Research Group awards, prizes and grants
Each year, our Research Groups give out awards and prizes to celebrate outstanding work by students and colleagues across the discipline.
They also provide funding to support the community in undertaking research.
Find more details below about the available prizes (including postgraduate dissertation prizes), awards and grants, and how to nominate or apply.
Annual dissertation prizes
Every year, Research Groups award dissertation prizes recognising outstanding work by undergraduate and postgraduate students across the discipline, welcoming submissions from universities across the UK.
Dissertation prizes offered for postgraduates:
Animal Geography Working Group postgraduate dissertation prize
The AGWG Postgraduate Dissertation Prize recognises outstanding work by MA/MSc students.
Carceral Geography Working Group postgraduate paper prize
This prize is awarded for the best research paper by current or former Master's and PhD students.
Geographical Information Science Research Group postgraduate dissertation award
The GIScRG Postgraduate Award recognises outstanding dissertations at Master's level.
Geographies of Leisure and Tourism Research Group postgraduate dissertation prize
This prize recognises outstanding dissertations submitted as part of a MA or MSc degree.
Population Geography Research Group Bob Woods Prize
This prize is awarded for exceptional postgraduate student dissertations.
Rural Geography Research Group Masters dissertation prize
This prize is awarded for the best postgraduate taught research contributions to rural geography.
Prizes for other achievements
Our Research Groups award prizes celebrating presentations, papers, books and other achievements by researchers.
British Society for Geomorphology postgraduate prizes
The BSG awards three prizes recognising papers and talks in the field of geomorphology.
Development Geographies Research Group IDPR review paper prize
The IDPR Review Prize is given to the best paper presented at a DevGRG sponsored session at the Society's Annual International Conference.
Economic Geography Research Group annual PhD prize competition
The EGRG Prize Competition is awarded for the best PhD thesis.
Energy Geographies Research Group postgraduate paper prize
The EnGRG Paper Prize recognises outstanding writing by postgraduate students.
Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG) Book Award
The PolGRG Book Award recognises books published in the two years previous to the call.
Transport Geography Research Group postgraduate presentation prize
The TGRG PGR Prize is open to postgraduate students who present at TGRG-sponsored sessions at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference.
Awards
With their awards, Research Groups recognise the leading and longstanding contributions of their colleagues to the sub-disciplines.
British Society for Geomorphology awards
The BSG present multiple awards for contributions to geomorphology.
Energy Geographies Research Group Activism Award
The Activism Award distinguishes those who actively contribute to energy justice.
Transport Geography Research Group Hay Award
The Hay Award recognises contributions to the advancement of transport geography.
Grants and funding
Groups provide funding opportunities to support the research community to attend conferences, undertake fieldwork and host events.
British Society for Geomorphology grants
The BSG offers a number of grants for postgraduate and non-postgraduate BSG members to support scientific excellence in geomorphology.
Development Geographies Research Group (DevGRG) PG Research and Travel Award
The DevGRG Research and Travel Award is aimed at those preparing for PhD to support research and fieldwork.
Gender and Feminist Geographies Research Group Conference Attendance Award
Award offered to student/low income scholars for attendance to the Society's Annual International Conference.
Historical Geography Research Group grants
The HGRG provides funding for small conferences and to support postgraduate students in conference attendance.
History and Philosophy of Geography Research Group Engagement Award
The HPGRG Award supports projects which seek to widen audience engagement within the history and philosophy of geography.