Field Centre Grants

The Field Centre Grants are a new annual Award of £5,000 to support field research on an important geographical topic at international field centres, preferably in some of the world’s poorest countries. Integral to any project must be the active involvement of in-country, early career field scientists.

More than 700 international field centres exist around the world, ranging from small independent field-camps to large long-term international facilities. For more information about international field centres, see the World Register of Field Centres.

Deadline

15 March 2013

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Field Centre Grants guidelines (PDF)
Research Ethics and Code of Practice (PDF)

Field Centre Grant recipients

 2012: Dr Kevin White (University of Reading).
Integrating new techniques for dune survey; extending the Gobabeb dune database

The project will integrate new techniques for dune surveying, in order to extend the Gobabeb dune database. There are few long time series of field data on sand dune morphology, but a repeatedly-surveyed dune near Gobabeb Field Research Centre has yielded important insights into dune morphodynamics. The team will work with and train Namibian field scientists.

About the Award

These grants have been developed as one outcome of the Society’s Research Programme Review in 2010. Initially, the grants will be awarded annually for a period of five years.