The RGS-IBG offers several awards of up to £3,000 to individuals for original desk and/or field based research in any area of geography. Preference will be given to early career researchers.
A number of Small Research Grants are given in association with The Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Priority topics for this strand of funding include energy demand / use, climate change and sustainable urban environments.
The Jasmin Leila Award of £250, will be given as a supplement to one of the projects supported under the Society’s Small Research Grant scheme, or as an independent award.
Deadline: 18 January 2013
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RGS-IBG Small Research Grants guidelines (PDF) - guidelines for this years Award are currently being updated
RGS-IBG Small Research Grant Application Form (MSWORD)
Research Ethics and Code of Practice (PDF)
2011 Small Research Grant recipients
Nicolas Malleson (University of Leeds). Developing an advanced agent-based model for improving crime reduction policy
Justin Spinney (University of East London). Travel choices and parenting practices: consumption, culture and mobility - Also recipient of The Jasmin Leila Award
Paul Simpson (University of Plymouth). The perception of the cycling environment: infrastructure, atmospheres and experience
Matthew Blackett (Coventry University). Reconstructing the volcanic eruption of the Fasnia volcanic complex, Tenerife, using both field and remotely sensed data.
Federico Caprotti (University of Plymouth). Investigating the role of cleantech business and industrial clusters in the promotion of low-carbon economy transitions in the Tianjin-Binhai New Area (Tianjin Eco-City)
Dr Alistair Seddon (Oxford University). Local endemics or rare ecological specialists? Are the Galápagos Islands isolated for diatoms?
Hilary Geoghegan (University of Exeter). Environmental volunteering and the Wetland Bird Survey (WeBS) in Cornwall, UK
For further information on these projects, including a summary of the research and expedition reports, please browse the Society's Expeditions Database.