By the kind generosity of the His Majesty Qaboos bin Said Al Said, Sultan of Oman, the Society offers two annual fellowships of up to £8,000 for geographical research in the arid regions of the world, as a memorial to Sir Wilfred Thesiger.
The annual fellowships reflect Thesiger’s interests in the peoples and environments of the desert. One fellowship will focus on the physical aspects and the other on the human dimension of arid environments.
The fellowship funds two researchers with outstanding research proposals 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: 27 November 2009
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· Thesiger-Oman Fellowship Guidelines PDF
· Research Ethics Code of Practice PDF
Thesiger-Oman Fellowship past recipients PDF
2009 Recipients
· Mike Rogerson (University of Hull) - Understanding the Libyan “Monsoon”
· Henning Bjornlund (University of Lethbridge, Alberta, and University of South Australia, Adelaide) - An analysis of institutional arrangements of the falaj irrigation systems in Oman
About Sir Wilfred Thesiger