Prizes for trainees

Prize

• First prize: £500
• Second prize: £250

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Trainee doctors in anaesthesia, critical care or pain management at any grade, including veterinary anaesthesia. Open to trainees in the UK and Ireland.

Application guidelines

Submit an essay describing original research, audit or a case report that you have played an important part in. The paper must be anonymous; it should not include headings, acknowledgements, names or institutions.

Shortlisted finalists/candidates will be required to present their paper at the Student and trainee prize meeting and annual dinner on the Friday 7 June 2019.

Prize

• First prize: Commemoration Medal and £1,000 
• Second prize: £500 

Submission deadline 

To be announced

Open to  

Cardiology trainees (ST3 and upwards) who have received all or part of their training in the United Kingdom. The applicant must either be currently engaged in full-time cardiovascular research or be no later than 1 year following award of a research degree by the submission deadline. 

Application guidelines

Submit a 200-word abstract on a subject which represents original research in cardiology. For applicants who have been awarded a research degree, proof of the date of award will be required. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their work on 20th March 2019 at the RSM.

Prize

• Oral presentation: One year’s free RSM membership and a bottle of champagne
• Poster presentation: One year’s free RSM membership and a bottle of wine

Submission deadline

Sunday 1 September 2019

Open to

All pre-clinical and clinical cardiothoracic students and trainees.

Application guidelines

Submit a 250-word abstract on a case presentation. The abstract can include figures, diagrams and scans. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their paper at a Cardiothoracic meeting.

Prize

• First prize: £250

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Postgraduate students who have been working for qualifications in forensic and legal medicine or medical law. Students studying other specialties may submit their work to be considered for presentation purposes but are not eligible for the prize.

Application guidelines

Submit a poster presentation; the entry should be anonymous – your name or your institution should not be mentioned. The poster design should be submitted in PowerPoint or PDF format and under 2MB in size.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to print their presentation in A1 to present at a Clinical Forensic & Legal Medicine meeting.

Prize

• First prize: £100
• Second prize: £50

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Medical students and trainees.

Application guidelines

Submit a 250-word abstract on a literature review or case study on urticaria. The abstracts should be clearly structured and should include the title of the poster; the presenting author's name, any other authors and their professional role and affiliation.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to print their presentation in A1 to present at a Clinical Immunology & Allergy meeting.

Prize 

• £750 to be used towards research or training in clinical immunology and allergy, and a year's free RSM membership

Submission deadline 

To be announced

Open to 

Medical students, trainees (up to ST3) and young scientists.

Application guidelines 

Submit a 750-word essay that highlights development and progression on any of the following topics: gut allergy, microbiotica, or food intolerance. 

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their essay at a Clinical Immunology & Allergy meeting.

Prize 

The best posters will be receiving a commendation.

Submission deadline 

Submission closed

Open to  

All related disciplines, including, but not limited to, clinical neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, neuroscience, neuropsychology, psychology, developmental sciences, psychoanalysis, phenomenology, and philosophy.

Application guidelines 

Please submit a 300 word abstract on the topic of "Space and time in mind and brain". Given the nature of the meeting, please ensure your poster is communicable to a wider audience, which is likely to be clinical on the whole.

Shortlisted candidates must be available to present their poster at this event on Tuesday 16 July to 17 July 2019. A discounted rate will be available for poster presenters. Please note that there is no monetary prize but there will be commendations for the best posters.

Prize

• First prize - The John of Arderne medal, one year free RSM membership, invitation to council for the 2019-20 academic year and £500 towards a travelling fellowship to the Coloproctology Section's overseas meeting in Guernsey
• Second prize - £500 towards a travelling fellowship to the Coloproctology Section's overseas meeting in Guernsey
• Runners up will be invited for a poster presentation of their research on the day of the Presidential Address, 23 October 2019. Each will be awarded £50.

Submission deadline

Tuesday 3 September 2019

Open to

All coloproctology and surgery trainees and medical students

Application guidelines

Submit a 200-word abstract on a coloproctology research paper. Abstracts should state briefly and clearly the purpose, methods, results and conclusions of the work.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their abstract at the Presidential address Coloproctology meeting on 23 October 2019. The judges will select the best clinical and best academic presentations, both of whom will receive £500 towards a travelling fellowship to Guernsey. The overall winner of the John of Arderne medal will be selected from these two. 

