The Fund is in memory of Sir Leonard Rogers, FRS (1868-1962) who was a founder member of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and President from 1933-1935. Sir Leonard had a wide range of interests in tropical medicine ranging from the study of kala-azar epidemics to sea-snake venoms, but is best known for pioneering the treatment of cholera with hypertonic saline which has saved a multitude of lives.

The Sir Leonard Rogers Fund will provide an annual single award of up to £1,000 towards a research expedition to a tropical region of the world. The expedition should have a clear objective to improve international health in the widest sense and be of benefit to the local populace of the hosting country. The Fund is intended to be supplementary to the main financial support of the expedition. There is no restriction on the country of origin of the expedition or their tropical destination, assuming that Foreign and Commonwealth Office guidelines are followed and the requirements below are fulfilled:

• A research agenda relevant to international health
• Approval from the Expedition Advisory Centre of The Royal Geographical Society (EAC-RGS)
• A clear benefit to the local hosting community
• Ethical approval of the research agenda from appropriate local and UK-based review committees
• Letters of support from sponsoring and hosting institutions

Applications must be received by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene before the end of the second week of April. A review panel will meet during the second week of May to assess all applications received. The successful applicant will be contacted shortly thereafter for further clarification of the expedition’s agenda and to arrange transfer of funds.

A brief report summarising the expedition’s key findings should be submitted to this Society within three months of return. The expedition leader, or nominated delegate, may be invited to present their findings at an evening meeting of the Society.

This Sir Leonard Rogers Fund does not provide individual grants to medical elective students.

Application forms may be obtained from the Administrator, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP, United Kingdom; e.mail: info@rstmh.org