Prizes for trainees

Prize

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

Submission deadline

Sunday 17 May 2020

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 via webinar on Friday 10 July 2020.

Prize

• First prize:  £1,000 
• Second prize: £500 

Submission deadline 

31st March 2020

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 26th May 2020 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

25 September 2020

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: £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 

First place: £300

Submission deadline 

Sunday 12 January 2020

Open to  

Students and trainees in neurosciences, including neurology, neurosurgery, neurophysiology, neuropathology or neuroradiology.

Application guidelines

Applicants are invited to submit no more than 500 word summaries of research which they have carried out. Those considered to be the best will be asked to give a 10 minute presentation (including 3 minutes discussion) at a meeting of the Section. Factors which will be taken into account in the assessment of the research will include the originality, the degree to which the research was carried by the presenter, the difficulty of the work and the extent to which it throws new light and understanding on any aspect of the aetiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, investigation, treatment or management of patients, and the importance and relevance in clinical practice, as well as the clarity of presentation. 

Prize

Irish Travelling Fellowship to attend an Annual Meeting of the Irish Association of Coloproctology. The Fellowship (in value up to an amount of £1,000 to cover travel costs) is to be administered by the Coloproctology Section, Royal Society of Medicine to cover travel during the meeting and a visit to a Colorectal Unit in Ireland.

Submission deadline

Sunday 2 August 2020

Open to

All coloproctology trainees

Application guidelines

Submit a 400-word case report of a research-based abstract on any coloproctology topic. The winning candidate will be required to make a short presentation at the meeting and provide a copy of their CV prior to the visit.

The winner will receive a bursary to attend the Annual Meeting of the Irish Association of Coloproctology held at the Fitzpatrick’s Hotel, Killiney, Co Dublin on 12 - 13 November 2020. He or she will also be hosted by Mr John Burke, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Secretary of the Irish Association of Coloproctology at the Department of Colorectal Surgery in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin from 9 – 13 November 2020, therefore will be required to arrive in Dublin by 8 November 2020. The candidate is responsible for their own accommodation arrangements.

Prize

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

Submission deadline 

Submission closed

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 

Sunday 28 June 2020

Open to 

Dermatology registrars. 

Application guidelines 

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

Prize 

• First prize: £50 and RSM certificate

Submission deadline 

Submission closed

Open to 

All dermatology trainees.

Application guidelines 

Applicants are invited to submit abstracts (of any wordcount) regarding dermatological clinicopathological cases. Submissions will be shortlisted and considered for oral presentation at the Dermatology Section clinicopathological meeting in December.

Prize 

• First prize: £50 and RSM certificate

Submission deadline 

Submission closed

Open to 

All dermatology trainees.

Application guidelines 

Applicants are invited to submit abstracts (of any wordcount) regarding dermatological clinicopathological cases. Submissions will be shortlisted and considered for oral presentation at the Dermatology Section clinicopathological meeting in January.

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
• All presenters will be awarded up to £150 as a travel grant.

Submission deadline 

Sunday 24 February 2020

Open to 

All dermatology trainees in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Newly qualified consultants whose research was completed as a trainee in the year before the submission date.

Application guidelines 

Applicants will submit summarising research of no more than 500 words that have been done while they were a dermatology trainee or within 1 year of becoming a consultant. The research can have been submitted to other meetings and can have been published in the year before the submission deadline.

Submissions will be shortlisted and the top 3 will be awarded up to £150 for travel and accommodation to attend the April meeting where the prize will be awarded. Shortlisted candidates will also gain free registration to the meeting. The best paper will win a prize of £250 and will be submitted for consideration for the RSM Wesleyan trainee of the year award.

Disclaimer: AbbVie has funded this prize by the provision of a grant to the RSM. The administration process and prize selection have been wholly undertaken by the RSM with no AbbVie involvement.

Prize 

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

Submission deadline 

Tuesday 1 December 2020

Open to 

All RSM members and non-members, all grades including students

Application guidelines 

Submit a paper on a digital innovation project that applies a digital voice to improve healthcare or social care. The submission should not exceed 1500 words, but there is no minimum word count. 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 selected by the evaluation committee will be invited to present their paper at a Digital Health meeting, where the winner will be selected.

