The Henrietta Hutton Memorial Fund offers research grants to female students under 25 years of age who intend to undertake field research overseas as an individual or as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The field research must be of more than four weeks duration but does not necessarily have to be connected to the student's academic studies. Two grants of £500 each are awarded annually. The intention is that one grant should go to an undergraduate and the other to a postgraduate student. The grants are given in memory of Mrs Henrietta Hutton, a young Oxford graduate who died in 1963. She was a founder member of the Oxford University Women's Exploration Club and a widely respected ornithologist, the behaviour and ecology of birds being her prime interest. Henrietta was also a member of the OUWEC Madeiras expedition in 1961. ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES * Applicants must be female students registered with a UK Higher Education Institution * Preference will be given to field research studies with a significant geographical, social and/or environmental science or natural history element * Applicants should show evidence of strong host country participation in the field research to be undertaken * Applicants must begin their field research the same year the grant is awarded * Projects involving joining an existing commercial organisation on a pre-paid tour will not be considered APPLICATION PROCEDURE Applications Applications (typed/word processed) should be submitted to the Grants Officer at the Society together with all supporting documents by 25 January 2004. This deadline will be strictly enforced. Detailed guidelines are set out above. Acknowledgement of receipt will be made by email (if you require acknowledgement of receipt by post please enclose a self-addressed label with your application). Full details are available at http://www.rgs.org/templ.php?page=9granhh Natalie Bradshaw Research Services Officer Planning & Research Office, University of Stirling, FK9 4LA 01786 466691 natalie.bradshaw@stir.ac.uk