Julie Tullis Memorial Award Grant

Julie Tullis Memorial Award Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: British Mountaineering Council
Last Updated: January 13, 2026

Summary

The Julie Tullis Memorial Award is designed to support deserving female mountaineers and disabled climbers in achieving their climbing ambitions. Established in memory of Julie Tullis, the first British woman to summit an 8,000m peak, this grant is administered by the British Mountaineering Council (BMC). Applications are welcomed from British females and disabled climbers with specific goals, aiming to honor Tullis's legacy in the climbing community.

Overview

NOTE: Closing dates are 1st November (for expeditions or projects taking place before March the following year) or 1st March (for expeditions or projects planned for the rest of that year). The Julie Tullis Memorial Award is a small grant to assist deserving female mountaineers or any disabled climbers or mountaineers, both male and female, to achieve their climbing or mountaineering ambitions.Julie Tullis was the first British woman to climb an 8,000m peak, but tragically died after summiting her second 8,000er, K2, in 1986. She was a long-time member of the Sandstone Climbing Club (SCC) and after her death the Club initiated the Julie Tullis Memorial Fund (JTMF) as a permanent memorial to her life and achievements.By 1991 fund-raising had enabled the SCC to create a small memorial campground at Harrisons Rocks. Thereafter, profits from the campground were added to the JTMF, with the intention that the fund eventually be used to support causes close to Tullis's heart.In recent years the SCC decided that the fund and campground needed to be put on a permanent basis, and the fund used for its original intended purpose. Both have now been handed over to the BMC for administration.The grant is most likely to be awarded on an annual basis, all applications being reviewed by the BMC International Committee with input from two representatives of the Sandstone Climbing Club; Sarah Cullen, and Chris Tullis, Julie's son.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The BMC will consider applications from individual British females, or a British female expedition, with an interesting mountaineering goal. Also welcomed are applications from British male or female disabled climbers with a specific climbing or mountaineering goal for the year in question.