RSM awards
This is a complete list of awards and prizes open to both RSM Members and the public.
To view awards currently open for submissions select to view by submission date.
Anaesthesia Essay Prize - Students
Submission Deadline: The deadline for this academic year has now passed, next year's deadline will be advertised when available
Meeting Date: 4 June 2010
Prize: £400
Open To: All medical Students at recognised teaching institutions within UK
Please submit your papers with a 'nom de plume'.
Electronic submissions only
The paper must avoid headings, acknowledgements, names or institutions or anything that may reveal the author's identity. Applicants must have played an important part in the relevant research and must have personally written the essay for submission. The papers will be judged by a panel of three assessors. Their decision is final. The winners will be invited to the presentation, followed by dinner.
The essay may describe original research, audit or a case report.
The essay prize attracts a sum of £400 and a certificate, and the winner will be invited to present their work and receive their prize at a meeting of the Section. There is no set word limit.
Download application form [Word 54k]
Email: anaesthesia@rsm.ac.uk
Anaesthesia Section Medical Student Elective Bursaries
Submission Deadline: The deadline for this academic year has now passed, next year's deadline will be advertised when available
Meeting Date: 4 June 2010
Prize: Two prizes of £500 each
Open To: Medical Students at a recognised teaching institution in the UK who intend to go on elective modules related to Anaesthesia during 2009-10 academic year
Two bursaries are offered for the support of medical students from UK Medical Schools who intend to go on elective modules related to anaesthesia during 2009-2010
Electronic submissions only
Download application form [Word 53k]
Email: anaesthesia@rsm.ac.uk
Black & Ethnic Minority Health Section Travelling Fellowship
Submission Deadline: The deadline for this academic year has now passed, next year's deadline will be advertised when available
Meeting Date: tba
Prize: £250
Open To: Medical Students
Please submit 250 words on the likely benefit of the elective and to explain why the Black & Ethnic Minority Health Section should support the application.
Successful applicants will be required to provide written evidence of their visit (copies of receipts etc) and to provide a 1500-word report, that is suitable for publication, on their visit once it has been completed. Please submit 2 copies of your application and CV (one with and one without your name and institution), and an application form. The winner may be invited to present at a future meeting.
Download application form [Word 53k]
Email: ethnichealth@rsm.ac.uk
Cardiothoracic Section Case Presentations
Submission Deadline: 17 May 2010
Meeting Date: 25 June 2010
Prize: One year's membership of the RSM
Open To: All cardiothoracic students and trainees at any level
Abstracts are limited to 250 words as a MS Word document and may include any figures, diagrams, scans etc...
Download application form [Word 57k]
Email: cardiothoracic@rsm.ac.uk
Catastrophes & Conflict Forum Medical Student Essay Prize
Submission Deadline: The deadline for this academic year has now passed, next year's deadline will be advertised when available
Meeting Date: 16 April 2010
Prize: £250 plus encouragement and advice on submitting the essay for publication in the JRSM.
Open To: Applicants should be enrolled full-time at a UK medical school
Essays should be no longer than 1,500 words with references in the Vancouver style. Submissions must be submitted in Microsoft Word format.
Entries will be judged on style, impact of subject and originality. Candidates may select from the titles below or choose their own:
1. Discuss the factors that hinder the acquisition of reliable information in humanitarian interventions
2. 'One man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist' discuss
3. Discuss the ethics and morality underpinning Asymmetric warfare.
(Asymmetric warfare is war between belligerents whose relative military power differs significantly, or whose strategy or tactics differ significantly. "Asymmetric warfare" can describe a conflict in which the resources of two belligerents differ in essence and in the struggle, interact and attempt to exploit each other's characteristic weaknesses. Such struggles often involve strategies and tactics of unconventional warfare, the "weaker" combatants attempting to use strategy to offset deficiencies in quantity or quality. Such strategies may not necessarily be militarized. This is in contrast to symmetric warfare, where two powers have similar military power and resources and rely on tactics that are similar overall, differing only in details and execution).
4. The physicians' role in ameliorating the effects of climate change.
Or devise another title within the forum's areas of interest.
Download application form [Word 54k]
Email: catastrophes@rsm.ac.uk
Clinical Forensic & Legal Medicine Section Poster Competition
Submission Deadline: The deadline for this academic year has now passed, next year's deadline will be advertised when available
Meeting Date: tba
Prize: £200 will be awarded to the best poster presentation
Open To: Undergraduate students who have been working as part of courses leading to primary qualifications such as Legal Medicine Special Study Modules and electives for MBBS.
Poster presentation: suitable for printing at A0 or A1 size should be submitted.
