RPS Bursaries
RPS bursaries offer financial support and tailored resources to help you create, develop, and share your photography.
Our bursaries provide a platform for international exposure and professional development.
The successful recipient will have their work published and showcased digitally across the RPS
On completion of the projects, each recipient will also have the opportunity to have your portfolio printed by Metro Imaging
Eamonn McCabe Bursary
The RPS with the family of Eamonn McCabe is offering an annual bursary of £3,000 to support a photography project along with mentoring from an industry specialist.
This bursary is open to UK-based photographers aged 30 years and under.
The 2025 bursary is now open for applications
TPA/RPS Environmental Bursary
The Royal Photographic Society in partnership with The Photographic Angle is offering a 1-year bursary to support a photographic project that will promote environmental awareness. The £4000 funding must be used to assist with travel expenses, photographic equipment and other project-related costs.
The 2025 bursary is now open for applications
Joan Wakelin Bursary
In partnership with The Guardian
The Bursary was established in 2005 in memory of distinguished documentary photographer and Honorary Fellow of The Society, Joan Wakelin. The Bursary is administered by The Society in partnership with The Guardian and offers £2000 for the production of a photographic essay on a social documentary issue.
The 2025 bursary is now open for applications
RPS Postgraduate Bursary
Supported by MPB.
As part of The RPS remit as an educational charity we offer an annual bursary of £3,500 to support a postgraduate student (students on courses in photography or undertaking research in photography). This bursary is open to UK and International students.
The bursary is postponed for 2025
