ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY (WITH THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH GEOGRAPHERS) — grant history

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Latest income
£6.9m
Grants listed (FY2025)
75 · 24 amount not stated
Listed grants total
£464k
Accounts grants total
£335k

Write-backs & cancellations (all years shown): 2 entries, −£15k. These are listed separately below and are not netted off the grant totals or counted as grants.

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

Summarised from www.rgs.org · www.rgs.org/exploration/grants/teaching-grants/ · www.rgs.org/exploration/grants/ on 13/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

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Charities that name this funder on their own websites (website claims, separate from the accounts-extracted grants below).

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded
Where grantees operate
  • Ceredigion (1 grantee)
  • Cheshire East (1 grantee)
  • Cheshire West & Chester (1 grantee)
  • Cumbria (1 grantee)
  • Reading (1 grantee)
  • Scotland (1 grantee)
  • Shropshire (1 grantee)
  • Throughout England And Wales (1 grantee)
  • Warrington (1 grantee)
  • Windsor And Maidenhead (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings that have counted grants (unverified reads are left out, so a filing whose grants are all unverified is skipped). A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

ChangeGranteeFY2024FY2025
newFrederick Soddy Award Fund—£24k
newUniversity of Northampton—£13k
newUniversity of Liverpool—£11k
newUniversity of Nottingham—£8k
newMarjorie Sweeting Bequest—£6k
newUniversity of Hull—£5k
newUniversity of Newcastle—£5k
newPRIFYSGOL ABERYSTWYTH—£4k
upEsmond Bradley Martin Royal Geographical Society Prize Fund£77k£162k
upSociety research group support£4k£23k
upUniversity of Leeds£4k£13k
upPachyderm Journal£3k£10k
upSUN Institute formally Deutsche Post£6k£10k
upRGS-IBG SRG Research Endowment Funds£5k£10k
upThesiger-Oman International Research Fellowships£1k£9k
upHenrietta Hutton Memorial Fund£2k£8k
not listedUniversity of Central Lancashire£25k—
not listedPedmore High School£21k—
not listedFredrick Soddy Award Fund£19k—
not listedOrmiston Bolingbroke Academy£15k—
not listedBritish Antarctic Survey£13k—
not listedUniversity of Sussex£11k—
not listedMill Hill School£9k—
not listedQueen’s University Belfast£8k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Esmond Bradley Martin Royal Geographical Society Prize FundFY2025£162k
Frederick Soddy Award FundFY2025£24k
Society research group supportFY2025£23k
University of LeedsFY2025£13k
University of NorthamptonFY2025£13k
University College LondonFY2025£12k
University of LiverpoolFY2025£11k
Pachyderm JournalFY2025£10k
SUN Institute formally Deutsche PostFY2025£10k
RGS-IBG SRG Research Endowment FundsFY2025£10k
Thesiger-Oman International Research FellowshipsFY2025£9k
Henrietta Hutton Memorial FundFY2025£8k
University of NottinghamFY2025£8k
University of CambridgeFY2025£8k
Alexander AwardsFY2025£8k
Gumby AwardFY2025£7k
Albert Reckitt Award TrustFY2025£6k
Marjorie Sweeting BequestFY2025£6k
HR MillFY2025£6k
University of BristolFY2025£6k
Rob Potter AwardFY2025£5k
King’s College LondonFY2025£5k
University of HullFY2025£5k
University of NewcastleFY2025£5k
Monica Cole BequestFY2025£4k
Aberystwyth UniversityFY2025£4k
University of OxfordFY2025£4k
Peter Smith Memorial FundFY2025£4k
University of PlymouthFY2025£4k
Durham UniversityFY2025£3k
20th International Geographical CongressFY2025£3k
University of SalfordFY2025£3k
Gino Watkins Memorial FundsFY2025£3k
Postgraduate Grants Appeal FundFY2025£3k
University of SheffieldFY2025£3k
Jasmin Leila AwardFY2025£3k
Bath UniversityFY2025£3k
Glasgow UniversityFY2025£3k
University of East AngliaFY2025£2k
University of EdinburghFY2025£2k
University of ReadingFY2025£2k
Edinburgh TrustFY2025£2k
Jeremy Willson AwardFY2025£2k
University of SouthamptonFY2025£2k
Liverpool John Moores UniversityFY2025£2k
Loughborough UniversityFY2025£2k
Dudley Stamp Memorial FundFY2025£2k
Dorothy Hepworth AwardFY2025£2k
Ralph Brown Memorial FundFY2025£2k
Geographical Congress FundFY2025£2k
Hong Kong branch of RGS-IBGFY2025£2k
Walters Kundert Charitable TrustFY2025£1k
