Urban Geography Research Group (UGRG)

The Urban Geography Research Group (UGRG) is pleased to announce its annual prize for the best undergraduate dissertation based on original research in any area of urban geography.

The prize is open to undergraduate students studying at a UK university who submitted their dissertations in the 2024/25 academic year. Dissertations should be of an outstanding (for example first class undergraduate) standard and could cover conceptual, empirical or methodological aspects of urban research. Work should not exceed 12,000 words.

The winner will receive £100. Two further candidates judged to be highly commended will receive £50 each. All three award recipients will have their dissertations featured on the UGRG website.

Please note: the entries should be nominated to the UGRG by the author’s head of department or supervisor.

Please use this Google form to submit your student's dissertation for consideration for this prize. You will be asked to submit the dissertation itself via email to rhed@rgs.org

Deadline: 15 July.