The Trevor Elliott Memorial Fund
UPCOMING DEADLINE: TBC
Previous Deadline: 28th February 2025
The Trevor Elliott Fieldwork Fund offers financial support for postgraduate students (of any age) to undertake field-based sedimentological research.
Successful recipients of the fund are expected to report on their BSRG-supported activities, normally by presenting a poster or talk at the following year’s Annual General Meeting
About the fund
This fund was set up in memory of Trevor Elliott by his family, friends, students and colleagues. Trevor’s research interests spanned fluvial to deepwater stratigraphy, sedimentology and basin analysis. Trevor’s greatest strengths were in his scientific methods, teaching style and ability to engage with everyone, regardless of experience. We wish to thank all of the individuals who contributed to this fund.
How to Apply
Applications are assessed by the BSRG Committee primarily on the originality of the research and need. Submit the following documents to the BSRG Awards officer (brian.burnham@abdn.ac.uk). Please format all documents: rtf or pdf format, all in 12pt Times, single spaced, minimum 1.5 cm margin and with diagrams if appropriate.
1. A brief CV emphasizing your academic qualifications back to first degree level. Include: your name, current UK university, supervisors name(s), current source of funding, other sources of funding applied for (all frequently omitted!). Stick to relevant information we don't need to know if you can juggle chain saws while unicycling but we do need to hear about the training you have received (any related courses/industry experience acquired during your PhD period), relevant skills, any other awards you have received during your PhD research and the financial background to your project (for example are you NERC-, Industry-, University-, Department- or self-funded or a combination of these?). No more than 1 side of A4.
2. An outline of your present and proposed research. Outline the key generic problem that your PhD research is aiming to solve. Try to stress the aims, and possible uses of the research. Why should we fund you and not someone else? You must include: an explanation of how the award will be used (conference or fieldwork) and how your personal development and academic experience will benefit. No more than 2 sides of A4.
3. A breakdown of the budget giving details of the total cost of fieldwork or conference attendance. If you are applying for partial funding from BSRG you need to include a statement of how the balance will be raised. We need to know the exact amount that you are requesting from the fund. 1 side A4 max.
4. An e-mail from your supervisor, sent directly to the BSRG Awards Officer by the deadline, that includes a statement confirming that you are a PhD student at the institution named in your CV and demonstrating that you fulfil the conditions of the award. The email should include an explanation of why the award is needed for the project. This should not be a reference as such but should justify the request for funding and include comments as to why additional funds are required.
Past Winners
2025 Awards:
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Rhicert Reynolds (University of Plymouth) - "The behaviour of climate systems under conditions of elevated CO2 and temperature: The Sundance Seaway of the Mid-Late Jurassic."
2024 Awards:
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Ella Clarke - "Understanding the formation processes of Cwm Du and Cwm Tinwen in the Cambrian mountains."
2023 Awards:
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Candela Martinez, (Royal Holloway) - "Sedimentological characterisation of fault-controlled systems along the eastern margin of the Crati Basin (Italy)"
2022 Awards:
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Yorick Veenma (Univrsity of Cambridge) - "Characterising the terrigenous mud supply to pre-vegetation marine depocentres (N Wales and SE Ireland)" - Award of £200 to support fieldwork in Canada.
2019 Awards:
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Cole McCormick (University of Manchester) - "Fluid movement through subsurface carbonates" – Award of £500 to support fieldwork in Western Canada.
2017 Awards:
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Juliet Sefton (University of Durham) – “Mangroves – precise indicators of late Holocene sea-level changes?” – Award of £500 to support fieldwork in Panama.