Birkbeck, University of LondonFY2025£1k
Northumbria UniversityFY2025£1k
Geographical ClubFY2025£1k
Arctic ClubFY2025£1k
Ray Y Gildea Jr AwardFY2025£1k
Paul and Mary SlawsonFY2025£1k
Pachyderm Journal FundFY2025£1k
Oxford Brookes UniversityFY2025£1k
University of ManchesterFY2025£982
RGS-IBG from General FundFY2025£870
Neil Thomas Proto AwardFY2025£750
University of AberdeenFY2025£750
The Open UniversityFY2025£750
Neville Shulman CBEFY2025£750
Chalkhill Primary SchoolFY2025£600
St Joseph’s Catholic Primary SchoolFY2025£600
Beaumont Leys SchoolFY2025£600
Camden School for GirlsFY2025£600
Derby Cathedral SchoolFY2025£600
Lathom Junior SchoolFY2025£600
University of St AndrewsFY2025£400
Kirkbie Kendal SchoolFY2025£400
North Nibley CofE Primary SchoolFY2025£400
Islington Arts and Media SchoolFY2025amount not stated
University of ExeterFY2025amount not stated
Ardnamurchan High SchoolFY2025amount not stated
Bolder AcademyFY2025amount not stated
Coventry UniversityFY2025amount not stated
Eton CollegeFY2025amount not stated
Ferndown Middle SchoolFY2025amount not stated
Glasgow Caledonian UniversityFY2025amount not stated
High Ongar Primary SchoolFY2025amount not stated
Holy Family Catholic School and Sixth FormFY2025amount not stated
Pedmore High SchoolFY2025amount not stated
Queen Mary University of LondonFY2025amount not stated
Royal Holloway University of LondonFY2025amount not stated
University of BrightonFY2025amount not stated
University of Central LancashireFY2025amount not stated
York St John UniversityFY2025amount not stated
Lancaster UniversityFY2025amount not stated
London School of EconomicsFY2025amount not stated
Mill Hill SchoolFY2025amount not stated
Newcastle UniversityFY2025amount not stated
Westlands SchoolFY2025amount not stated
University of YorkFY2025amount not stated
University of SussexFY2025amount not stated
Ormiston Bolingbroke AcademyFY2025amount not stated
Edinburgh TrustFY2024£132kGrants and awards programme
Esmond Bradley Martin Royal Geographical Society Prize FundFY2024£77kGrants and awards programme
Geographical ClubFY2024£29kGrants and awards programme
University of Central LancashireFY2024£25kGrants and awards payable
King’s College LondonFY2024£24kGrants and awards payable
Pedmore High SchoolFY2024£21kGrants and awards payable
Fredrick Soddy Award FundFY2024£19kGrants and awards programme
University of EdinburghFY2024£18kGrants and awards payable
University of CambridgeFY2024£18kGrants and awards payable
Ormiston Bolingbroke AcademyFY2024£15kGrants and awards payable
Oxford Brookes UniversityFY2024£15kGrants and awards payable
Liverpool John Moores UniversityFY2024£13kGrants and awards payable
British Antarctic SurveyFY2024£13kGrants and awards payable
University College LondonFY2024£11kGrants and awards payable
University of SussexFY2024£11kGrants and awards payable
Northumbria UniversityFY2024£10kGrants and awards payable
Mill Hill SchoolFY2024£9kGrants and awards payable
Rob Potter AwardFY2024£9kGrants and awards programme
University of AberdeenFY2024£9kGrants and awards payable
Hong Kong branch of RGS-IBGFY2024£8kGrants and awards programme
Queen’s University BelfastFY2024£8kGrants and awards payable
University of TübingenFY2024£8kGrants and awards payable
HR MillFY2024£8kGrants and awards programme
Neville Shulman CBEFY2024£6kGrants and awards programme
SUN Institute formally Deutsche PostFY2024£6kGrants and awards programme
Royal Holloway University of LondonFY2024£6kGrants and awards payable
University of SouthamptonFY2024£5kGrants and awards payable
University of SheffieldFY2024£5kGrants and awards payable
Ray Y Gildea Jr AwardFY2024£5kGrants and awards programme
RGS-IBG SRG Research Endowment FundsFY2024£5kGrants and awards programme
University of ManchesterFY2024£5kGrants and awards payable
Albert Reckitt Award TrustFY2024£5kGrants and awards programme
University of OxfordFY2024£5kGrants and awards payable
Alexander AwardsFY2024£5kGrants and awards programme
Neil Thomas Proto AwardFY2024£4kGrants and awards programme
University of YorkFY2024£4kGrants and awards payable
Lancaster UniversityFY2024£4kGrants and awards payable
Society research group supportFY2024£4kGrants and awards programme
University of LeedsFY2024£4kGrants and awards payable