Other applications will have the opportunity to be invited for a poster presentation of their research on the day of the Presidential Address, 23 October 2019. Each will be awarded £50.

Prize

• The top three entrants will receive an annual subscription to CRIT-IQ (an excellent resource for the FFICM)

Submission deadline 

Monday 1 July 2019 

Open to 

All UK and Ireland trainees in intensive care medicine but would be most suited to those sitting the primary or final FFICM.  

Application guidelines 

Submit a 300-word abstract that is a summary of a completed audit or quality improvement project which has contributed to the practice of intensive care medicine.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present a poster at a Critical Care Medicine meeting.

Prize 

• First prize: £250 

Submission deadline 

Submission closed

Open to 

Dermatology registrars. 

Application guidelines 

Submit a dermatology paper published in a peer-reviewed journal in the last 12 months.

Prize 

• First prize: £150 

Submission deadline 

Submission closed

Open to 

Dermatology registrars who present at Dermatology meetings.

Application guidelines 

Prize will be awarded to dermatology registrars considered to have made an outstanding contribution to Dermatology Section meetings during the session preceding the year of the award.

Prize 

• First prize: £250 

Top three shortlisted candidates will be awarded up to £150 for travel and accommodation to attend a dermatology meeting.

Submission deadline 

Submission closed

Open to 

All dermatology trainees in the UK and Ireland, and newly qualified consultants whose research was completed as a trainee in the year before the submission date. 

Application guidelines 

Submit a 500-word summary of research work carried out while you were a dermatology trainee, or within a year of becoming a consultant. The research can have been submitted to other meetings and published in the year before the submission deadline.

Prize 

• First prize: £500 and a year’s free RSM membership

Submission deadline 

Monday 8 July 2019 

Open to 

All RSM members and non-members.

Application guidelines 

Submit a 500-word paper on a digital innovation project that is applying a digital voice to improve healthcare or social care. The project should be currently underway or been completed in the past 12 months. Concept papers for projects that have not been started will not be accepted.

The top three submissions will be invited to present their paper at a Digital Health meeting, where the winner will be selected.

Prize

• First prize: £15,000

Submission deadline 

Tuesday 1 October 2019

Shortlisting will take place on Wednesday 6 November 2019 and interviews will be held for shortlisted candidates on Wednesday 4 December 2019.

Open to

RSM Fellows who are of specialist registrar, lecturer grade or equivalent, or who are consultants within three years of their first consultant appointment.

The award is intended to cover expenses for travel abroad to one or two centres, for a period of not less than six months, in pursuit of further study, research or clinical training relevant to the applicant’s current interests.

Application guidelines

Submit an application form with the following included:

• Up-to-date CV Statement of current interests, including career objectives
• A detailed proposal as to how the time abroad will be spent and where
• Detailed analysis of likely costs of the period abroad, and statement of need for funding
• Names and contact details of two referees
• Supporting statement(s) from the proposed host centre(s)
• Confirmation that the applicant's employing authority will grant study leave if the application is successful (this is usually in the form of a supporting letter)

At the end of their Fellowship, the successful candidate(s) will be expected to provide a written report about the work undertaken during the tenure of the Fellowship and present it at an appropriate RSM educational meeting.

Prize 

• First prize: £500 

Submission deadline 

To be announced

Open to

Anyone carrying out original research or innovation in the field of emergency medicine, including equipment, software or management projects relevant to emergency medicine.

Application guidelines

Submit an 800-word paper on original research or an innovation project in emergency medicine. The paper should include information about the research, its evidence data, quality of the research and its relevance to emergency medicine and clinical practice, in addition to what the prize money will be used towards.

The winning applicant will be invited to present their work at an emergency medicine meeting.

Prize

• First prize: £500 and a year’s free RSM membership 
• Second prize: £500 and a year’s free RSM membership 

Submission deadline 

To be announced

Open to 

All medical practitioners below consultant grade.

Application guidelines 

Submit a 1,500-word essay on an original piece of research work in emergency medicine. The essay should summarise your research, and include information about its evidence data, the quality of the research and its relevance to emergency medicine and clinical practice.

