As part of The Society’s remit as an educational charity we offer an annual bursary of £3,500 in support of a postgraduate student studying in the UK or abroad.
This bursary is now open. The closing date for all applications is the 30th of June 2017.As part of The Society’s remit as an educational charity we are continuing to offer an annual bursary of £3,500 in support of a postgraduate student.
Applications are invited from postgraduate students on courses in photography or undertaking research in photography. Application must be written in English if applying from abroad.
For this bursary photography is interpreted in its widest sense to include digital and traditional photographic media, the art and science of photography and image based written work.
The closing date for applications is 30th June 2017 for courses and projects with start dates in Autumn 2017 and January 2018. We will contact the successful applicant by the 31st July 2017.
Your Application
Please give a clear breakdown on how you plan to spend the bursary, your time scale and what you plan to do with the work on completion. Although your work will be published in the RPS Journal and RPS websites we would be looking for an applicant who has a clear idea of where and how they will use their images/work to get their message/research across to as wide an audience as possible.
The case for support must include the benefit of the bursary to the applicant and details of the standing of the course or research project.
The successful applicant will be expected to deliver a 500 word report and 6 images, 6 months into the project. The final report needs to be 1000 words with 10 images, along with an agreement to give a talk or workshop on their project at an RPS event.
