The Society offers seven awards of £2,000 annually for PhD students undertaking fieldwork / data collection. These awards, offered to individuals, aim to help students establish themselves in their particular field.
Awards are offered in each of the following areas: physical environment; conservation / sustainability; society / economy.
Deadline: 23 November 2012
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Postgraduate Research Award guidelines (PDF) - guidelines for this years Award are currently being updated
Research Ethics and Code of Practice (PDF)
2011 RGS-IBG Postgraduate Research Award recipients
Physical environment
Alex Soudant (Swansea University). Linking flux tower data and forest growth: collection of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) samples in southern Finland for tree-ring and stable isotopic analysis
Tom Matthews (Loughborough University). Glacier-surface melt modelling: A downscaling approach
Conservation and sustainability
Rose Wilcox (University of Hull). Assessing the restoration of ecosystem services on moorland in the Peak District National Park: a network approach
Danielle Gent (Loughborough University). Exploring the household adoption of photovoltaic technologies: the case of rural Nicaragua
Ugo Vallauri (Royal Holloway University of London). Participatory videa as a catalyst for promoting farmer-led innovations among small scale farmers in Eastern Kenya
Society and economy
Helen Rawling (Queen Mary, University of London). Space and place in site-specific Memorial Museums: implications for reconciliation
Stefanie Gregorius (Loughborough University). Young people with disabilities in the Global South - investigating and assessing the economic and social inclusion of adolescents and young adults with disabilities in Ghana
Ralitsa Hiteva (University of Manchester). Geographies of energy governance – negotiating low carbon and energy secure futures in the European Union
For further information on these projects, including a summary of the research and expedition reports, please browse the Society's Expeditions Database.