The winning applicant will be invited to present their work at an Emergency Medicine meeting.

Prize

• First prize: £250

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Any medical and non-medical epidemiologist or public health practitioner under the age of 40 years.

Application guidelines

Submit a 1,000-word paper addressing a public health issue which relates to a project conducted. Your paper should include an introduction, methodology used and results, discussion headings and a conclusion.

Prize

• First prize: £100 and a year’s free RSM membership
• Second prize: £50 and a year’s free RSM membership

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Medical students and trainees.

Application guidelines

Submit a 250-word abstract describing the nature and purpose of your poster presentation. The abstract should be clearly structured and describe original research, case studies only. Please include the title of the poster, the names of presenting and other authors and their professional role and affiliation.

Shortlisted applicants will be given a free place to the meeting. Posters should be printed on A1 size for presentation.

Prize

• First prize: £300

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

GP registrars, postgraduate students based in primary care, medical students and other undergraduates from professional groups involved in primary care and patients with experiences from primary care.

Application guidelines

Submit an essay of up to 3,000 words on one of the following topics:

• An account of an audit or research project carried out in primary care
• A reflective account of a health consultation in your primary care practice
• A reflective account of an example of a team working in primary care

The winner will be required to present their essay at the GP Update meeting on 11 September 2019.

Prize

• First prize: £100
• Second prize: £50

Submission deadline

Monday 1 July 2019

Open to

Medical students and trainees.

Application guidelines

Submit a 250-word abstract describing the nature and purpose of your poster presentation, which should be relevant to a topic to be discussed at the 39th Primary Care Update. The abstract should be clearly structured and describe original research, a literature review or case studies.

Please include the title of the poster, the names of presenting and other authors and their professional role and affiliation.

Shortlisted applicants will be given a free place to the meeting. Posters should be printed on A1 size for presentation.

Prize 

• First prize: £300

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Medical students (pre-clinical and clinical) and medical graduates within five years since qualification. 

Application guidelines

Submit a 5,000-word essay on any aspect of ageing.

The winner will be required to present their essay at a geriatrics and gerontology meeting. 

Prize 

• First prize: A year’s free RSM membership

Submission deadline 

To be announced

Open to 

Medical students, practitioners, nursing, social care and allied healthcare professionals within five years of qualification.  

Application guidelines 

Submit a 3,000-word essay on any aspect of ageing or the health and care of older people.

Prize

• First prize: £100 for best oral presentation
• Second prize: £50 for best poster presentation 

Submission deadline 

To be announced

Open to

Trainees in elderly medicine or old age psychiatry.

Application guidelines

Submit a 250-word abstract on a case presentation in a clinical context which demonstrates difficult diagnostic or management problems in older people.

Five shortlisted candidates will be required to present their abstract at a geriatrics and gerontology meeting. Runners up will be invited to present a poster presentation.

Prize 

• First prize: £200 and an RSM certificate 
• Second prize: £100 and an RSM certificate 
• Third prize: £50 and an RSM certificate 

Submission deadline 

Sunday 29 March 2020

Open to

Trainees in hypnosis (those who are undertaking a training course, and those who are within one year of completing their course)

• Clinical trainees in medicine, dentistry nursing or psychological fields
• Students enrolled in related graduate academic courses
• Those qualified in medicine, dentistry nursing or those in psychological fields

Shortlisted applicants must be available to attend the prize meeting and to present their submission on Monday 27 April 2020.    

Application guidelines

Entrants are invited to submit a case study or an essay of no more than 1000 - 1500 words in response to the following question: “Discuss the rationale for the use of the term hypnosis or hypnotherapy.”

Prize 

• First prize: £250 and a year’s free RSM membership
• Second prize: £100 and a year’s free RSM membership
• Poster prize: £50 and a year’s free RSM membership

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

All trainees and consultants within two years of appointment in the UK and Ireland.

Application guidelines

Submit a 150-word abstract on a chosen topic in laryngology and rhinology. Abstracts chosen for oral presentation will have the option of being published in the online version of The Journal of Laryngology and Otology (JLO). The overall winner can opt to have their whole paper printed.

