OUR EXPLORER AWARDS

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SES EXPLORER AWARDS - 'OSCARS OF EXPLORATION'

With the support of generous benefactors and members, SES has Explorer Award grants available for funding scientific expeditions. SES seeks inspirational leaders and scientific trailblazers who are organising expeditions that focus on discovery, research, and conservation. Our Explorers must be prepared to take on monumental physical, logistical, and global challenges and share the values of grit, curiosity, integrity, and leadership that pioneers with purpose such as SES Founder Colonel John Blashford-Snell exemplify.

Applications for our 2023 Explorer Awards (listed below) are now closed and the winners will be presented with their awards at the Oscars of Exploration presentation evening in October.

Sir Charles Blois Explorer Award for Science & Adventure

An award of £5,000 and the exclusive title Sir Charles Blois Explorer 2023
The Sir Charles Blois Explorer Award has been created to support a scientific adventurer and trailblazer. The applicant should be undertaking an adventurous expedition with strong physical requirements, in a challenging environment that aims to produce new scientific studies of the physical, social, economic, and cultural life of communities, ideally in more remote regions of the world.

Elodie Sandford Explorer Award for Amateur Photography

An award of at least £4,000 and the exclusive title Elodie Sandford Explorer 2023
The Elodie Sandford Explorer Award has been created by family and friends in memory of Elodie. The applicant will be an amateur photographer who partakes in an adventurous and innovative project and can demonstrate how their photography will be of real benefit to the people, environment, wildlife, fauna, or flora targeted by the expedition.

Judith Heath Explorer Award for Botany & Research

An award of £5,250 and the exclusive title Judith Heath Explorer 2023
The Judith Heath Explorer Award has been created in memory of Judith Heath, a longstanding member of SES, to support an individual leading an expedition. The applicant should be clear that the focus of their expedition must be to carry out a scientific study of plants, ideally in more remote regions of the world.

Neville Shulman Explorer Award for Expedition Filmmaking

An award of £7,000 and the exclusive title Neville Shulman Explorer 2023
The Neville Shulman Explorer Award has been created to support an expedition combining adventure and scientific purpose focusing on the intangible and/or tangible heritage, ideally in more remote regions of the world. The applicant should be someone who has filmmaking experience and is either organising or closely involved in the planning of a scientific, cultural, or geographical expedition.

SES Explorer Award for Inspirational & Scientific Trailblazing

An award of £7,000 and the exclusive title SES Explorer 2023
The SES Explorer Award has been created for a unique individual. The applicant should be an inspirational Scientific Trailblazer whose expedition has that special ‘something’ be it in terms of the nature of research, the legacy it offers, or any other inspiring aspects of the expedition. This award may also support a scientific explorer who has previously received funding from SES for their project or expedition and who wishes to continue their research.

SES - Encouraging Diversity

SES is committed to equal opportunities for all, ensuring that no one is denied opportunities or discriminated against through prejudice or exclusion based on race, colour or nationality, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy and maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other ground. Our mission is to nurture and grow our community of explorers, ensuring that this community reflects and fully represents diversity, culture, and differing perspectives from around the world.

Please click on the links below to find out more about our incredible Explorer Award winners over the years.