This fund is run by the British Bryological Society following a major bequest from the late Trudy Side and further recent donations. Its objective is to promote bryological activities at home or abroad, including field work, attending meetings and publishing the results of research. The Bequest Committee cordially invites your application. Applications are especially welcome from amateurs and those under 25 years of age, but awards will be considered for any bryological activity which does not form part of a professional employment. The application should say how the award will be used, and should include a budget setting out the financial support needed and the proposed expenditure in as much detail as possible. Please also enclose a note on your own botanical background.

Send your application to the Bequest Committee through the Treasurer (address below) who will be pleased to give further information or advice if needed.

Dr David Chamberlain, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR.

treasurer@britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk

Other sources of funding

Other sources include The Botanical research Fund:

The Botanical Research Fund is a small trust fund which makes modest grants to individuals to support botanical investigations of all types and, more generally, to assist their advancement in the botanical field. Grants are available to amateurs, professionals and students of British and Irish nationality who are resident in the United Kingdom or Ireland. Where appropriate, grants may be awarded to applicants in successive years to a maximum of three. Examples of projects recently supported by the Botanical Research Fund include:

• Development of a vegetative key to the British Flora
• Herbarium research for a monograph of Strobilanthes (Acanthaceae)
• Taxonomic studies of the Coralline algae
• Field surveys of seaweeds, bryophytes and Rubus
• Laboratory work to investigate the status of Gladiolus illyricus in the UK.

The annual deadline for applications is January 31st. Further details may be obtained from Mark Carine, Hon. Secretary, The Botanical Research Fund, c/o Department of Botany, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD. Email: m.carine@nhm.ac.uk