IAG GRANTS for the BGRG "Post-graduate Research Training Workshop" Windsor, UK, December 8-11, 2003

Date: October 14, 2003

The International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG) offers two grants of 500 Euros each for PhD STUDENTS in Geomorphology from EASTERN EUROPE in order to cover travelling costs and course fee.

The course will be organised by the British Geomorphological Research Group (BGRG) and recognised by NERC and the International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG). The course will provide PhD students with elements of training for research and with an opportunity to meet others at an early stage of their training when they were wrestling with the problems of research design etc.

There will be sessions about starting research, designing research projects, methodological issues, modelling, fieldwork problems and remedies, presentations techniques, time management, and workshops for project organisation and discussion of individual projects. For further information on the course, please visit the BGRG website

Candidates are requested to submit the following papers before 7 November 2003:
- Application form (see here)
- One page CV
- Title and contents of PhD research project.

Papers should be submited to:
Prof. Mauro Soldati
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Largo S. Eufemia 19
41100 Modena, Italy
e-mail

The selection of candidates will be carried out by a Commission appointed by the IAG Executive Committee. For further information on the IAG Grants, please contact Prof. Mauro Soldati