Abstracts must comply with JLO guidelines:

• Should be no longer than 150 words and should be structured  
• Key words are used to index the article
• Only the words appearing as Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) in the supplement to Index Medicus may ordinarily be used

For full information please go to www.jlo.co.uk.

Papers not selected for oral presentation may be chosen for a poster presentation. 

Prize

• First prize: £200
• Second prize: Five x £100 prizes

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Medical officers in any training grade in general practice, occupational medicine, public health or hospital-based specialties.

Application guidelines

Submit a 250-word abstract on a research or audit project (including those used in GP training programmes). The abstract should reflect the principal sections of a proposed presentation i.e. background, hypothesis, materials and methods, results and discussion.

Please identify the author(s), unit or affiliation and the title of the presentation in the abstract.

Authors of the top six abstracts shortlisted will be required to present their work at a military medicine meeting. The authors of the next six abstracts selected (7-12 in the merit order), will be required to attend and present a five-slide presentation poster of their work on the day.

Please note applications will only be accepted if sent to the email address. Any applications sent to the RSM will not be considered or passed on to the Selection panel.

Prize

• First prize: £200

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Medical trainees in nephrology and the wider specialties.

Application guidelines

This award supports the visual representation and communication of renal medicine. Applicants are required to submit images representing nephrology regarding diagnostic procedures (renal histology), interventional radiology, basic science or clinical settings.

Images should be submitted in JPEG format and no larger than 410MB.

The winning image will be announced at a Nephrology meeting.

Prize

• First prize: £200

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Medical trainees in nephrology and the wider specialties.

Application guidelines 

Submit a 300-word clinical abstract in the area of clinical research, case series or individual case histories in nephrology. It should demonstrate novel clinical findings, illustrate classic conditions in new or unusual ways, and illuminate or expand knowledge concerning physiology, cell biology, genetics, radiology, or molecular mechanisms.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their work at a Nephrology meeting where the prize will be awarded.

Prize

• First prize: £200

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Medical trainees in nephrology and the wider specialties.

Application guidelines

Submit a 300-word abstract on a research project in clinical or basic science with a focus on nephrology. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their work at a nephrology meeting where the prize will be awarded.

Prize

• Oral first prize: £150
• Oral second prize: £100
• Poster first prize: £100
• Poster second prize: £75

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

All medical trainees in obstetrics and gynaecology.

Application guidelines

Submit a 300-word abstract on a topic related to obstetrics and gynaecology.

Shortlisted abstracts will be invited to give an oral or poster presentation at an Obstetrics & Gynaecology meeting. The six best abstracts will also be asked to give a seven-minute scientific presentation.

Prize

• First prize: £250 + certificate

Submission deadline

Friday 2 August 2019

Open to

All specialist trainees in Occupational Medicine, ST3-ST6

Application guidelines

Submit a 500 word case report abstract fitting the meeting theme set each year: Making a difference in Occupational health: Clinical case management and work outcomes that add value for the patient, manager and organisation.

Case criteria: Clinical Case: A clinical case of relevance to occupational medicine and fitting the meeting theme. The case should be one which has been clinically assessed and managed by the applicant personally since entering specialty training in Occupational Medicine.

Four cases will be shortlisted by Council and invited to give a 10 minute presentation at the Occupational Medicine’s September evening meeting.

Prize

• First prize: £200
• Second prize: £100

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Students and trainees.

Application guidelines

Submit a 250-word clinical or research abstract on original work in dental science completed in a UK institution in the last five years. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their abstract at an Odontology meeting.

Prize

• First prize for scientific paper: £250
• First prize for clinical paper: £250
• First prize for poster presentation: £50 voucher
• Second prize for poster presentation: £50 voucher

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

All scientists and clinicians in training.

Application guidelines

Submit a 200-word abstract on the topic: Young people with cancer.

Applicants can submit a scientific paper or a basic scientific research project. The abstract should include, but is not limited to, audit data, imaging studies and outcomes of surgical procedures. Translational studies, such as genomic studies of clinical samples, should be included if you are applying for the basic/translational science prize.

The top six shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their paper at an oncology meeting in front of a panel of judges, where the top two applicants will be awarded the Sylvia Lawler Prize.

High quality abstracts not selected to present will be invited to give a poster presentation at the meeting.

