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Expedition Support: Gino Watkins and Edward Wilson Funds
The Gino Watkins Memorial Fund, under the joint trusteeship of the University of Cambridge and the Royal Geographical Society, provides grants towards expeditions that meet its objectives of guiding and inspiring enterprising people towards scientific research and exploration in the polar regions.
The Committee of Managers of the Fund would like to thank the Augustine Courtauld Trust for their generous contribution of £8,500. The members of the Committee who served during the year were Mr D Fordham (Chairman), Dr P Adams, Dr I Campbell, Mr R Crabtree, Dr L Craig, Professor J A Dowdeswell, Dr P F Friend, Dr J A Heap (deceased), Professor M Lea, Mr J Lowther, Mr J Muston, Professor R C Schroter, and Dr M Tinsley.
The Committee made the following awards for 2006:
Gino Watkins Memorial Fund
| Queen Elizabeth II High School Expedition to South Greenland 2006 | £1,000 |
| The Glasgow Academy Greenland Expedition 2006 (A & J Simpson Award) | £1,000 |
| Arctic Foxes Greenland Quest 2006 | £500 |
| Royal Navy Expedition Arctic Mountaineer | £500 |
| Trans-Greenland 2006 | £1,000 |
| Svalbard Spring 2006 | £1,000 |
| Oxford University Greenland Expedition 2006 (*Arctic Club Award) |
£1,500 + £500* |
| Cambridge East Greenland Expedition 2006 | £1,500 |
| Spencer Finmark Chapman Expedition 2007 | £500 |
Edward Wilson Fund
| Alaska Environmental Change Undergraduate | £500 |
| Research Expedition 2006 |