The Regional Studies Association (RSA) covers issues as diverse as climate change, migration, economic development, smart specialisation and planning, focusing at the sub-national and regional scales and linking to policy making and practice. We are committed to support students and early career researchers and following below are some of the many initiatives that we offer to help grow students and early career researchers’ careers, influence and research. For more details on the RSA please go to www.regionalstudies.org.

RSA Travel Grant - https://www.regionalstudies.org/funding/travel-grant/
This grant scheme offers funding towards travel costs when attending a non-RSA event within the field of regional studies and/or regional science.

Value: £500; Deadlines: 23rd February, 25th May, 28th September, 23rd November 2023

RSA Early Career Grant Scheme - https://www.regionalstudies.org/funding/early-career-grant-scheme/
This award is open to individual applicants in their early career (five years maximum between the date showing on the certificate and the application deadline). Applicants must be based within an eligible higher education institution and must be a current, early career member of the RSA. This grant aims to support a discrete piece of regional studies and/or regional science research.

Value: £10,000, Deadline: 10th May 2023

RSA Conference Bursaries - https://www.regionalstudies.org/funding/rsa-conference-bursaries/
Conference bursaries take the form of a reduced conference fee or fee waiver and are available for most RSA conferences*. Applicants need to be RSA members and precedence may be given to new researchers or those from countries with recognised funding difficulties.

RSA Awards 2023 - https://www.regionalstudies.org/funding/awards-2023/
Nominations (both self-nominations and third-party nominations) of current members are being sought for the following awards in regional studies and related fields:

• Nathaniel Lichfield Award – this award is for recent Master’s graduate who have graduated within the previous year;

• RSA PhD Student Award – this award is for registered PhD students who have not yet received their certificate;
• RSA Routledge Early Career Award – this award is for early career researchers defined as being within five years of the date on their PhD certificate or equivalent.

Value: The prizes for each award are: £500; a certificate Deadline: 20th April 2023