Apply for clinical paper here

Apply for scientific paper here

Prize 

• Winner of best abstract - £250 and invited for oral presentation; Top 10 abstracts – poster presentation

Submission deadline

Friday 2 August 2018 

Open to

Any scientist or healthcare professional working in the field of global cancer control, and open to HICs and LMICs. 

Application guidelines

Submit an abstract of 400 words maximum, including background, methods, results and discussion. The abstract should be on collaborative research/service delivery in which the applicant has been significantly involved, in global cancer control, focusing on LMICs as defined by the world bank group. The project may be clinical or scientific and the work may have been published previously (but not before 2018). 

Submissions open to HICs and LMICs. Judging panel will include oncologists and experts in the field of global cancer care who will consider the originality and the impact of the research on the quality of care for patients with cancer in LMICs, within the context of the resources available to the host institution.

The winner must agree to attend the conference.

For further information please contact oncology@rsm.ac.uk

Prize

• First prize poster: £150
• First prize paper: £150 

In addition, the overall winner will receive the Dermot Pierse prize of one year’s subscription to the British Journal of Ophthalmology. 

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Medical students and trainee doctors.

Application guidelines

Submit a 300-word abstract on research work or a case report in ophthalmology.

Shortlisted candidates will have the opportunity to present their work at an Ophthalmology meeting from which judges will select eight oral finalists and 24 poster finalists.

Prize

• First prize: £50

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

All trainees without dual qualification including undergraduate, singly-qualified and second degree medical and dental students.

Application guidelines

Submit a 2,000-word essay on a topic relating to oral and maxillofacial surgery. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their work at an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery meeting.

Prize

• First prize: £50

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

All trainees without dual qualification including undergraduate, singly-qualified and second degree medical and dental students.

Application guidelines

Submit a 250-word abstract on a topic relating to oral and maxillofacial surgery. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their work at an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery meeting.

Prize

• First prize: £600
• Second prize: £400
• Third prize: £200

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Medical students and trainees.

Application guidelines

Submit a 300-word abstract describing original (not previously published) work exploring clinical case studies and case reports.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their work at an Orthopaedics meeting and attend the dinner following the event.

Prize

• £300 and the winning candidate will be invited to present the innovation when receiving the prize at the Otology Section event in February 2020

Submission deadline

Sunday 3 November 2019

Open to

Trainees and consultants in Otology

Application guidelines 

The interpretation of Innovation will be broad-based, this could be technical, such as a new device or instrument, a new procedure or original modification of a procedure or a new and original organisational development. Candidates are asked to describe an innovation that they have been personally involved in devising in the past 5 years.

• A description of no more than 1000 words and if appropriate will include images and or drawings of the innovation. The application should be structured as below:
• A description of the innovation and the costs to date and/or estimated in the future budget
• The difference it makes/will make to patient care and evidence for this. How does it compare with current similar devices or best practice? Consider safety, Is there any evidence it could adversely impact health
• Include any published evidence on the innovation including evidence to support its impact
• Has the innovation already been disseminated or marketed beyond the innovator? Is it being used or still being used? if not, why not?
• Please acknowledge others who have contributed to the development of the innovation and describe their role and involvement

Prize

• £1,000 to be used in support of travel to centres of otology overseas.
• New edition of Logan Turner's Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat to the winner of the poster prize.

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

All trainees and consultants within two years of appointment.

Application guidelines

Submit a 150-word abstract on a topic relating to otology. Abstracts chosen for oral presentation will have the option of being published in the online version of the JLO and the overall winner has the option of their whole paper being printed. 

Therefore abstracts will need to comply with the JLO guidelines:

• Abstracts should be no longer than 150 words and should be structured 
• Key words are used to index the article 
• Only the words appearing as Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) in the supplement to Index Medicus may ordinarily be used 

For full information please go to www.jlo.co.uk.  

Papers not selected for oral presentation may be chosen for a poster presentation. 

Date of Competition: Friday 27th September

Location: Temporal Bone Dissection Lab, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge

Prize

• First prize: Free place on the Cambridge Advanced Otology course (worth £900) and £500 cash
• Second prize: £200 cash

Submission deadline

12th August 2019

Open to

Pre-CCT ENT trainees at all stages who are RSM members (free entry). RSM non-members can pay £150 to enter the competition.

