grants | Ecology of the past

BES grant round open!

August 3, 2021
WDG

The British Ecological Society (BES) has just opened a new call for applications to its Outreach, Ecologists in Africa, Small Research Projects, Large Research Projects and Travel & Training grants. To find out how to apply visit: https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/funding/research-grants/

DEADLINE: Friday 10 September 2021

British Ecological Society 2016 on film

March 9, 2017
WDG

See what it was like at the British Ecological Society (BES) annual meeting 2016:

See the winning act from the Science Slam:

Find out more about the BES:

For more videos by the society check out the BES YouTube channel by clicking here.

British Ecological Society grants for palaeoecologists

February 15, 2016
WDG

The British Ecological Society (BES) awards grants for “Research”, “Training and Travel”, “Ecologists in Africa”, and “Outreach”. Funding for individual grants is up to GBP 20,000. I am therefore delighted to announce that “palaeoecology” has been added to the list of categories under which funding can be applied for. For further details click here.

In the light of this change I would like to encourage palaeoecologists to:

Join the BES,
Join the BES peer review college, and
Apply for BES grants!

To register and apply to join the BES peer review committee or for a grant click here.

PCRG November & December

January 10, 2013
WDG

The last two months of 2012 were exceptionally busy!

On the research front

Grants took centre stage for much of my time. First writing for the NERC December 1st deadline was pressured as usual, and second response to reviewers comments on the July submission was interesting.
Paper writing proceeded with reviewer and co-author comments on three manuscripts hopefully desitined for Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (lead by Hayley), Palaeo3 (lead by Macrarena) and The Holocene (with Joe Williams) respectively.
Four scientifc meetings were attended by group members: 1) British Ecological Society winter meeting at University of Birmingham (myself), , 2) American Geophysical Union congress in Sanfrancisco (Lottie), 3) Dutch and Belgian palynology meeting at the University of Amsterdam (myself), and 4) the Palaeo50 workshop at Oxford University (Encarni).

On the teaching and administration front

Two tasks dominated the non-research activity: 1) teaching the Geological Record of Environmental Change (S369) exams assessment and assigment, and 2) as Post Graduate Tutor keeping up with NERC developments for the new Doctoral Training Partnerships.

PCRG members on filed work in Cayabe-Coca National Park (2012). Left to right: Hayley, Encarni, William and Frazer.

PCRG members on field work in Cayabe-Coca National Park (2012). Left to right: Hayley, Encarni, William and Frazer.
Encarni and Frazer have returned to Ecuador Jan-Feb 2013 to collect further sedimentary cores. More on the blog soon…

Finally all that remains is to say “Happy New Year” from the PCRG and on with 2013… 🙂