GLASGOW NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY
Application Form for Grant
from the Blodwen Lloyd Binns Bequest

Name & Address of Applicant:

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Member of GNHS since: 

For Master’s and PhD students, please provide a letter of support from your project supervisor. For expeditions, please provide a letter of support from the academic lead.

Title of Project: 

Outline of project (100 words maximum): 
Full details of the project should be provided on page 3. The outline summary here should provide a brief background statement, identification of a knowledge gap and significance of the study, a clear statement of objectives, and a brief description of the main methods to be used to address the aims.

Other participants or linked organisations:

When will the project will take place? 

Costs of the Project (Total, with details of main cost items. Please break down costs by sample sizes or cost estimates for particular components, where relevant):

What other sources of funding have been approached - and with what success? (Please include the total project costs and how much is pending or has been secured from other sources, as well as the date that you expect to hear about pending grants).

Amount applied for from BLB:

Please return the completed form to alison@gnhs.org.uk

Successful applicants will be required to submit a final report (500 words) to the secretary at the conclusion of the project, which will be made available on the GNHS website and published in the newsletter.  We also welcome full papers to be considered for publication in The Glasgow Naturalist.  If you present your results at conferences or publish in other journals, please acknowledge the Glasgow Natural History Society Blodwen Lloyd Binns bequest.

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GNHS is a charity registered in Scotland SC012586

Signature _______________________________

Date………………………

Details of Project (1000 words maximum, excluding references). Please note that this proposal should be self-contained, so a separate prospectus for expeditions should not be submitted:

Please include the following sections:
Background Motivation
Aims and Objectives
Methods and Materials
Impact/Relevance to the Glasgow Natural History Society Remit
Timeline