20 Queensberry Place, London, SW7 2DZ, United Kingdom.

Tel::

(44) 20 7581 8333

Email::

info@iob.org

Website::

www.iob.org

Contact::

Ms Georgina Day, Education Officer

The Institute of Biology’s mission is to promote biology and the biological sciences, to foster the public understanding of science, to enhance the status of the biology profession and to represent its members as a whole to government and other bodies worldwide. The Institute is the ‘voice’ of British biology.

Dax Copp Travelling Fellowship

Purpose: To support overseas travel in connection with biological study, teaching or research and to aid those who would otherwise not have this opportunity

Eligibility: Open to students in the biological sciences studying in the United Kingdom

Level of Study: Unrestricted

Type: Fellowship

Value: £500

Frequency: Annual

Application Procedure: Applicants must complete an application form, available from the Expeditions Grants Manager. Applicants are also required to produce a reasoned statement of the purpose to which the fellowship will be put, supported by three referees

No. of awards offered: 20

Closing Date: January

Funding: Private

Contributor: Membership

No. of awards given last year: 1

No. of applicants last year: 20

Additional Information: Applicants receiving a fellowship will be expected to provide the Institute with a report within six months of the fellowship ending

For further information contact:

Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, Kensington, London, SW7 2DZ, United Kingdom.

Tel::

(44) 20 7591 3073

Email::

grants@rsg.org