RGS Grants

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RGS-IBG grants

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Postgraduate research awards

Grants of between £500 and £6,000 for research and fieldwork carried out by PhD researchers undertaking academic dissertations. The project should aim to develop geographical knowledge and understanding. The next deadline is 20 January for the Henrietta Hutton and Monica Cole Research Grants.

  • Henrietta Hutton and Monica Cole Research Grants: Grants of £500-£1000 for physical geography postgraduates undertaking original overseas fieldwork.
    Deadline: 20 January 2012. W: www.rgs.org/hh, www.rgs.org/mc
  • Slawson Awards: Awards of up to £3,000 for geographical field research on issues related to development.
    Deadline: 24 February 2011. W: www.rgs.org/slaw
  • Frederick Soddy Award: Awards of up £6,000 for fieldwork/research on ‘the study of the social, economic, and cultural life of a region’.
    Deadline: 24 February 2011. W: www.rgs.org/fsa
  • Dudley Stamp Memorial Awards: Grants of up to £500 for research or study travel.
    Deadline: 24 February 2011. W: www.rgs.org/dsma

Early career Researcher awards

Grants of between £250 and £3,000 for researchers in the early stages of their careers, carrying out academic research in the pursuit of geographical knowledge and understanding. Deadlines for these awards fall in January and February 2012.

  • Small Research Grants: Awards of up to £3,000 for desk- or field-based geographical research.
    Deadline: 20 January 2011. W: www.rgs.org/smallresearchgrants
  • Jasmin Leila Award: £250 for early career researchers examining medical/health geography, performance geographies, or trans-national communities.
    Deadline: 20 January 2011. W: www.rgs.org/jl
  • 30th International Geographical Congress Awards: Grants of up to £750 for international conference attendance.
    Deadline: 24 February 2011. W: www.rgs.org/30igc
  • Dudley Stamp Memorial Awards: Grants of up to £500 for research or study travel.
    Deadline: 24 February 2011. W: www.rgs.org/dsma

Senior Researcher awards

Grants for experienced researchers, carrying out research for the development of geographical knowledge and understanding. The Gilchrist Award deadline is 24 February 2012. Other Senior Researcher Award deadlines will fall in November 2013.

  • Gilchrist Award: An award of £15,000 to support original and challenging overseas fieldwork carried out by small teams of university academics and researchers.
    Deadline: 24 February 2012. W: www.rgs.org/gilch
  • New ‘Field Centre Grants’: £5,000 for field research at international field centres
    The ‘Field Centre Grants’ are a new Award of the Society to support field research on an important geographical topic at international field centres, preferably in some of the world’s poorest countries. Integral to any project must be the active involvement of in-country, early career field scientists. More than 700 international field centres exist around the world, ranging from small independent field-camps to large long-term international facilities.  These grants have been developed as one outcome of the Society’s research programme review in 2010.
    Deadline is 10 February 2012. W: www.rgs.org/fieldcentregrants