20th International Geographical CongressFY2024£4kGrants and awards programme
Reading Blue Coat SchoolFY2024£4kGrants and awards payable
RGS-IBG from General FundFY2024£3kGrants and awards programme
Pachyderm JournalFY2024£3kGrants and awards payable
Monica Cole BequestFY2024£3kGrants and awards programme
Barrhead High SchoolFY2024£3kGrants and awards payable
Bolder AcademyFY2024£2kGrants and awards payable
Henrietta Hutton Memorial FundFY2024£2kGrants and awards programme
Paul and Mary SlawsonFY2024£2kGrants and awards programme
York St John UniversityFY2024£2kGrants and awards payable
John PilkingtonFY2024£2kGrants and awards programme
University of ReadingFY2024£2kGrants and awards payable
University of LeicesterFY2024£2kGrants and awards payable
Dorothy Hepworth AwardFY2024£2kGrants and awards programme
Thesiger-Oman International Research FellowshipsFY2024£1kGrants and awards programme
Bath UniversityFY2024£1kGrants and awards payable
Eton CollegeFY2024£1kGrants and awards payable
Jeremy Willson AwardFY2024£1kGrants and awards programme
University of PlymouthFY2024£1kGrants and awards payable
University of St AndrewsFY2024£1kGrants and awards payable
University of BristolFY2024£1kGrants and awards payable
Walters Kundert Charitable TrustFY2024£1kGrants and awards programme
Ralph Brown Memorial FundFY2024£1kGrants and awards programme
Postgraduate Grants Appeal FundFY2024£1kGrants and awards programme
Peter Smith Memorial FundFY2024£1kGrants and awards programme
Jasmin Leila AwardFY2024£1kGrants and awards programme
Queen Mary University of LondonFY2024£1kGrants and awards payable
Ohio State UniversityFY2024£1kGrants and awards payable
Lincoln UniversityFY2024£1kGrants and awards payable
Coventry UniversityFY2024£1kGrants and awards payable
Dudley Stamp Memorial FundFY2024£1kGrants and awards programme
Gumby AwardFY2024£1kGrants and awards programme
Pachyderm Journal FundFY2024£750Grants and awards programme
Ferndown Middle SchoolFY2024£600Grants and awards payable
London School of EconomicsFY2024£600Grants and awards payable
Durham UniversityFY2024£515Grants and awards payable
University of BrightonFY2024£500Grants and awards payable
Newcastle UniversityFY2024£500Grants and awards payable
Leopold Primary SchoolFY2024£500Grants and awards payable
Ardnamurchan High SchoolFY2024£325Grants and awards payable
Birkbeck, University of LondonFY2024£325Grants and awards payable
University of SalfordFY2024amount not statedGrants and awards payable
Glasgow Caledonian UniversityFY2024amount not statedGrants and awards payable
High Ongar Primary SchoolFY2024amount not statedGrants and awards payable
Highgate Wood SchoolFY2024amount not statedGrants and awards payable
Hillhead Primary SchoolFY2024amount not statedGrants and awards payable
Holy Family Catholic School and Sixth FormFY2024amount not statedGrants and awards payable
Islington Arts and Media SchoolFY2024amount not statedGrants and awards payable
LSEFY2024amount not statedGrants and awards payable
Sheffield Hallam UniversityFY2024amount not statedGrants and awards payable
University of ExeterFY2024amount not statedGrants and awards payable
University of HullFY2024amount not statedGrants and awards payable
University of LeicesterFY2023£172kInstitutional grant
University of SheffieldFY2023£168kInstitutional grant
Esmond B. Martin Royal Geographical Society Prize FundFY2023£77kInstitutional grant
Frederick Soddy Award FundFY2023£29kInstitutional grant
Imperial CollegeFY2023£21kInstitutional grant
Geographical ClubFY2023£19kInstitutional grant
University of BirminghamFY2023£18kInstitutional grant
University of the West of EnglandFY2023£17kInstitutional grant
Five Islands AcademyFY2023£15kInstitutional grant
Highgate Wood SchoolFY2023£15kInstitutional grant
University of YorkFY2023£13kInstitutional grant
University of OxfordFY2023£13kInstitutional grant
University of St AndrewsFY2023£13kInstitutional grant
Sheffield Hallam UniversityFY2023£11kInstitutional grant
University of GlasgowFY2023£11kInstitutional grant
Barrhead High SchoolFY2023£10kInstitutional grant
University of ManchesterFY2023£9kInstitutional grant
University College LondonFY2023£9kInstitutional grant
Leopold Primary SchoolFY2023£8kInstitutional grant
University of HertfordshireFY2023£8kInstitutional grant
