RGS-IBG: Geographical Club Award Grant

RGS-IBG: Geographical Club Award Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Royal Geographical Society
Amount: £1,000
Last Updated: October 07, 2025

Summary

The RGS-IBG: Geographical Club Award offers two annual grants of £1,000 to support PhD students conducting geographical fieldwork or data collection in the UK or abroad. Established in 2009, the award encourages projects in both physical and human geography, favoring applicants without full funding from other sources. Recipients are invited to a Geographical Club dinner, fostering connections within the geographical community. This award supports the continued exploration and understanding of geographical disciplines.

Overview

Each year the Geographical Club Award offers two grants of £1,000 to support PhD students undertaking geographical fieldwork or other forms of data collection in the UK or overseas.The Geographical Club is a members dining club which has its origins in the Raleigh Club, a dining club for explorers and travellers established in 1826. At a meeting of that Club in 1830 a new Society, The Geographical Society of London, was formed and this subsequently became the Royal Geographical Society. In 1854 the Raleigh Club was dissolved and the Geographical Club created. The Club has kept close links with RGS-IBG. It has a wide ranging membership of Fellows of RGS-IBG with geographical interests whose backgrounds span academia, exploration, travel, authorship, commerce and the wider world. The Club supports the Society through funding conservation work in the RGS-IBG archives and the Geographical Club Award.The Geographical Club Award was established in 2009 as an annual award of £1,000. In 2011 the decision was made to award two grants annually; one for a physical geography project and another for a human geography project. Recipients are invited to attend a Geographical Club dinner.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Applicants must be registered at a UK Higher Education Institution. By submitting an application for an award which is part of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) (herein ‘the Society’ or ‘RGS-IBG’) grants programme, you confirm your acceptance of the terms and conditions stated here.