The Ray Y. Gildea Jr Award is the Society’s first endowed award supporting innovation in teaching and learning in higher and secondary education.

A single grant of £1,000 is awarded annually.

Applications can be made for projects to research, develop and/or pilot innovations in teaching and learning in any field of geography in higher or secondary education.

The outcomes of the grant should show direct benefit to students of geography.

  Deadline: To be confirmed

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  Ray Y Gildea Jr Award Guidelines (PDF)
  Research Ethics Code of Practice (PDF)

Ray Y Gildea Jr Award recipients

  2011: Alex Singleton (University of Liverpool). 'Examining the geograpy of Geographers' - examining the flow of Geographers' into higher education from across the UK

  2009 Nicola Rowland (John of Gaunt School, Wiltshire). 'A virtual journey across Greenland' (PDF)  

  2008: Monica Biagioli (University of the Arts, London). 'There are Echoes'

  2007: Ruth Hollinger (Tapton School, Sheffield). 'A virtual fieldtrip to discover Union Glacier in Antarctica' (PDF)

  2006: Dr Rupert Perkins (Cardiff University). 'Interarctive live video imaging of Mediterranean conservation work through internet e-learning'