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.
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.
This prize recognises outstanding dissertations submitted as part of a MA or MSc degree.
This prize is awarded for exceptional postgraduate student dissertations.
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.
The BSG awards three prizes recognising papers and talks in the field of geomorphology.
The CMRG prize showcases excellent presentations by postgraduate students.
The IDPR Review Prize is given to the best paper presented at a DevGRG sponsored session at the Society's Annual International Conference.
The EGRG Prize Competition is awarded for the best PhD thesis.
The EnGRG Paper Prize recognises outstanding writing by postgraduate students.
The PolGRG Book Award recognises books published in the two years previous to the call.
The Robin Flowerdew award celebrates the best postgraduate paper presented in a QMRG sponsored session at the Annual Conference.
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.
The BSG present multiple awards for contributions to geomorphology.
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.
The BSG offers a number of grants for postgraduate and non-postgraduate BSG members to support scientific excellence in geomorphology.
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.
The HGRG provides funding for small conferences and to support postgraduate students in conference attendance.
The HPGRG Award supports projects which seek to widen audience engagement within the history and philosophy of geography.