Hong Kong branchFY2023£8kInstitutional grant
Albert Reckitt AwardFY2023£7kInstitutional grant
Monica Cole BequestFY2023£6kInstitutional grant
SUN Institute Environment & SustainabilityFY2023£6kInstitutional grant
Peter Smith AwardFY2023£6kInstitutional grant
University of ExeterFY2023£5kInstitutional grant
Paul and Mary SlawsonFY2023£5kInstitutional grant
Rob Potter AwardFY2023£5kInstitutional grant
Shara Dillon AwardFY2023£5kInstitutional grant
Postgraduate Grants Appeal FundFY2023£5kInstitutional grant
British Antarctic SurveyFY2023£5kInstitutional grant
Ray Y Gildea Jr AwardFY2023£5kInstitutional grant
University of SussexFY2023£4kInstitutional grant
University of LeedsFY2023£4kInstitutional grant
University of PlymouthFY2023£4kInstitutional grant
Henrietta Hutton Memorial FundFY2023£4kInstitutional grant
Lincoln UniversityFY2023£4kInstitutional grant
Walters Kundert Charitable TrustFY2023£4kInstitutional grant
Dudley Stamp Memorial Award FundFY2023£3kInstitutional grant
Hillhead Primary SchoolFY2023£3kInstitutional grant
Alexander AwardsFY2023£3kInstitutional grant
H.R. Mill Trust FundFY2023£3kInstitutional grant
Northumbria UniversityFY2023£3kInstitutional grant
Queen’s University BelfastFY2023£3kInstitutional grant
Reading Blue Coat SchoolFY2023£3kInstitutional grant
John PilkingtonFY2023£3kInstitutional grant
Marjorie Sweeting BequestFY2023£3kInstitutional grant
Oxford Brookes UniversityFY2023£2kInstitutional grant
Edinburgh TrustFY2023£2kInstitutional grant
Neville Shulman, CBEFY2023£2kInstitutional grant
Gumby FoundationFY2023£2kInstitutional grant
GoldsmithsFY2023£2kInstitutional grant
University of TübingenFY2023£2kInstitutional grant
University of CambridgeFY2023£2kInstitutional grant
Neil Thomas ProtoFY2023£2kInstitutional grant
Dorothy Hepworth Expedition AwardFY2023£2kInstitutional grant
University of EdinburghFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
Kingston UniversityFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
Liverpool John Moores UniversityFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
LSEFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
Pachyderm Journal FundFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
University of SouthamptonFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
Thesiger-Oman International FellowshipFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
Jasmin Leila AwardFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
RGS-IBG SRG Research Endowment FundsFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
Jeremy Willson Charitable TrustFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
Ralph Brown Memorial FundFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
Ohio State UniversityFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
Royal Holloway, University of LondonFY2023£1kInstitutional grant
Victoria Primary SchoolFY2023£960Institutional grant
Durham UniversityFY2023£600Institutional grant
Aberystwyth UniversityFY2023£600Institutional grant
Newcastle UniversityFY2023£600Institutional grant
Elliott Hudson CollegeFY2023£600Institutional grant
Coventry UniversityFY2023£600Institutional grant
University of ReadingFY2023£540Institutional grant
Blenheim High SchoolFY2023£500Institutional grant
University of NottinghamFY2023£500Institutional grant
University of AberdeenFY2023£500Institutional grant
Queen Mary University of LondonFY2023£500Institutional grant
University College LondonFY2022£30kGrant
University of ChesterFY2022£17kGrant
University of EdinburghFY2022£13kGrant
University of HuddersfieldFY2022£13kGrant
University of BrightonFY2022£13kGrant
Ulster UniversityFY2022£12kGrant
LSEFY2022£10kGrant
Imperial CollegeFY2022£10kGrant
University of GlasgowFY2022£8kGrant
Royal Holloway, University of LondonFY2022£6kGrant
Blenheim High SchoolFY2022£5kGrant
University of BristolFY2022£4kGrant
University of LeedsFY2022£4kGrant
Newcastle UniversityFY2022£3kGrant
Coventry UniversityFY2022£3kGrant
Elliott Hudson CollegeFY2022£2kGrant
University of CambridgeFY2022£2kGrant
Kingston UniversityFY2022£2kGrant
University of BirminghamFY2022£2kGrant
Oxford Brookes UniversityFY2022£2kGrant
Five Islands AcademyFY2022£1kGrant
Keele UniversityFY2022£1kGrant
University of HertfordshireFY2022£1kGrant