Download application form [Word 57k]
Email: forensic@rsm.ac.uk
Clinical Immunology & Allergy Medical Student Elective
Submission Deadline: The deadline for this academic year has now passed, next year's deadline will be advertised when available
Meeting Date: tba
Prize: £600
Open To: Open to all student members
The prize is intended to help towards the cost of medical student electives for those intending to work in any area related to immunology. To apply, candidates should send their curriculum vitae, a summary of their proposed elective activity and a letter of support from their intended host institution
Download application form [Word 53k]
Email: immunology@rsm.ac.uk
Clinical Neurosciences Section President's prize
Submission Deadline: The deadline for this academic year has now passed, next year's deadline will be advertised when available
Meeting Date: tba
Prize: £300
Open To: Trainees in neurosciences, including neurology, neurosurgery, neurophysiology, neuropathology or neuroradiology
Please submit a one A4 page (up to 500 words) summary of research carried out. Those considered to be the best will be asked to give a 15 minute presentation.
Download application form [Word 57k]
Email: cns@rsm.ac.uk
Clinical Section Brigadier Haywood Prize
Submission Deadline: The deadline for this academic year has now passed, next year's deadline will be advertised when available
Meeting Date: tba
Prize: £100 book token
Open To: All Medical Students
Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words for a case presentation most likely to advance the study of clinical medical science.
Download application form [Word 57k]
Email: clinical@rsm.ac.uk
Emergency Medicine Section Students' Prize
Submission Deadline: The deadline for this academic year has now passed, next year's deadline will be advertised when available
Meeting Date: tba
Prize: £500 & 1 year's membership to the RSM
Open To: Medical Students
This prize is to contribute towards the cost of an elective abroad, with the intention of gaining experience in the practice of emergency medicine. It is open to medical students.
Applications should provide details of the proposed elective abroad in no more than 1000 words. They should also provide a current curriculum vitae. After returning from the elective, the winner will be invited to give a presentation at one of the meetings of the Section of A&E Medicine.
Download application form [Word 54k]
Email: emergency@rsm.ac.uk
Epidemiology & Public Health Section Brooke Bursary Award
Submission Deadline: The deadline for this academic year has now passed, next year's deadline will be advertised when available
Meeting Date: tba
Prize: 2 prizes of £800
Open To: Undergraduate students of a UK university going on an elective module abroad related to public health or epidemiology or students taking a postgraduate degree such as an MSc in Public Health or similar at a UK university who plan to travel abroad on an elective module as part of that degree (This award is not open to PhD students).
Applications should be no longer than 750 words
Applications should be for visits abroad to be made within twelve months of the closing date.
Submissions will be marked on the basis of (i) public health relevance of the project (ii) the methodology of the proposed project and (iii) evidence of Supervisory input"
Download application form [Word 53k]
Email: epidemiology@rsm.ac.uk
Geriatrics & Gerontology Section A C Comfort Prize
Submission Deadline: The deadline for this academic year has now passed, next year's deadline will be advertised when available
Meeting Date: tba
Prize: £300
Open To: Medical Students and graduates of less than 5 years standing
This prize will be awarded to the best 5000 word essay on any aspect of ageing.
Download application form [Word 54k]
Email: geriatrics@rsm.ac.uk
Hiscox RSM Trainee of the year award
Submission Deadline: The deadline for this academic year has now passed, next year's deadline will be advertised when available
Meeting Date: tba
Prize: 1st - £3000 plus year's RSM Membership
2nd - £1000 plus year's RSM Membership
3rd - £500 plus year's RSM Membership
Open To: Automatic entrance to all those who win first prize in any of the RSM's prizes from October 2009 to September 2010. Or Selection by Section Committee if the Section has more than one prize.
Each year the RSM provide doctors, and particularly those who are qualified and studying to become Consultants, with the opportunity to enter a number of awards. The RSM has now introduced a new award, sponsored by Hiscox. All first prize winners of any RSM prize will be entered. A panel chaired by the RSM Dean will review the winners of all these awards and shortlist 6 for the presentation evening.
For an application form please contact the coordinator
Email: awards@rsm.ac.uk
History of Medicine Section Norah Schuster Essay Prize
Submission Deadline: The deadline for this academic year has now passed, next year's deadline will be advertised when available
Meeting Date: tba
Prize: £100 book token and one year's membership of the RSM
Open To: The prize is open to pre-clinical, clinical medical and dental students
This prize will be awarded for the best essay submissions. The winners may also be asked to present a 15 minute summary of their essay at one of the spring meeting dates. Any subject related to the history of medicine including medical science will be considered. Essays should be no longer than 5000 words and the standard should be comparable to a third year dissertation. A summary of the essay no longer than 500 words should also be submitted along with the full essay.
Download application form [Word 54k]
Email: history@rsm.ac.uk
Intellectual Disability Forum Student Prize
Submission Deadline: 28 May 2010
Meeting Date: tba
Prize: £125 book token and one year's membership to the RSM
Open To: Medical or dental student in the UK or the Republic of Eire. The candidate need not be a member of the Royal Society of Medicine.
