By the kind generosity of Fellows Paul and Mary Slawson, the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) offers two-three awards annually between £1,000-£3,000 for PhD students intending to carry out geographical field research.

The awards support geographical fieldwork involving development issues with a high social and economic value.

  Next Deadline: 6 February 2009

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  Slawson Award past recipients PDF

  2008 Recipient

· Li Kheng Poh (University of Brighton) - NIMBYism and environmental accountability in Malaysia: Insights from the Broga and Bukit Merah environmental campaigns

· Gotzone Garay, (Canterbury University) - Kenyah Badeng ethnoclimatology: Local knowledge, scientific forecasting and responses to the El Niño phenomenon in Central Borneo