Deadline: March 18 2022
The British Ecological Society is offering a grant for ecologists in Africa to carry out innovative ecological research. This grant is designed to support scientist to develop their skills, experience and knowledge base as well as to make connections with ecologists internationally.
The maximum value of a grant is £8,000 for research. An additional sum up to £2,000 may be requested to fund travel to help you develop connections with other ecologists outside your usual peer group. This must be requested at the application stage.
Travel funds are available to spend time working with ecologists in the Global North where facilities and experience will help you on return to your own institution.Successful applicants also receive two years of free BES membership and free online access to BES journals.
Funding is available for any area of ecological science excluding research focused solely on agriculture, forestry and bioprospecting. Please note that neither purely descriptive work nor studies that might be considered incremental will be funded.
Eligibility
- be a scientist and a citizen of a country in Africa or its associated islands, that is a ‘low-income economy’ or ‘lower-middle-income economy
- have at least an MSc or equivalent degree
- be working for a university or research institution in Africa (including field centres, NGOs, museums etc.) that provides basic research facilities
- carry out the research in a country in Africa or its associated islands
- This currently excludes – Botswana, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Libya, Namibia and South Africa.
More information about this grant and how to apply can be found here
