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@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@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@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@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@strath.ac.uk <mailto:rsgs@strath.ac.uk> Web: <http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/~rsgs/grants1.html>

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