Journey of a Lifetime is a grant of £4,000 for an original and inspiring journey anywhere in the world, awarded to those with a curiosity about the world and the desire to communicate with a wider audience.

The winner receives radio and broadcast training from the BBC, and records their journey for a BBC Radio 4 documentary.

  Next Deadline: September 2010

  Download the Journey of a Lifetime Award Guidelines PDF

Video by Dave Waldman

  2009 Recipient

  Visit Dan's blog to find out more about his journey

Dan's journey has been featured in a variety of media. To learn more about it, and the Carteret Islands, follow these links:

• BBC Radio 4 documentary - Carteret Islands: Sharks in the Garden
• Journey of a Lifetime programme, to be broadcast Friday 4 September at 11.02-11.30 
• George Monbiot column in The Guardian
• Dan's weekly blog for The Ecologist magazine
• Australian JJJ Hack radio show
• Evictions Underway: Nature Gives Notice - Ecosalon.com website
• Denial Island - American Prospect
• Papua New Guinea National Broadcasting Corporation
• The Bund Mandarin magazine
• Les Humaines Associes blog