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 Committee, FSBI, 82A High St, Sawston, Cambridge CB2 4HJ, United Kingdom Tel: +44 1223 830665, Fax: +44 1223 839804 Email: FSBI@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@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@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@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