Geological samples from Australia are prominent in the Museum's displays. The Museum has demonstrated its gratitude by establishing the Kanagawa Museum of Natural History Award. The award is for research on the Precambrian history of life in Western Australia and its analogues in the modern microbial ecosystem in Hamelin Pool, Shark Bay. Applications are invited from Australian and overseas scientists. Costs of travel, fieldwork, gathering of study materials, laboratory analysis and publication can be covered by the award.
Applications are confidential.
The work must have been published for commercial distribution over the past five years - that is, between December 1995 and December 2000. Four copies of the book should be submitted. The winner will be announced and The Kate Challis RAKA Award will be presented at the Melbourne Writers' Festival on Saturday 25 August 2001. The authors of the best papers will be invited to present them at the forum and the winning entrant may also be submitted for consideration to publish in either Information Economics and Policy or Prometheus. 29 June 2001 Scholarships are for study in Japan.