Application guidelines

The aim of the competition is to provide an opportunity for ENT trainees to practice temporal bone dissection. Participants have a half-day time period in which they are asked to carry out set dissections such as cortical mastoidectomy, attic exposure and posterior tympanotomy, and are asked questions during the dissection. Drilling techniques and progress through dissections are critiqued by experts in the field of otology. High quality fresh frozen cadaveric temporal bones are used.

To apply to the RSM temporal bone competition, please download the attached application form.

Email the completed form to the address on the form.

Prize

• £250 and membership of the RSM as a trainee for up to six years for individuals with an academic record of achievement. 

The successful candidate(s) will become members of the Paediatrics & Child Health Section Council for two years. They will be expected to attend council meetings and submit a paper at one meeting (either an RSM meeting or meeting approved by the Section) every two years. 

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Individuals within ten years of their primary medical qualification.

Application guidelines

Doctors who can demonstrate firm evidence of a commitment to a career in paediatrics and child health are invited to submit their CV and a signed covering letter from the proposer (a Paediatrics & Child Health Section Council member) to be considered for this fellowship.

Any trainee not having a proposer can approach the Paediatric & Child Health Section Council. A maximum of two fellowships are awarded each year.

Prize

• First prize: £250

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Students and paediatrics trainees.

Application guidelines

Submit a 750-word case summary related to the topic: sex, fertility and the future for teenagers with endocrine conditions.

Four case reports will be shortlisted to present their work at a Paediatrics & Child Health meeting, from which the winner will be selected.

Prize

• First prize: £250 and a year’s free RSM membership
• Second prize: £200

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Medical trainees.

Application guidelines

Submit a 750-word case report on a general paediatric case. A maximum of four general paediatric case reports will be shortlisted to presented at a Paediatrics & Child Health meeting.

Prize

• First prize: £200 and free attendance to a Pain Medicine meeting of your choice

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

All medical students and trainees in pain medicine up to APT level. Submissions from trainees of other specialities will also be accepted.

Application guidelines

Submit a 3,000-word essay on the topic: Explain pain! How to explain pain and improve communication with patients.

The winner will be required to present their essay at a Pain Medicine meeting.

Submission deadline

Monday 15 July 2019

Meeting date

Monday 14 October 2019

Application guidelines

Abstracts of no more than 250 words for oral and/or poster presentation are welcomed on research in palliative and end of life care. The submission must be anonymous; it should not include headings, acknowledgements, names or institutions.

Whilst abstracts relevant to the meeting topic are more likely to be chosen for oral presentation, we welcome submissions on any subject in palliative and end of life care.

Prize

• n/a

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Medical students and trainees.

Application guidelines

Submit a 300-word abstract on an oral or poster presentation relating to a medical or surgical topic. When submitting your abstract, please state whether you would like to be considered for the poster or oral presentation. There is no limit to the number of abstracts you can submit.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present at the UPRAS meeting.

Prize

• First prize: £750
• Second prize: £250

Submission deadline 

Submission closed - to be confirmed in 2020

Open to

All psychologists and psychiatrists in accredited training or research posts in the UK at the time of publication.

Application guidelines

Word count: 5000

Entries should consist of a full copy of the published article or the article and letter of acceptance from the publisher, the applicant's short C.V. (of no more that 4 pages) and a covering letter explaining, in their own words, the significance of the publication.

Prize

• First prize: A year's membership to the RSM and a cash prize for outstanding contributions.

Submission deadline

Sunday 30 June 2019

Open to

Medical students, foundation and specialist trainees.

Application guidelines

Submissions should consist of an anonymised case history or series, a research report, an essay or elective report of up to 3000 words; reflecting your experience and interests in psychiatry. Career stage should be taken into consideration when judging. Submissions should also include a 300-word abstract, summary CV and covering letter.

The top 10 entries are shortlisted and given a year's free membership of the RSM and invited to attend the November psychiatry as a career event.  

Prize

• First prize: £500

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

All SpR radiologists and radiotherapists training in the UK and Northern Ireland with a limit of one paper from each hospital.

