Davis Expedition Fund

The Davis Fund is to finance purposeful biological fieldwork and expeditions only outside the British Isles.

About the Davis Expedition Fund

The Davis Expedition Fund seeks to create opportunities for students and early career researchers to carry out biological fieldwork outside the British Isles, in temperate or tropical regions.

  • Applicants must be individuals or groups of any nationality who are studying the biological sciences at Edinburgh University and who are undergraduates in their second, third or fourth academic years, or who are current or past Edinburgh University postgraduate students.
  • Applications from alumni or students currently based in a temperate or tropical country in which the fieldwork would take place will be considered.
  • Applicants must state how their work will be carried out within any existing Covid-19 regulations.

Risk Assessments and Travel plan

Application Deadline

The applications portal is currently closed and will reopen in late summer/early autumn 2025. 

NEXT DEADLINE: Wednesday, 21st January 2026 (12:00)

Applications must precede the date of travel. Late or retrospective applications will not be considered. 

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