Research Grants
The Research Funds of the Society are listed below. Conditions of eligibility and other conditions are indicated.
Applications should be addressed to the Awards Secretary at the Geological Society. They should be accompanied by a statement of the programme of work intended, the sum requested and two letters of support from Fellows of the Society.
We do not issue printed application forms. In order to be considered at the next available committee meeting, applications and supporting documents should reach the Society no later than 1 February. The average award has been about £1,000.
Applications for the 2009 Society Research Grants are now closed. Details of the successful applicants for 2009 are available on the Winners of the 2009 Research Grants page.
Applications should be addressed to the Awards Secretary at the Geological Society. They should be accompanied by a statement of the programme of work intended, the sum requested and two letters of support from Fellows of the Society.
We do not issue printed application forms. In order to be considered at the next available committee meeting, applications and supporting documents should reach the Society no later than 1 February. The average award has been about £1,000.
Applications for the 2009 Society Research Grants are now closed. Details of the successful applicants for 2009 are available on the Winners of the 2009 Research Grants page.
The following Funds are available for application:
W G Fearnsides Fund
- To advance geological science.
E J Garwood Fund
- For the encouragement of research in stratigraphy, with palaeontology, and in physical geology. Must be between 28 and 51 years of age.
Gloyne Outdoor Geological Research Fund
- For the prosecution of outdoor research preferentially of a palaeontological or stratigraphical character, and preferentially within the limits of the British Commonwealth.
Annie Greenly Fund
- For detailed geological mapping.
Timothy Jefferson Field Research Fund
- Must be under 28 years of age; for a field project for research in Earth science. Not for military activity or development.
Elspeth Matthews Fund
- For members of the Society for geological field-based research anywhere in the world. Preference for those under 30 years of age.
Daniel Pidgeon Fund
- To promote geological original research. Must not be more than 28 years of age.
J B Tyrrell Fund
- 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.
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Other grants administered by the Society
Jeremy Willson Charitable Trust
- 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 the website.