Gilchrist Fieldwork Award

The Gilchrist Fieldwork Award, first awarded in 1990, is an annual award of £15,000 given to a team of researchers with an outstanding proposal for research to advance geographical knowledge that requires significant, challenging overseas fieldwork. The award supports a single field session of high-quality research and data collection with strong links and collaborations with local agencies and communities. Applications from geographers, ecologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, earth and environmental scientists, and researchers from related fields are strongly encouraged. The award is open to established researchers who must hold a PhD at time of application and be based in a UK Higher Education Institution or equivalent research establishment. The proposed research should involve a single field season of at least six weeks and be original and challenging, preferably of potential applied benefit to the host country or region.