Frederick Soddy Schools Award
Frederick Soddy Schools Award supports teachers leading primary and secondary school pupils in fieldwork with a strong human geography focus to encourage field studies and advance geographical knowledge.
Funder: Royal Geographical Society
Due Dates: November 30, 2026 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to £700 per award
Summary: Supports teachers leading primary and secondary school fieldwork with a strong human geography component.
Key Information: Open to UK and Ireland schools; funding cannot cover physical resources.
Description
The Frederick Soddy Schools Award is run by the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) to encourage field studies in primary and secondary schools. It provides financial support to teachers leading groups of school pupils, with applications welcomed from UK and Ireland schools planning fieldwork involving a strong element of human geography.
The award addresses the difficulty schools can face in securing funding from major grant-giving bodies or allocating their own resources to field studies. It forms part of the Society’s teaching grants programme, which supports school fieldwork and expeditions alongside innovation in geography teaching and curriculum-led teaching resources. The scheme was created in its current form in 2018, when the Frederick Soddy Trust became a linked charity of the Society.
