ROYAL SOCIETY OF BIOLOGY PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

Application Deadline: 19 June 2025. 

LOCATION: United Kingdom

The Royal Society of Biology’s annual photography competition invites amateurs to submit photographs on a particular theme. The theme of the 2025 Photography Competition is Restoring Biodiversity and Habitat.

ELIGIBILITY:

The Organiser of the competition is the Royal Society of Biology, 1 Naoroji Street, London, WC1X 0GB. The competition is open to anyone except those involved in its organisation, employees of the Society and their immediate family, sponsors of the competition, judges and their immediate family.

The competition is free to enter and is open to Society members and nonmembers. Entrants must not be professional photographers. For the purposes of this competition, a professional photographer will be considered to be someone who makes more than half their annual income from photography-related work.

Entrants to the Young Photographer of the Year category must be under 18 years of age at the time of the closing date (19 June 2025).

Entrants under 13 years of age must seek consent from a parent or guardian in order to take part in the competition. Details for the entrant’s parent or guardian will be requested when they submit their photograph(s). The Royal Society of Biology will contact the parent or guardian to confirm details of consent are correct.

Prior to submission, entrants must not have offered any of their entries for sale, been paid for any publication of their entries, or won or been runner-up in any other photographic competition with any of their entries.

At the time of submission, entrants must declare to the Organiser whether they have entered their images in any other photographic competition. Such submissions will be accepted for entry into the RSB Photography Competition at the judges’ discretion.

BENEFIT:

The Photographer of the Year (18 and over) winner’s prize will be £1,000 and the Young Photographer of the Year (under 18) winner’s prize will be £500.

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LOUGHBOROUGH DEVELOPMENT TRUST AFRICA POSTGRADUATE TAUGHT SCHOLARSHIP

Application Deadline: 30 April 2025.

LOCATION: England

The Loughborough Development Trust Africa Scholarship will cover 100% of successful applicants’ postgraduate taught course fees for one year.

ELIGIBILITY:

The scholarship application procedure is an open competition. Students may only apply for the scholarship after an offer for a place has been made. Students who are in possession of an offer (conditional or unconditional) of a place on a postgraduate taught course can apply for the scholarship using the application form which is available to download below.

Applications will be initially shortlisted and the final decision on the awards will be made by a selection panel of senior staff of the University. The selection panel will use the following eligibility criteria when assessing applications:

Currently domiciled (permanently living) in Africa

Evidence of exceptional academic achievement (normally a first-class honours degree)

Commitment to return to their home country on completion of their postgraduate programme

Evidence of the ability and commitment to making a significant contribution to their home country on their return

Full understanding of the costs involved in coming to study and live in the UK

Evidence of strong motivation and initiative to secure funds to cover the remainder of the costs involved

Applicants are advised to spend considerable effort ensuring that this application reaches the selectors in a form that is clear, well presented and which reflects their abilities and motivation.

Scholarship applications will not be considered unless the applicant is holding an offer or a place at the time of submission (this offer may be conditional or unconditional).

To be considered for the African Development Trust Scholarship, please complete the Global Impact Scholarship application form via the link below. By submitting this single application, you will automatically be considered for both the Loughborough Development Trust Africa Scholarship and the Global Impact Scholarship

BENEFIT:

The Loughborough Development Trust Africa Scholarship will cover 100% of the course fees for your chosen postgraduate taught course for one year

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