*Unfortunately we will be unable to award any Travelling Fellowships this year due to the COVI19 crisis. This will be reviewed continually and we hope to be able to reinstate the Fellowships again in 2021.

Prize

• First prize: £15,000

Submission deadline 

Sunday 4 October 2020

Shortlisting will take place in early November 2020

Open to

RSM Fellows of the Royal Society of Medicine who are of specialist registrar or 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.

Candidates will normally be expected to take up the Fellowship between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022

Application guidelines

Submit an application form with the following included:

• Completed application form
• Curriculum vitae
• Statement of current interests, including career objectives
• Detailed proposal as to how the time abroad will be spent and where
• Detailed analysis of likely costs of period abroad, and statement of need for funding.
• Names of two referees
• Supporting statement(s) from the proposed host centre(s)
• The candidate should confirm that his/her employing authority will grant study leave if the application is successful.

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

Prize 

• A single prize of £250 will be awarded to the best application.

Submission deadline 

1 March 2020

Meeting date

Friday 26 June 2020

Open to

Anyone carrying out original research or innovation in the field of Emergency Medicine

Application guidelines

Prize

• 1x £250 

Submission deadline 

1 March 2020

Open to 

All medical practitioners below consultant grade.

Application guidelines 

This is awarded annually for distinguished research work in the specialty. 

One £250 prize will be awarded for an essay detailing an original research project relating to emergency medicine that has been carried out. Applicants should submit an essay summarising their research (max. 1500 words).

Applicants will be judged on the applicability and/or originality of their project and its relevance to emergency medicine. The quality of the data and its interest to emergency medicine physicians. As well as the prize money, the winning applicant will be invited to present their completed work on Friday 26 June 2020 at the Royal Society of Medicine.

Prize

• £100 will be awarded to the best three applications.

Submission deadline

1 March 2020

Open to

Students, nurses and doctors all grades working in Emergency Departments

Application guidelines

The aim of this prize is to recognise and promote educational initiatives in Emergency Departments.
The submission should be no longer than 300 words.

The top 3 entrants will be invited to deliver a presentation on their initiative at a designated Emergency Medicine Section meeting at the Royal Society of Medicine. 

• Submissions should be no longer than 300 words. 
• The project should have been led or a substantial contribution to the project made by the entrant.

Entrants will submit the answers to the following three questions on their project/initiative.

1.      Describe the project, its implementation, and your role in that implementation.
2.      What were the barriers to implementation and how were these overcome?
3.      What impact has your project/initiative had on the department?

Prize

• First prize: £300 
• Second prize: Two prizes of £100

Submission deadline 

Sunday 19 January 2020

Open to

Training grade doctors, young scientists and medical students (not above Specialist Registrar, Grade B Clinical Scientist or equivalent grade) with an immunological or allergy component of their clinical research.

Application guidelines 

The work to be presented must be original and substantially the candidate's own. Abstracts (not exceeding 250 words) should be submitted along with a supporting letter from a supervisor.

Candidates will be expected to present their work at the 'AGM Presidential prize meeting and state of the art lecture'. 

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

Clinical case: First prize - £100 and a year’s free RSM membership, second prize: £50 and a year’s free RSM membership

Research prize: £100 and one year's free RSM membership

Submission deadline

Friday 1 May 2020 

Open to

Medical students and trainees.

Application guidelines

Abstracts should be no more than 300 words, on either an interesting/challenging clinical case or research on any aspect of gastroenterology or hepatology. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their abstract as a poster or oral presentation. All shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend the meeting free of charge. Posters should be printed on A1 size for presentation.

Clinical cases: the abstract should describe the presentation, investigations and management of the clinical case. The author should discuss the significance or relevance of the case, and any take home messages.

Abstracts selected for oral presentation should be presented in ‘Grand Round’ style with multiple choice option Q&A during the presentation to allow audience participation.

Research abstracts: any original research including literature review is accepted. Abstracts should contain the title, introduction, method, results and discussion.

Prize

• First prize: £300

Submission deadline

Tuesday 23 June 2020

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 the following topic:

• An account of an audit or quality improvement project carried out by yourself in primary care

Prize

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

Submission deadline

Tuesday 23 June 2020

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 which would have been discussed at the 40th 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 invited to display their poster at a future meeting for which they will be given a free place to attend.

