Research funder · United Kingdom
Royal Geographical Society
British learned society
- Grants since 2016
- 617
- Awarded, last 5 years (where amounts are published)
- —
- Funded works, last 5 years
- 512
- Funded works, all time
- 2 302
Grants
2026 · research · RGS Explore Grants
Steindalsbreen Valley Research 2026
Caitlin Barker · University of Newcastle Australia
2026 · research · Neville Shulman Challenge Award
Small Islands, Big Lessons: A Human-Powered Journey Across Britain’s Outer Edge
Lisa Drewe · Islandeering
2026 · research · Small Research Grants
Calving in ice-sheet models
Iain Wheel · University of Stirling
2026 · research · Monica Cole Research Grant
Studying grainsize distribution of the Campanian Ignimbrite PDC and co-PDC deposits to model plumes and ash dispersal from large eruptions
Katie Mcghie · University of Edinburgh
2026 · research · Ran and Ginny Fiennes Award
The Grey Line: Walking the NATO border
Oliver Basciano
2026 · research · Ralph Brown Expedition Award
The Role of Tidal Freshwater Zones in UK Aquatic Systems
Lucy Clarke · Nottingham Trent University
2026 · research · Postgraduate Research Awards
Do microplastics escape proglacial forelands?
Lily Innes Jones · University of Sheffield
2026 · research · Small Research Grants
Sharing the Tsaroff Story: Creative Community Engagement in Aleutian History
Peter Martin · University of Nottingham
2026 · research · Henrietta Hutton Research Grant
Studying the abundance of immature green turtles in relation to seagrass biomass
Sadie Shaw · Oxford Brookes University
2026 · research · Gino Watkins Fund Award
Svalbard 2026
James Hepburn
2026 · research · Small Research Grants
Evaluating the rehabilitation of traditional water security practices on a thirsty Greek island for water security: the Souvales of Aigina
Paul Breeze · King's College London
2026 · research · Postgraduate Research Awards
Investigating the co-evolution of Congo River Channels and Peatlands
Janae Steadman · University of Leeds
2026 · research · Ray Y Gildea Jr Award
Learning inequality? Placing proximate inequalities in classrooms and curriculums
Sam Strong · University of Nottingham
2026 · research · Postgraduate Research Awards
The Post-Life of Oil: Decommissioning and the Energy Transition within the North Sea
Ava Rawson · University of Oxford
2026 · research · Postgraduate Research Awards
The Natural and Cultural Heritage of Birds in the Ecuadorian Amazon
Alexis Forer · University College London
2026 · research · Postgraduate Research Awards
An Exploration of Collaborative Adaptation Pathways for Sea Level Rise: Cases of Edinburgh and Shenzhen
Jiaxi Chen · Heriot-Watt University
2026 · research · Monica Cole Research Grant
Quantifying the surface evolution and lake development on Khumbu Glacier over the past 12 years
Joseph Buchanan · Lancaster University
2026 · research · Monica Cole Research Grant
Understanding snow/glacier algal productivity relative to key abiotic stressors to inform better grade and larger-scale modelling of algal bloom formation and propagation
Lucy Mulligan · University of Bristol
2026 · research · Small Research Grants
Crust Assessment, Mapping, and Emission Linkages (CAMEL)
Rosemary Huck · University of Oxford
2026 · research · Neville Shulman Challenge Award
Speleological Expedition to Save Komarnica Canyon
Iva Njunjić · Taxon Foundation
2026 · research · Small Research Grants
Encountering nation(hood) in Oxford and Edinburgh: An exploration of the relationships and disconnects between children’s geographies and education
Lauren Hammond · University of Oxford
2026 · research · Postgraduate Research Awards
Artificial Intelligence’s Bargaining Chip: Migrant Workers and the Negotiation of Spatial Fix in Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry
Katherine Zhou · University of Oxford
2026 · research · Frederick Soddy Postgraduate Award
Gendered Climate Necropolitics and Patriarchal Geographies of Violence: A Decolonial Feminist Political Ecological Analysis of Lithium Extraction in Zimbabwe
Amarachukwu Ifeji · University of Oxford
2026 · research · Gilchrist Fieldwork Award
Quantifying Contributions of Mountain Cryosphere Components to Groundwater Recharge Using Isotopic Analyses
Maria Shahgedanova · University of Reading
2026 · research · RGS Explore Grants
Downstream Consequences: Gold Mining, Wetland Degradation, and River Justice in Colombia's Nechí Basin
Eve Bluffield · University of Edinburgh
2026 · research · Gino Watkins Fund Award
Quantifying the impact of climate change on Arctic wetland methane emissions
Sofie Sjogersten · University of Nottingham
2026 · research · Small Research Grants
Port–City Disconnections in Northern Britain: A Study of Transition and Inequality
Mingyu Zhu · University of Glasgow
2026 · research · Postgraduate Research Awards
Gender and climate justice: informal street and market traders in Dar es Salaam
Daniela Schofield · Cardiff University
2026 · research · Small Research Grants
Developing heat action plans in a warming climate: what can British cities learn from Chennai?
Roselle Knowles · University of Liverpool
2026 · research · Postgraduate Research Awards
Evolutionary Geographies of Robotisation: A Comparative Study of Garment Supply Chains in Guangzhou and Hangzhou
Yuhong Lei · University of Newcastle Australia
2026 · research · Postgraduate Research Awards
Reconstructing the historical pollution of drinking water reservoirs in the East Midlands, UK
Faith Imhanze · Loughborough University
2026 · research · Postgraduate Research Awards
Drivers of Global Biochar Adoption: Insights for Successful Implementation in Soil Management
Charlotte Hawkins · University of Reading
2026 · research · Frederick Soddy Postgraduate Award
Teesside in Transition: Tracing Reindustrialisation in a PostIndustrial Region using Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
Jay Sinclair · Durham University
2026 · research · RGS Explore Grants
Marmolada 2026: A Comparative Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Glacial Morphology and Thermal Response Following the 2022 Collapse
Heart Vareekasem · University College London
2026 · research · Henrietta Hutton Research Grant
Understanding arboreal mammal habitat usage and the impacts of mining in tropical forest habitats
Ruaraidh Lockett · University of Newcastle Australia
2026 · research · Gino Watkins Fund Award
East Greenland Climbing and Sailing Expedition
Megan Loftus
2026 · research · Postgraduate Research Awards
Echoes from the ice: working with an indigenous community to assess the effectiveness of coastal defences on vulnerable permafrost
Luke Macpherson · Northumbria University
2026 · fellowship · Walters Kundert Fellowship
Isotopic tracking of salt in snow on Arctic sea ice
Robbie Mallett · UiT The Arctic University of Norway
2026 · research · Gino Watkins Fund Award
School of Ice
Mx Sophie Sparham
2026 · fellowship · Thesiger-Oman International Fellowship
Solar Megaprojects and Land Surface Change in Arid Western China
Hong Yang · University of Reading