By the kind generosity of the His Majesty Qaboos bin Said Al Said, Sultan of Oman, the Society offers one annual fellowship of up to £8,000 for geographical research in the arid regions of the world, as a memorial to Sir Wilfred Thesiger.

The annual fellowship reflects Thesiger’s interests in the peoples and environments of the desert. The fellowship will focus either on the physical aspects or on the human dimension of arid environments.

The fellowship funds a researcher with an outstanding research proposal, including periods of arid environment fieldwork. To reflect Thesiger's interests, research within the Middle East and other arid regions he visited will be given priority, but applications for work in the world's other arid regions is also welcomed.

  Next Deadline: 26 November 2010

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  2010 Recipients

· Giles Wiggs and Richard Bailey (Oxford University) - Stressed deserts: identifying tipping points in vegetation and wind erosion in response to increasing environmental pressure

· Abigail Stone (Oxford University) - Rainfall in the desert sand: groundwater recharge rates and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction in the southern Kalahari

  About Sir Wilfred Thesiger