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The Royal Horticultural Society

The Osaka Travel Awards

Available for horticultural projects from applicants between 25 and 35 from UK and Japan that involve travel between the two countries.

Blaxall Valentine Bursary

Provides financial support for individuals or groups of individuals for plant exploration or plant study expeditions to any part of the world.

The Coke Trust Awards

These aim to provide assistance mainly to professional and student gardeners, to enable them to broaden skills and experience.  Also to provide assistance to individuals, institutions, charities and gardens open to the public, in clearly defined horticultural projects with distinct educational, research or historic value.

RHS Financial Awards

These awards are available for a wide range of projects associated with horticulture and are available to individuals or groups.

William Rayner Bursary

For projects likely to contribute to horticultural career development.

The Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Bursary

Administered as part of the RHS Financial Award system, it is awarded annually for proposals of particular excellence, for individual candidates aged between 20 and 35 who are UK or Commonwealth citizens.

E A Bowles Memorial Bursary

Presented by the E A Bowles of Myddleton House Society (web site at http://www.eabowlessociety.org.uk) and administered by the RHS.

Restricted to £500 awarded every two years in support of a project on the work of E A Bowles, his garden at Myddleton House, or on one of his particular horticultural interests.

Jimmy Smart Memorial Bursary

Restricted to £1,000 per year and aims to provide financial support to a working gardener for travel and/or accommodation during visits overseas with the primary intention of seeing or studying plants and/or trees in their natural habitat.  Additional support may be offered to gardeners applying for funding for visits to Australia and New Zealand.  The award is open to experienced working gardeners in the British Isles, particularly those whose work includes responsibilities relating to National Collections and there is no age restriction.

The Dawn Jolliffe Botanical Art Scholarship

This will be awarded annually by the Royal Horticultural Society's Bursaries Committee, in association with the RHS Picture Committee, to help a botanical artist to exhibit at one of the Royal Horticultural Society's Shows, or to travel in order to paint and/or draw plants in their habitats.  Preference will be given to artists who are not yet established.  The value of the award will be approximately £500.

For these bursaries, please note that persons based in the British Isles are eligible to apply to undertake projects anywhere in the world, overseas residents may only apply for projects in the British Isles.  They are primarily for horticulturists (professional gardeners and student gardeners) and those involved in occupations related to horticulture. The projects should have direct horticultural relevance.

All RHS bursaries are administered by the RHS Bursaries Committee and are considered four times per year.  Applications should be received by 31 March, 30 June, 30 September, 24 December for consideration at the May, August, November and February meetings of the Committee.  For full details of eligibility and application forms, please contact the Committee's Secretary.

Fees and costs for educational courses (apart from some conferences) and examinations are not eligible for funding by RHS Bursaries awards.  Commercial projects are also ineligible for funding.