RTPI Early Career Research (ECR) grants
These grants are given each year to fund new academic planning research led by researchers who are within five years of completing a PhD/doctorate, or who are currently undertaking a PhD.
They enable high-quality, innovative research pursuing the goals laid out in the Institute’s research strategy. They also help to support the planning research community, in particular the RTPI-Accredited Planning Schools and academics who are navigating the post-PhD stage of their careers.
These grants encourage a high degree of independence and academic autonomy. They seek to generate innovative and reflective insights on planning and the planning system from the academic planning research community – and to make a vital contribution to the work of the wider planning community.
RTPI Practitioner Research Fund (PRF) grants
These grants are given every two years to fund new research led by chartered town planning practitioners.
The PRF grants enable high-quality practitioner-focussed research aligned with the Institute’s research strategy. This can include collaborative research, i.e. a chartered town planner can undertake research with a non-chartered town planner.
