years of age as of April 2005. Funding will
> cover return airfare, tuition fees and a monthly allowance of 175,000 yen.
> Contact: Japan Information and Cultural Centre, Embassy of Japan, 101-104
> Piccadilly, London W1J 7JT, United Kingdom
> Tel: +44 20 7465 6583,
> Email: susan.meehan(a)jpembassy.org.uk
> <mailto:susan.meehan@jpembassy.org.uk>
> Web:
> <http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/en/study/mext_postgrad.html>
>
> Geomorphology Grants
> Deadline: 30 September 2004
> The British Geomorphological Research Offers the following awards.
> * research grants, of up to £1,000, are available to non-postgraduate
> members to support small projects or specific research costs, such as
> travel or dating
> * postgraduate research grants of up to £500 are available to
> postgraduate members registered for a higher research degree. They are
> primarily to support students who do not receive full funding for their
> PhD or where an additional opportunity to add value to an existing PhD
> programme has arisen (eg new data available, invitation to visit an
> overseas laboratory).
> * postgraduate conference awards of up to £500 are to assist
> postgraduate members in presenting a paper or poster at a conference, and
> are intended to cover part of the total cost of registration,
> accommodation and travel. Students without research council funding or
> equivalent are particularly encouraged to apply.
> Grants may be used for a paper or poster presentation at any
> geomorphologically relevant UK or overseas conference. Awards are for up
> to £500.
> Contact: BGRG Administrative Assistant, c/o Royal Geographical
> Society-Institute of British Geographers, 1 Kensington Gore
> London SW7 2AR, United Kingdom
> Tel: +44 20 7591 3028, Fax: +44 20 7591 3001
> Email: bgrg(a)rgs.org <mailto:bgrg@rgs.org>
> Web: <http://www.bgrg.org/pages/funding/postgradconference/>
>
>
> History of Science Prize
> Deadline: 15 December 2004
> The British Society for the History of Science invites applications for
> its Singer prize. This is made to the writer of an unpublished essay based
> in original research into any aspect of the history of science, technology
> or medicine. The prize, of up to £300, is intended for younger scholars or
> recent entrants into the profession. Candidates must be registered for a
> postgraduate degree or have been awarded such in the two years prior to
> the closing date.
> Contact: Sally Horrocks, BSHS Secretary, School of Historical Studies,
> Leicester University, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
> Email: smh4(a)le.ac.uk <mailto:smh4@le.ac.uk>
> Web: <http://www.bshs.org.uk/prizes/singer.html>
>
> RGS Geographical Research
> Deadline: 25 January 2005
> The Royal Geographical Society invites applications for the following
> awards
> * Dax Copp travelling fellowship. This annual award supports overseas
> travel in connection with biological study, teaching or research, and is
> worth £500. The applicant must be British and registered with a British
> institution of higher education
> * Henrietta Hutton research grants. Two grants of £500 are available
> for female students under 25 years of age registered with a UK institute
> of higher education. One grant will go to an undergraduate and the other
> to a postgraduate student. The field research must be of more than four
> weeks duration. Preference will be given to field research with a
> significant geographical, social and/or environmental science or natural
> history element. Applicants should show evidence of strong host country
> participation in the research to be undertaken.
> * Monica Cole grantoffers £1,000 for original field research carried
> out overseas by a female physical geographer. Applicants must be
> researchers at a UK institution of higher education.
> * Violet Cressey-Marcks Fisher travel scholarship to fund a
> geographical research project involving a period of overseas fieldwork of
> at least six months. It is worth £350. Applicants must be British and
> registered with a UK institute of higher education. Preference is given to
> younger applicants.
> Contact: Grants Officer, RGS-IBG, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR
> United Kingdom
> Tel: +44 20 7591 3073, Fax: +44 20 7591 3031
> Email: grants(a)rgs.org <mailto:grants@rgs.org>
> Web: <http://www.rgs.org/templ.php?page=9granVCM>
>
>
> RSGS Scottish Geography
> Deadline: 31 January 2005
> The Royal Scottish Geographical Society offers the following awards.
> * Travel Grants designed to provide individual members of the society
> in higher education institutions with grants of up to £500 to aid
> attendance at conferences and symposia where the applicant intends to
> present a research paper. Applications are particularly welcomed from
> postgraduates and those early in their research careers.
> * small grants in support of geographical research. Typical grants are
> in the region of £250 to £500 and will not exceed £1,000. This award is
> available only to members of the society and is specifically given to help
> with the cost of data collection and fieldwork. Applications are
> particularly welcomed from postgraduates and those early in their research
> careers.
