Undergraduate dissertation prizes
Each year, the Society and its Research Groups award annual dissertation prizes recognising outstanding work by students across the discipline.
Departments are encouraged to submit innovative, high quality thesis research.
Here, you can find further details about the prizes offered for undergraduates as well as guidance on submissions.
- Are you a postgraduate, or would you like to nominate a student's postgraduate dissertation for a prize? View our postgraduate dissertation prizes
For general enquiries, please contact rhed@rgs.org
The Alfred Steers Prize for best undergraduate dissertation
The Steers Prize is awarded for the best overall dissertation in a UK geography department. The essay prize is named in honour of Professor Alfred Steers, who was Professor at the University of Cambridge for 17 years and was Honorary Vice President, Honorary Fellow, and medallist of the Society.
Winners are commended at the Society's Annual General Meeting in June each year.
Deadline: 22 July
Research Group sub-disciplinary dissertation prizes
The Society's 30+ Research Groups award prizes to recognise work contributing to their particular aspect of the subject.
Find more information on the scope of submissions for each prize below, as well as contact information for each group.
All sub-disciplinary prizes undergraduate prizes have a submission date of 22 July this year, apart from the BSG Marjorie Sweeting Dissertation and QRA Winifred Pennington Tutin prizes.
