The Joan Wakelin Bursary 

Neil Hall was awarded the 2011 Joan Wakelin Bursary at the Macallan 2011 Royal Photographic Society Awards Ceremony on  8 September at the Royal Society.  Maiju Torvinenn and Maja Daniles were shortlisted.

The Bursary offers £2,000 for the production of an overseas photoessay.  Entrants submit up to 6 images to demonstrate their abilities as a photographer, along with a written proposal for their photoessay (maximum 500 words) to The Guardian.   Those shortlisted are invited for interview and the winning photoessay published by Guardian News and Media and The RPS Journal in the following Spring.

For further details, please contact:  Jo Macdonald, Awards Manager - 01225 325721 or jo@rps.org .

Yevgenia Byelorusets won the Joan Wakelin Bursary in 2010.  Other semi-finalists were Jonathan Hyams, Bharat Choudhary and Simon Brown.

The winner of The Guardian/Royal Photographic Society Joan Wakelin Award 2009 was Anastasia Taylor-Lind.  To see her images, please click here

To see Jackie Dewe Mathews' photo essay (winner, Joan Wakelin Bursary 2008) please click here

For further information please contact Jo Macdonald on 01225 325721 or jo@rps.org.

Environmental Awareness Bursary - Closing date May 31st 2012
The Royal Photographic Society in partnership with The Photographic Angle is offering two 1-year bursaries to support a photographic project that will promote environmental awareness. The bursaries will provide £3000 to assist with travel expenses, photographic equipment and other project-related costs.  There are two awards available for applicants aged 16-25 and 26+ years. Application form

STUDENT BURSARIES
In addition to the Joan Wakelin Bursary The Royal Photographic Society is very pleased to announce a major new initiative in offering a number of different bursary schemes for the benefit of young image makers. These have been made possible by funding from a number of different sources that include income from The Society's investments and legacies. They are available for members and non-members. Please click here for further information.