Monthly Competition: Heat
August theme: Heat
Open: 1st-31st August 2018
Closes: 31st August 2018→
Travel Photographer of the Year
The Royal Photographic Society is an official supporter of the competition.
Closes: 1st October 2018→
International Garden Photographer of the Year
Specialises in garden, plant, flower and botanical photography. It is run in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Closes: 31st October 2018→
The Peter Hansell Scholarship Fund
The Medical Group of the RPS administers a scholarship fund in memory of Dr Peter Hansell HonFRPS, a pioneer of the practice and teaching of medical photography in the second half of the 20th Century.
Open until total annual funding allocation reached→
Monthly Competition: Signs
August theme: Signs
Open: 1st-30th September 2018
Open: 1st September 2018→
Student Funding
There is funding available for Society Events. This funding is to enable student photographers to attend selected Society Regional and Group events that they would not normally be able to afford.
Information and applying→
Joan Wakelin Bursary
Administered by The Society in partnership with The Guardian. The Joan Wakelin Bursary offers £2000 for the production of a photographic essay on an overseas social documentary issue.
This bursary is now closed for 2018→
Environmental Bursary
The Royal Photographic Society in partnership with The Photographic Angle offers two, one-year bursaries to support a photographic project that will promote environmental awareness.
This bursary is now closed for 2018→
RPS Postgraduate Bursary
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 closed for 2018→
Short Film Award
Can you do it in 90 seconds? DepicT! challenges filmmakers on any budget from anywhere in the world to show their stuff in just a minute and a half. In partnership with Watershed and DepicT!
This award is now closed for 2018→