Aberystwyth UniversityFY2022£1kGrant
University of ExeterFY2022£960Grant
Birkbeck, University of LondonFY2022£600Grant
Cranfield UniversityFY2022£600Grant
University of LeicesterFY2022£540Grant
Queen Mary University of LondonFY2022£500Grant
University Dallas at TexasFY2022£500Grant
Durham UniversityFY2022£450Grant
University of OxfordFY2022amount not statedGrant
University of LoughboroughFY2022amount not statedGrant
University of LiverpoolFY2022amount not statedGrant
University of ManchesterFY2022amount not statedGrant
University of NottinghamFY2022amount not statedGrant
University of PlymouthFY2022amount not statedGrant
University of ReadingFY2022amount not statedGrant
Victoria Primary SchoolFY2022amount not statedGrant
University of YorkFY2022amount not statedGrant
University of the West of EnglandFY2022amount not statedGrant
University of SussexFY2022amount not statedGrant
University of St AndrewsFY2022amount not statedGrant
University of SheffieldFY2022amount not statedGrant
University of SouthamptonFY2022amount not statedGrant
Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of LondonFY2021£15kResearch
Department of Geography and International Development, University of ChesterFY2021£15kResearch
Environment and Agrifood, Cranfield UniversityFY2021£13kResearch
The University of Texas at DallasFY2021£13kResearch
School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of GlasgowFY2021£11kResearch
Department of Geography and Planning, University of LiverpoolFY2021£10kResearch
Department of Geography and Environment, LSEFY2021£6kResearch
School of Geography, University of NottinghamFY2021£5kResearch
Geography and Environmental Science, University of SouthamptonFY2021£4kResearch
School of Geography, University of LeedsFY2021£4kResearch
School of Environment, Education and Development, The University of ManchesterFY2021£3kResearch
University of CambridgeFY2021£3kResearch
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of PlymouthFY2021£3kResearch
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, Aberystwyth UniversityFY2021£3kResearch
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of LeicesterFY2021£2kResearch
College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of ExeterFY2021£2kResearch
School of Geography & Sustainable Development, University of St AndrewsFY2021£2kResearch
Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of ReadingFY2021£2kResearch
School of Geography, Earth and Environment Sciences, University of BirminghamFY2021£2kResearch
Department of Geography, Birkbeck, University of LondonFY2021£2kResearch
School of Geographical Sciences, University of BristolFY2021£2kResearch
Department of Geography, University College LondonFY2021£2kResearch
School of Geography, Politics and Sociology, Newcastle UniversityFY2021£2kResearch
Department of Geography, University of SussexFY2021£1kResearch
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, Keele UniversityFY2021£1kResearch
Department of Geography, Durham UniversityFY2021£1kResearch
School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Ulster UniversityFY2021£933Research
Coventry UniversityFY2021£500Research
School of GeoSciences, The University of EdinburghFY2021£500Research
School of Geography and the Environment, University of OxfordFY2021£415Research
University of PortsmouthFY2021amount not statedResearch
University of StirlingFY2021amount not statedResearch
University of HuddersfieldFY2021amount not statedResearch

52 listed grants have no usable amount in the accounts (shown as “amount not stated”); they are left out of the grant counts and totals.

Write-backs & cancellations

2 entries totalling −£15k in this funder’s accounts are negative amounts, such as the write-back of an accrued grant or a cancelled grant. They are shown here on their own and are not netted off the grants total or counted as grants above. They are in the CSV with amount_note “write_back”.

RecipientYearAmountPurpose
University of BristolFY2023−£14kInstitutional grant
Loughborough UniversityFY2021−£319Research

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 464385 vs reference 334912 (38.7% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder or a recipient and want a correction, email [email protected].