The Jeremy Willson Charitable Trust, and the Willson family, generously supports the RGS-IBG’s Geographical Fieldwork Grants programme, in memory of their son and brother, Jeremy Willson.

Jeremy was a great athlete, geologist and adventurer. He sadly died of new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) in March 2006.

In 1998 Jeremy received support from RGS-IBG through the Geographical Fieldwork Grant scheme for his geological expedition to the El Queva volcanic complex, Argentina

In the spirit of Jeremy’s interests, the Jeremy Willson Award supports field-based projects with a distinct focus on the physical environment.

The first award was given in 2007 to a group of students from the University of Portsmouth, investigating geohazards in Dominica.