> Contact: Administrative Officer, Research Grants Scheme, RSGS, 40 George
> St
> Glasgow G1 1QE, United Kingdom
> Tel: +44 141 552 3330, Fax: +44 141 552 3331
> Email: rsgs(a)strath.ac.uk <mailto:rsgs@strath.ac.uk>
> Web: <http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/~rsgs/grants1.html>
>
>
> Sylvia Barnes
> Secretary, Planning & Research Office
> Room 3B1
> X 7041
>
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Some funding opportunities for your information:
> Fisheries Science Travel Grants
> Deadline 1 September 2004
> The Fisheries Society of the British Isles invites applications from
> members for its travel grants to enable postgraduate students and others
> to attend and present their work at scientific meetings, visit other
> institutes and researchers, and attend training courses related to
> fisheries science. Grants are of up to £1,000.
> Contact: Travel Grants …
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> CB2 4HJ, United Kingdom
> Tel: +44 1223 830665, Fax: +44 1223 839804
> Email: FSBI(a)grantais.demon.co.uk <mailto:FSBI@grantais.demon.co.uk>
> Web: <http://www.le.ac.uk/biology/fsbi/benefits.html>
>
> WIGS German Conferences
> Deadline: 1 September 2004
> Women in German Studies offers grants to attend conferences in the UK,
> Ireland or German-speaking areas, at which the applicant is giving a
> paper. Postgraduates are eligible for this support no more than once a
> year and must be have been members of the society for at least three
> months. Grants will not normally exceed £100.
> Contact: Andrea Hammel, WIGS Treasurer, Centre for German-Jewish Studies,
> University of Sussex Library, Brighton BN1 9QL, United Kingdom
> Tel: +44 1273 877178
> Email: a.hammel(a)sussex.ac.uk <mailto:a.hammel@sussex.ac.uk>
> Web: <http://www.wigs.ac.uk/travelgrants.htm>
>
> ASAB Animal Behaviour
> Deadline: 1 November 2004
> The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour offers the following
> awards
> * travel grants. These are intended to help postgraduate members of
> the association attend conferences other than those organised by the
> association, either in the UK or overseas. Applicants should normally be
> contributing papers on animal behaviour, and must be registered for a
> higher degree. Grants will not exceed £500.
> * postgraduate and research workshops. The scheme aims to advance
> understanding of some fertile area of animal behaviour by supporting a
> small meeting of workers in the area concerned. It will be expected to
> formulate proposals for future research and/or the promotion of animal
> behaviour science. Funding is mainly for younger workers (PhD,
> postdoctoral researchers) who are association members.
> * research grants to support pilot projects and small-scale projects,
> relating to animal behaviour, that are unlikely to attract funding
> elsewhere. Grants will not exceed £5,000. Applicants must be ASAB members
> with a PhD.
> *
> Contact: Emma Cunningham, Secretary, ASAB Grants Committee, Institute of
> Cell, Animal and Population Biology, Ashworth Laboratories, King's
> Buildings, West Mains Rd, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, United Kingdom
> Tel: +44 131 651 3602, Fax: +44 131 650 6564
> Email: e.cunningham(a)ed.ac.uk <mailto:e.cunningham@ed.ac.uk>
> Web: <http://www.societies.ncl.ac.uk/asab/research_grants.html>
>
> BA US Research Visits
> Deadline: 31 December 2004
> The British Academy offers grants to postgraduates for research in the
> humanities and social sciences at the Huntington Library in San Marino,
> California; the Newberry Library in Chicago; and the American
> Philosophical Society.
> The Huntington Library specialises in British and American history,
> literature and art. The Newberry Library specialises in the history of
> western Europe and the Americas from the late Middle Ages to the 19th
> century, literature and the history of cartography. The APS specialises in
> humanities and social sciences, with priority given to younger scholars,
> and those researching American studies and the history of science,
> medicine and technology.
> Awards are available for one to three months and funds cover travel and
> maintenance expenses.
> Contact: International Relations Department, British Academy, 10 Carlton
> House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH, United Kingdom,
> Tel: +44 20 7969 5220, Fax: +44 20 7969 5414
> Email: overseas(a)britac.ac.uk <mailto:overseas@britac.ac.uk>
> Web: <http://www.britac.ac.uk/funding/guide/usanfa.html>
>
> Sylvia Barnes
> Secretary, Planning & Research Office
> Room 3B1
> X 7041
>
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Departmental Assistants: PLEASE FORWARD
Careers: FOR INFO
These awards, for postgraduate courses begining in September 2005, are for
one or two years, and include a stipend of $1,376 per month, plus tuition
fees. They are open to suitably qualified British citizens who are
currently resident in the UK, and who have followed a school education in
the UK.
Further information is available from
http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/courtoffice/thouronawards.html
The closing date for applications is …
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be held in London in January 2005.
Wilma Ellis
Research Services Officer
Planning and Research Office
University of Stirling
Stirling
FK9 4LA
Tel: 01786 466691
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