Application guidelines

Submit a 250-word abstract of your work, along with a 50-word outline of your personal contribution to the work. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their work at a Radiology meeting.

Prize

• First prize: £500
• Second prize: £125
• Third prize: £125

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

All trainees in all medical specialties.

Application guidelines

The BSHNI oral presentation is part of the BSHNI Annual Meeting and is open to trainees in all medical specialities.

Applicants need to submit a structured abstract based on any topic relating to head and neck imaging of no more than 250 words (excluding title, authors and references). The best abstracts will be selected to give an oral presentation (6 minutes with 2 minutes for questions) at a radiology meeting.

Prize

• First prize: £200
• Second prize: £100
• Third prize: £50

Submission deadline

Thursday 15th August 2019

Open to

Specialist registrars, research fellows, scientists and allied health professionals in all specialities.

Application guidelines

Submit a 300 word abstract describing original clinical or laboratory-based research in the field of rheumatology that you have played an important role in. The abstract must be anonymous and should not include acknowledgements, names or institutions. The research can have been submitted to other meetings and published in the year before the submission deadline. 

Shortlisted candidates will be required to give a 10-minute presentation followed by questions on their abstract at the Rheumatology Prize Meeting on Friday 20th September 2019

Prize

• First prize: £200
• Second prize: £100
• Third prize: £50

Submission deadline

Thursday 15th August 2019

Open to

Specialist registrars and research fellows in all specialities.

Application guidelines

Submit a 300-word abstract on a case series or individual case report in the field of rheumatology. The abstract must be anonymous and should not include acknowledgements, names or institutions.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to give a 10-minute presentation followed by questions on their abstract at the Rheumatology Prize Meeting on Friday 20th September 2019.

Prize

• First prize: £250 and a year’s free RSM membership
• Second prize: a year’s free RSM membership

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Medical students and trainee doctors within the field of sexual health and associated specialisms within GU/SRH.

Application guidelines

Submit a 2,000-word essay on any research objective of your choice that relates to the following topic: Critically analyse the challenges faced working in abortion services today.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their essay at a Sexuality & Sexual Health meeting.

Prize

• RSM certificate

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Students and trainees, allied health professionals and intercalated students.

Application guidelines

Submit a 250-word abstract describing your work on a subject relevant to sport and exercise medicine. The abstract should describe the background to the work, methods, results and conclusions, and be accompanied by a supporting letter from a consultant or supervisor. The work must not have been previously published.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to give a poster presentation at a Sport & Exercise meeting.

Prize

£250

Submission deadline

Sunday 21 July 2019

Open to

All surgical trainees.

Application guidelines

Clinical case reports should be submitted for this prize focusing upon the multidisciplinary nature of the care of a surgical patient. The report should be no longer than 500 words and have a maximum of 5 references. Abstracts previously presented at another meeting should be declared.

Shortlisted candidates will be expected to present their papers at the Surgery Section's 'President's Day' at King's College Hospital on 12 September 2019.  

Prize

£250

Submission deadline

Sunday 21 July 2019

Open to

All surgical registrars.

Application guidelines

Candidates are invited to submit abstracts from laboratory-based research papers of no more than 250 words

Shortlisted candidates will be expected to present their papers at the Surgery Section's 'President's Day' at King's College Hospital on 12 September 2019.  

Prize

• First prize for oral presentation: £250
• Second prize for oral presentation: £100
• First prize for poster presentation: £100
• Second prize for poster presentation: £50

Submission deadline

Tuesday 30 July 2019

Open to

Trainees working in any hospital or primary care specialty.

Application guidelines

Submit a 200-word abstract describing an audit project that was undertaken during your training. The abstract should include the objective, methods used and results, discussion topics and conclusion. The applicant must be the main author of the audit project.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their abstract as an oral or poster presentation at a Trainee meeting.

Prize

• First prize: £100 of book vouchers

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Medical students and trainees.

Application guidelines

Submit a 500-word outline of your idea for a book proposal. If the idea is shortlisted it will be presented to an expert ‘Dragon’s Den’ panel that will know nothing of the idea on the day and will judge whether they wish to accept or decline the proposal.

The winner will be decided at the event, considering the opinions of the judges and the audience.

