Deadline: 15-Nov-22
The Explorers Club is pleased to announce another installment of The Rolex Explorers Club Grants program.
The Explorers Club and Rolex share a common vision – supporting and fostering emerging young explorers.
Proposals must contain a field science exploration component and address a novel scientific, environmental, or The Rolex Explorers Club Grants sends extraordinary young explorers into the field and promotes the significant role that exploration plays in addressing cutting-edge scientific questions, understanding their environment and the world they live in, and learning more about their history to protect their future.
Funding Information
- Historically, awards have been given in the amount of $10,000.
How they define field science for Explorers Club Granted Expeditions?
- Field science consists of expeditions that collect data in order to add to the scholarship, or knowledge in a given discipline, bound for peer reviewed publication. Relevant disciplines include, but are not limited to – anthropology, archaeology, wildlife, botany, earth sciences, marine and freshwater research, ecology, geography, paleontology. Priority will be given to expeditions tackling ambitious research questions over survey data. Uniqueness and rarity of the data collected will be taken into account.
Eligibility Criteria
- Open to explorers under the age of 35 conducting fieldwork to address a novel scientific, environmental, or historic question.
- This program is open to all field science disciplines. In addition to demonstrating a spirit of exploration, candidates must put forward a project or research proposal that has a clear scientific rationale, represents original work, and has the potential for significant impact or new understanding.
For more information, visit https://www.explorers.org/grants/rolex-explorers-club-grant/