Fwd: [CRYOLIST] RGS-IBG grant deadlines for students, early career academics, and polar researchers

See below for available funding for various activities! They are specifically aimed at UK ECRs. 

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Subject: [CRYOLIST] RGS-IBG grant deadlines for students, early career academics, and polar researchers
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Deadlines are fast approaching for the next batch of RGS-IBG grants, including the following awards:

• Gino Watkins Fund Awards                                                                                                   31 January

Up to £4,000 towards expeditions that aim to improve knowledge of the polar regions

• Monica Cole Research Grant                                                                                              3 February

£1,000 for a UK-based physical geography undergraduate or Masters student undertaking original fieldwork overseas

• Henrietta Hutton Research Grant                                                                                    3 February

£500 for UK-based undergraduate or Masters students undertaking overseas field research as an individual or as part of a team

• Frederick Soddy Postgraduate Award                                                                            3 February

Up to £6,000 to support UK-based PhD students carrying out research on 'the study of the social, economic and cultural life of a region'

• RGS-IBG Small Research Grants                                                                                      3 February

Up to £3,500 for UK-based early career researchers conducting original desk or field-based research in any area of geography

• RGS Explore Grants                                                                                                              15 February

Up to £5,000 to support UK-led teams undertaking overseas expeditions and research, including student teams

• Innovative Geography Teaching Grants                                                                   15 February

£1,000 for teacher-higher education teams for the creation of teaching materials

For information on all of our grants, please visit our webpage or contact Dr Sarah Henton De Angelis at grants@rgs.org.

Dr Sarah Henton De Angelis, PhD, FRGS

Grants Officer

Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

1 Kensington Gore

London, SW7 2AR

T: 44 (0) 207 591 3073

E: grants@rgs.org

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