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 their field of expertise or previous study.
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