There is a berth available on the Southern Surveyor, going out to the Perth Abyssal Plain, Western Australia, 1-20 November 2011. Jo Whittaker, the IR Australian National Correspondent, would be pleased to receive applications. For more information, including details of this cruise, and an application form, visit: http://www.interridge.org/cruisebursarySuccessful applicants will be asked to produce a report for the InterRidge website, in English and their native language as well as that of the host scientist, and to deliver an ambassadorial seminar at their institution, to explain the enabling role of the InterRidge bursary in their work.