About
The Royal Geographical Society (RGS-IBG) is a charity, learned society and professional body in the UK, dedicated to advancing geography and geographical learning. The Society is unique in bridging the social and natural sciences, promoting geographical knowledge and its application to societal and environmental challenges and opportunities. It supports geographical research in the UK and overseas through grants programmes, maintains extensive collections, provides resources for education, and offers professional development pathways including Chartered Geographer status.
Funding Opportunities
Frederick Soddy Schools Award
The Frederick Soddy Schools Award scheme was created in 2018 when the Frederick Soddy Trust became a linked charity of the Royal Geographical Society, creating grants to support school and student fieldwork and expeditions. Schools often find it difficult to compete successfully for funds from the main grant-giving bodies or to allocate their own resources to field studies. The aim of the Frederick Soddy Schools Awards is to encourage field studies by providing financial support specifically for this work. These awards are given to teachers leading groups of school pupils. Applications are welcomed from UK and Ireland schools planning fieldwork involving a strong element of human geography. Awards are made of up to £700, and cannot support the costs of physical resources. Preference will be given to schools which have not been supported in the previous year's awards.
Ralph Brown Expedition Award
The Ralph Brown Expedition Award is a single annual award of up to £12,500, offered to an experienced researcher leading a research expedition working in an aquatic environment. This includes the study of coral reefs, rivers, lakes and shallow seas. The project should be of value to the host country and, where possible, to the local community. The award has been established in memory of Ralph Brown, a Californian who lived much of his life in New Zealand. He took part in expeditions and was a keen advocate of the use of jet boats to navigate inaccessible and dangerous rivers. Brown died in 1996, shortly after winning the World Jet Boat Championship in Canada. He bequeathed a portion of his estate to RGS-IBG to fund both the Award and the Grants Officer at the Society. The Ralph Brown Award has supported projects since 1998, ranging from the wetlands of Ukraine to the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico, from coral reef studies to mountain river hazard surveys, and studies of human interaction with waterways. Applicants must be Fellows or Members of the Royal Geographical Society. The grant is open to applicants from any nation.
At a Glance
- Total Funding Opportunities
- 20
- Active Now
- 2
- Source Domain
- rgs.org
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