Deadlines for RGS exploration grants are fast approaching, including those for the following awards:

• Ralph Brown Expedition Award                                                                          23 November

£12,500 for field research in an aquatic environment

• Thesiger-Oman International Fellowship                                                            23 November

£8,000 for field research in arid and semi-arid environments

• Walters Kundert Fellowship                                                                                  23 November

£10,000 for field research in Arctic or high mountain environments

• Gilchrist Fieldwork Award                                                                                      23 November

£15,000 for original and challenging overseas field research

• RGS–IBG Postgraduate Research Awards                                                            23 November

Up to £2,500 for PhD fieldwork/data collection

• Neville Shulman Challenge Awards                                                                      30 November

Up £10,000 for a challenging expedition or research project

• Ran and Ginny Fiennes Award                                                                               30 November

Up to £5000 for humanitarian, scientific or educational projects that follow in the Transglobe Expedition’s tradition of challenge and perseverance

• RGS-Risman Environmental Changemakers Accelerator                                      30 November

Guidance, training and up to £4,000 for a transformative journey to help young people with a passionate interest in environmental issues to develop the skills, confidence and experience needed to become future changemakers

• Gino Watkins Fund Award                                                                                       31 January

Up to £4000 to support research and expeditions to polar regions

• Journey in Audio                                                                                                       31 January

Professional training and audio equipment loans to document the soundscape of travel, fieldwork or a research expedition 

• RGS Explore Grants                                                                                                 15 February

Up to £5000 to support teams of explorers conducting overseas expeditions

Additional research and fieldwork support is also available for undergraduate, Masters and PhD students, early career researchers, experienced/senior researchers and teachers.