The Society invites applications for grants, from its Research Fund. Awards are open to both members and non members of the BENHS and will be made to support research on insects and spiders with reference to the British Fauna, and with an emphasis on:

• the assistance of field work on insects with relevance to their conservation;
• work leading to the production of identification guides and distribution lists.

Travel to examine museum collections and to consult taxonomic specialists would be included. The work and travel is not limited to the British Isles but must have a demonstrable relevance to the British insect or spider fauna. Individual grants are unlikely to exceed £500. The closing date for applications is 30 September in the year before that for which the grant is required.

Preference will be given to work with a clear final objective (e.g. leading to publication or the production of a habitat management plan). Work on leaf miners and gall forming insects should be submitted to the Society's Professor Hering Memorial research Fund.

Applicants should send seven copies, if possible, of their plan of work, the precise objectives, the amount for which an award is requested and a brief statement outlining their experience in this area of work, to Dr. J. Muggleton, 17 Chantry Road, Wilton, Salisbury SP2 0LT. Further information may be obtained from the same address (email: secretary@benhs.org.uk).