This prize will be awarded for the best essay, project report or other piece of work concerned with furthering the welfare of children or adults with intellectual disability. Submissions should not be more than 1500 words.
A letter from the student's academic institution must accompany all submissions, confirming that the author is a medical student. Only one paper may be submitted by any candidate in one year.
Download application form [Word 54k]
Email: intellectual.disability@rsm.ac.uk
Obstetrics & Gynaecology Dame Josephine Barnes Award
Submission Deadline: The deadline for this academic year has now passed, next year's deadline will be advertised when available
Meeting Date: tba
Prize: £100
Open To: All Medical Students
This prize will be awarded for an original 1000-word essay on the subject of 'The impact of an ageing population on the practice of obstetrics & gynaecology'
Please submit 2 copies of your essay (one with and one without your name, institution and contact details).
Download application form [Word 54k]
Email: o_g@rsm.ac.uk
Pathology Section Student Prize
Submission Deadline: The deadline for this academic year has now passed, next year's deadline will be advertised when available
Meeting Date: tba
Prize: 1st: £250
2nd: £100
Open To: All undergraduate medical, dental and veterinary students
Please submit an abstract of no more 250 words on any topic including research, audit projects, suitably anonymised case presentations, or work undertaken during elective period. The work must feature laboratory medicine or science as the main subject matter.
Download application form [Word 57k]
Email: pathology@rsm.ac.uk
Pharmaceutical Medicine & Research Section Essay Prize
Submission Deadline: The deadline for this academic year has now passed, next year's deadline will be advertised when available
Meeting Date: tba
Prize: The winner to receive £200 plus encouragement and advice on submitting the essay for publication in the JRSM.
Open To: All Fellows, Trainees, Associate Members of the RSM and Student Members
An essay of no more than 2000 words on 'How can pharmaceutical development better serve the needs of patients?'
Download application form [Word 54k]
Email: pharmaceutical@rsm.ac.uk
Respiratory Medicine Section Medical Student Elective Bursary
Submission Deadline: 30 June 2010
Meeting Date: tba
Prize: £400 and a certificate
Open To: To be eligible for the bursary, candidates must be undergraduates from a recognised medical school within the United Kingdom who intend to go on an elective module related to Respiratory Medicine during the year 2010-11.
A description of the elective module should be made in less than 500 words and two copies of the abstract must be submitted. One must be anonymous and the other clearly marked with the author's full contact details.
The author of the best abstract will be expected to give a short presentation, relating to their elective experiences to the Council and possibly at a section meeting.
Download application form [Word 53k]
Email: respiratory@rsm.ac.uk
Respiratory Medicine Section Young Respiratory Investigator Prize
Submission Deadline: 31 July 2010
Meeting Date: tba
Prize: £250 (trainee award) £100 (student award) + 1 year RSM membership
Open To: Both Medical Students and SpR/ST trainees will be eligible for this award.
Medical Students and SpR/ST trainees, including non-RSM members, are invited to submit abstracts of clinical or scientific research in which they are involved. Selected abstracts will be presented at a Section Meeting in October 2010. Judging will occur on the day of the meeting with prizes awarded according to both the quality of research and oral presentation.
Abstracts should be less than 500 words and two copies must be submitted. One must be anonymous and the other clearly marked with the author's full contact details. Those with abstracts successfully selected for presentation will be notified by September 2010.
Download application form [Word 57k]
Email: respiratory@rsm.ac.uk
Student Members' Group Research Presentation Prize
Submission Deadline: The deadline for this academic year has now passed, next year's deadline will be advertised when available
Meeting Date: tba
Prize: Oral: 1st: £300, 2nd: £150, 3rd: £100. Poster: 1st: £150, 2nd: £100
Open To: All current UK, Eire and EU medical, dental and veterinary students and those within six months of qualifying.
Abstracts of original research undertaken during undergraduate studies will be considered. The research studies may be basic science or clinical projects. The prize is not intended for research undertaken as part of a PhD degree.
Abstracts of no more than 200 words, underlining the main author who must be the person presenting the paper. Only one presenter will be accepted for each paper. The full names and signatures of co-authors are essential. Please note: Eight papers will be selected for oral presentation; each paper will be allowed 10 minutes for presentation, with no more than 10 slides and 5 minutes for questions. Up to twenty papers will be selected for poster presentations; dimensions of posters will be given to those who are selected. First prize for oral presentations is £300, £150 for the best poster presentation plus additional prizes.
Abstracts and submission forms must be sent electronically in MS Word format, and a second copy faxed or posted with signatures or if you are sending a cheque.
NB. Abstracts from non-members of the RSM will be considered but a non-refundable handling fee of £5.00 must be sent with the abstract in the form of a cheque made payable to the Royal Society of Medicine
For an application form please contact the coordinator
Email: students@rsm.ac.uk
