Want to Study Wildlife?
BRISC (Biological Recording in Scotland) & GNHS (Glasgow Natural History Society) are together
offering 6 bursaries towards attending a training course in natural history field studies. The
bursaries will be for up to £200 or 75% of the cost of the course, whichever is lowest.
Further information:
 Bursaries are open to anyone living in Scotland.
 Courses must be chosen from the taxonomic courses listed under the Field Studies Council
(FSC) Professional Development Programmes (see www.field-studies-council.org) or
similar professional development courses run by academic institutions. Please note that
NVC courses are not eligible for the bursary.
 Courses should be completed before 31 October 2016.
 BRISC and GNHS are keen to ensure that any biological records gathered are mobilised to
the NBN Gateway, through local record centres, local data hubs or online recording
schemes depending on what is available. We are also keen to encourage the sharing of
skills with colleagues and others. We are particularly interested in applications for courses
where the species/group has a lack of taxonomic expertise, and/or geographic areas where
records are limited.
 The successful candidates are required to write a short article (300-400 words) on their
course experience for BRISC Recorder News and/or the GNHS Newsletter. £30 of each
bursary will be held back until receipt of the relevant article.
All applications should be submitted to
bursary@brisc.org.uk by 31 January 2016
Application form for BRISC/GNHS bursaries 2016 (2 pages)
Full Name:
Date of Birth:
Address:
Post Code:
E-mail:
Current employer / job title / course of study (if any):
Course title:
Course provider:
Location:
Date:
Full cost of the course:
Where did you hear about the bursary scheme?
General statement about why you wish to attend this course (in under 100 words):
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Please also complete the following questions (in under 100 word per section):
How will you
share your
records?
How will you
share your skills
with others?
Do you consider
your taxonomic
group to be
under-recorded?
Do you consider
your
geographical
area to be
under-recorded?
Why will this
bursary assist
you?
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