Research Grants

Details of how to apply for the Society’s research grants will be advertised during the summer.

View the winners of the 2012 research grants.

For the encouragement of research in stratigraphy, with palaeontology, and in physical geology. Must be between 28 and 51 years of age.

For the prosecution of outdoor research preferentially of a palaeontological or stratigraphical character, and preferentially within the limits of the British Commonwealth.

Must be under 28 years of age; for a field project for research in Earth science. Not for military activity or development.

For members of the Society for geological field-based research anywhere in the world. Preference for those under 30 years of age.

To assist geologists of Great Britain and Ireland to travel to and in Canada; or to assist in the publication of meritorious papers by geologists of Great Britain and Ireland upon the geology of Canada; or to assist such geologists in any other way best adapted to further this object.

To a geologist under the age of 30; in the form of travel bursaries to enable recipients to broaden their experience and for professional development.

Novas Consulting is an independent energy consultancy offering integrated geoscience and engineering technical services. Novas Consulting generously offer £1500 to fund up to 6 bursaries for field mapping projects linked to studies of stratigraphy, structure or sedimentary geology/processes. To find out more about Novas Consulting, visit www.novasconsulting.com.

Undergraduate Research Bursaries

The Nuffield Foundation are no longer running their Undergraduate Research Bursaries scheme directly but instead will work with the Geological Society, and other organisations, to provide funding to support undergraduates for a six to eight week research project during the summer vacation. There will be a limited number of undergraduate research bursaries available, the average amount of which will be £1400.

The Jeremy Willson Charitable Trust, and the Willson family, generously supports the Geological Society 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 the spirit of Jeremy’s interests, the Jeremy Willson Award supports field-based projects with a distinct focus on the physical environment. To find out more about the Jeremy Willson Charitable Trust, visit www.jwct.org.uk.