A legacy was received in 1992 from the estate of the late Dr Daniel S MacLagan, FRSE, to provide a grant once every three years for travel and subsistence incurred in field work on terrestrial ecology, or for attendance at meetings or conferences at which major results of research on terrestrial animal ecology are being presented in Britain or abroad. 

It is hoped that in addition to attendance at meetings or conferences, a grant holder would spend some time on research collaboration or other associated work during a visit. 

The grant is open to non-Fellows as well as Fellows, its present maximum value being £1500. Applicants should be members of staff of a Higher Education Institution in Scotland. 

The grant may be held in addition to funds from other grant-giving sources but Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh may not hold the MacLagan Travel Grant in conjunction with a Travel Assistance Grant from the Society.