RBS-IBG Gilchrist Fieldwork Award 2025 (up to £15,000) Deadline: 23 September, 2024

Applications are open for the RBS-IBG Gilchrist Fieldwork Award 2025. The Gilchrist Fieldwork Award, of the Gilchrist Educational Trust, was first awarded in 1990. It is entirely owned, funded and awarded by the Trust, but operationally administered for a fee by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG).

The award, now annual, of £15,000 is given to a team of researchers with an outstanding proposal for research to advance geographical knowledge, that requires significant, challenging overseas fieldwork. The award should support a single field session of high-quality research and data collection. There should be strong links and collaborations with local agencies and communities. Local benefits should be demonstrated in applications.

Award

• The Gilchrist Educational Trust offers an award of £15,000 to support original and challenging overseas fieldwork carried out by small teams of university academics and other researchers.

Eligibility

• Open to established researchers.
• Applications from geographers, ecologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, earth and environmental scientists, and researchers from related fields are all strongly encouraged.
• Applicants must hold a PhD at time of application and be based in a UK Higher Education Institution or equivalent research establishment.

Application

To apply for a grant, complete the RGS-IBG grants programme application form and send this, accompanied by a one-page CV, by email to grants@rgs.org by 11.59pm on the deadline. 

For more information, visit Gilchrist Fieldwork Award.