Build your forestry knowledge with the Randle Travel Bursary
The Randle Travel Bursary offers up to £1200 to fund overseas travel to build your forestry knowledge. Applications open now.
The Royal Forestry Society has opened applications for the 2026 Goodhart Bursary. Open to all individual and student RFS members, this £1200 grant supports the successful applicant to travel overseas to enhance their forestry knowledge.
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The recipient of the 2025 bursary was Forest Research’s Chris Reynolds. Chris used the bursary to travel to Mexico for the 11th International Oak Society conference.
Chris commented: “This was a fantastic opportunity to study oaks with knowledgeable experts, alongside seeing them in the natural forests. I am very much looking forward to reporting back on what I achieve.”
Criteria
Applicants must either be an individual or a student member of the RFS or work for an RFS corporate member.
The Randle Travel Fund bursary will provide up to £1200 to cover part or all of the subsistence and travel costs when taking part in trips abroad organised specifically to enhance your forestry knowledge.
It is a condition of the Randle Travel Bursary Fund that each recipient must submit a written report (1500-2000 words) to RFS within three months of completion of the project. The report will be considered for publication in the Quarterly Journal of Forestry.
90% of the payment will be made in advance. The remaining 10% will be paid on receipt of the written report.
Projects should be completed within 12 months of a bursary being awarded. Applicants are encouraged to consider lower carbon forms of transport when planning their travel.
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