Prize

• First prize: Up to £2,000 towards the Urology overseas winter scientific meeting in the next academic session
• Second prize: £750 towards the Urology overseas winter scientific meeting in the next academic session or Campbell's Urology
• Third prize: £500 towards the Urology overseas winter scientific meeting in the next academic session or Smith's Urology

Submission deadline

Submissions are closed

Open to

Urological trainees.

Application guideline

Submit a 200-word abstract on a urological topic. It does not have to be on original research but on a topic or study to which you have made a personal contribution.

The prize has an emphasis on the quality of the presentation style and the method of communicating the topic, rather than the factual content of the presentation.

Successful applicants will be invited to present their papers at the 'President's day: Geoffrey D. Chisholm CBE Communication Prize, state of the art lecture and AGM'.

Prize

• First prize: Up to £2,000 towards the Urology overseas winter scientific meeting in the next academic session
• Second prize: £750 towards the Urology overseas winter scientific meeting in the next academic session or Campbell's Urology
• Third prize: £500 towards the Urology overseas winter scientific meeting in the next academic session or Smith's Urology BAUS academic research prize: £750 

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Urological trainees.

Application guidelines

Submit a 200-word abstract about your own work; all subjects will be considered. Successful applicants will then be selected to present at the RSM Urology and Baus Section of Academic Urology joint meeting.

Malcolm Coptcoat Spring Short Papers Prize sponsored by the Malcolm Coptcoat Trust.

Prize 

• First prize: £200 plus an RSM certificate

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

All pre-SpRs training grades.

Application guidelines

Submit a 200-word abstract on either a high-quality urological audit, a novel work on service improvement or an organisational change within urology. The best abstracts will be presented as posters at the Urology Spring Meeting.

Prize

• First prize: £1,500 towards attending the Urology overseas winter meeting
• Second prize: Campbell’s Urology and an RSM certificate
• Third prize: Smith’s Urology and an RSM certificate

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Urology and surgery trainees.

Application guidelines

Submit a 250-word abstract on a latest general urological topic, with an emphasis on outcomes analysis. Submissions must not have been presented previously at any national or international meeting.

Prize

• First prize: £150 plus a year’s free RSM membership
• Second prize: £100

Submission deadline

Sunday 21 July 2019

Open to

Trainees (only)

Application guidelines 

Abstracts of clinical cases pertaining to vascular medicine, vascular and endovascular surgery of no more than 250 words. Only one paper per person can be submitted. 

*Shortlisted candidates will be invited to give an oral presentation at the Harvey symposium on Wednesday 11 September 2019.

Prize

• First prize: £250
• Second prize: £200
• Third prize: £150
• Poster prize: £200

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to

Medical students and trainees.

Application guidelines

Submit a 250-word abstract on a topic relating to the Venous Forum annual meeting. The abstract should be structured to include aims, methods, results and conclusions.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to present an oral presentation at a Venous Forum meeting. A selection of submissions that not shortlisted for oral presentation will be invited to present a poster at the meeting. All accepted abstracts will be published in Phlebology.

Prize

• On application

Submission deadline

March 2020

Open to

Trainee specialists under 40 years of age at time of application. 

Application guidelines

Submit an application outlining your research costs and the potential benefits the research will have to the phlebology and endovenous world. 

The applications must be supported with the following documentation:

• An up-to-date CV
• A letter from your Head of Department and/or a senior colleague/specialist, supporting the application

The successful candidate will be announced at the Venous Forum annual meeting. The winner will be expected to attend the meeting in Annual meeting and give a presentation of their work. 

Prize

• First prize: £3,000 plus one year’s RSM membership  
• Second prize: £1,000 plus one year’s RSM membership  
• Third prize: £500 plus one year’s RSM membership  

Marking the culmination of the Royal Society of Medicine’s prize programme for trainee doctors, the Wesleyan RSM Trainee of the Year Award finals take place each year during a glittering evening of medical innovation and scientific discovery. 

Competing for a prestigious trophy and a first prize of £3,000, the five finalists are drawn from the winners of the RSM Section prizes for trainees awarded each year. 

Celebrating the very best of the RSM and its trainees, the awards ceremony is preceded by a series of 10-minute oral presentations from the finalists, followed by rigorous 5-minute Q&A sessions with the judges and audience.