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The author reflects on the significance of information gathering for the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) Survey of Demographic Trends in which she mentions that the 2011 research focuses on geophysics and multidisciplinary research.

The article reports that the applications for the Fellows for Society grants of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) will be accepted until August 15, 201, wherein the applications which concern the advancement of astronomy and geophysics will be considered competitively within each research and grants round.

The article issues a call from Mike Sizer for information, publications, or memories of the British Institutes Reflection Profiling Syndicate (BIRPS), also known under the short-lived title as the British Universities Reflection Profiling Syndicate, as a background to writing a history of the project.

One of the fundamental purposes of this Society is to support research in astronomy and geophysics. The most direct expression of that support is in the award of grants to individuals, especially to fund the sort of projects that are not covered by research council awards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]