The Society offers a single annual £2,500 research grant to a postgraduate student in the UK or Greater China region who intends to undertake geographical research in the Greater China region (People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, Macau SAR and Hong Kong SAR).
The grant, supported by the Hong Kong branch of The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), may be used to help with travel, equipment, data collection and subsistence in the field.
Deadline: 23 November 2012
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Hong Kong Research Grant recipients
2011: Siyuan He (University of Cambridge). The project studied water balance under different surface conditions in Kobresia meadow, Northern Tibet
2010: Yijing Li (University of Cambridge). The project looked at the geography of crime in city Shenzhen, China, since the economic reform of 1978
2009: Yan Li (University College London). The project studied eutrophication in the Three Gorges Reservoir region of China
2008: Xuhui Dong (University College London). The project sort to define restoration targets for the eutrophic Taihu Lake using diatoms
2007: Yun Qian (Heriot-Watt University). The project looked at the urban and community regeneration in taking place in Chinese cities, with a specific focus on Beijing
2007: Ding Jie (University of Cambridge). This project studied the spatially-distributed supply and delivery of sediment in the Xihanshui Basin, Gansu Province, China
2006: John Gates (Oxford University). The study looked at groundwater recharge and palaeohydrology of the Badain Jaran Region, Chinese Inner Mongolia
2005: Jennifer Hsu (University of Cambridge). The project looked at the effects of internal labour migration on the relationship between Civil Society and the Government of the People's Republic of China
2005: Adam Young (University College London). The project studied modern lake environments in the Badain Jaran Desert
2004: Giovanni Da Col (University of Cambridge). The project studied pilgrimage, environmental knowledge and sources of affliction around Kawa Karpo, a Tibetan Sacred Mountain in Northwest Yunnan, China
2003: Jingyi Li (Durham University). The project researched the regional development of Xinjiang, under the intervention of Chinese Government Policy
For further information on the projects listed above, including a summary of the research and expedition reports, please browse the Society's Expeditions Database.