Prize 

• First prize: A year’s free RSM membership

Submission deadline 

Tuesday 15 October 2019

Open to 

Medical students or postgraduates, 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: £100 best oral presentation, £50 best poster presentation

Submission process: Abstract submissions of no more than 250 words on audit, clinical governance, quality improvement and research projects relevant to the care of older people

Open to: Trainees in geriatric medicine, old age psychiatry or social sciences

Deadline: 31/03/2021

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 14 March 2021

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 10 May 2021.     

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.”

Submissions open soon

Prize 

• First prize: £300

Deadline: 31/03/2022

Submission process: This prize will be awarded to the best 5000 words essay on any aspect of ageing. 

Open to: Medical students (pre-clinical and clinical) and medical graduates within 5 years since qualification.

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: £1,000

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 2,000-word essay on the following topic: Advances in measuring the nasal airway.

Essays should be anonymous, and any references included are to be given in the Harvard style and only one paper may be submitted in any one year by an applicant.

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

Monday 21 October

Open to

Any trainees or fellows training in nephrology and wider specialties.

Application guidelines

This award supports the visual representation and communication of renal medicine. Images representing nephrology in regard to diagnostic procedures (renal histology), interventional radiology, basic science or clinical settings 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

Monday 21 October

Open to

Any trainees or fellows training in nephrology and wider specialties.

Application guidelines 

Trainees and research fellows are invited to submit clinical abstracts in the area of clinical research, case series or individual case histories. Clinical cases or pedigrees 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. Abstracts should be no more than 300 words. 

Submissions will be shortlisted for oral presentation at a Section meeting.  The prize of £200 will be awarded to the best 15 minute presentation.

Prize

• First prize: £200

Submission deadline

Monday 21 October

Open to

Any trainees or fellows training in nephrology and wider specialties.

Application guidelines

The prize is for the best presentation of a research project in clinical or basic science. Abstracts should be no more than 300 words. 
Submissions will be shortlisted for oral presentation at a Section meeting. The prize of £200 will be awarded to the best 15 minute presentation.

Prize

• First prize: £250 + certificate

Submission deadline

Friday 9 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.

Submission deadline:
Submission closed

Prize:
£200

Open to:
Undergraduate and postgraduate students, and trainees who have gained their qualification within the last 12 years (as at the date of presentation - September)

Application guidelines
This is awarded every three years. Candidates are invited to submit a clinical or research abstract of no more than 250 words on original work in dental science completed in a UK institution during the preceding five years.

Prize: 

• £250 to oral presenters
• £50 voucher to poster presenters

Submission deadline

26 April 2020

Open to: 

All clinicians in training

Application guidelines:

Abstracts of no more than 200 words are invited from clinicians in training, themed on a clinical research project.

The top 3 abstracts will be selected for oral presentations; a panel of judges will determine the best oral presentation and 1 applicant will be awarded the Sylvia Lawler Prize for the best clinical paper. Additionally, high quality abstracts not selected for oral presentation will be invited for poster presentations during the meeting. 

Clinical research includes but is not limited to audit data, imaging studies, outcomes of surgical procedures. Translational studies such as genomic studies of clinical samples should be submitted for the basic/translational science prize. If the applicant is unsure of the appropriate prize to specify they should highlight this at the time of submission.

Prize

• £250 to oral presenters
• £50 voucher to poster presenters

Submission deadline

26 April 2020

Open to

All clinicians in training

Application guidelines

Abstracts of no more than 200 words are invited from clinicians in training, themed on a clinical research project.

The top 3 abstracts will be selected for oral presentations; a panel of judges will determine the best oral presentation and 1 applicant will be awarded the Sylvia Lawler Prize for the best clinical paper. Additionally, high quality abstracts not selected for oral presentation will be invited for poster presentations during the meeting. 

Clinical research includes but is not limited to audit data, imaging studies, outcomes of surgical procedures. Translational studies such as genomic studies of clinical samples should be submitted for the basic/translational science prize. If the applicant is unsure of the appropriate prize to specify they should highlight this at the time of submission.

Prizes:

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

Submission deadline: 28 June 2020

Open to:

• Any scientist or healthcare professional working in the field of global cancer control may apply
• Collaborative research / service delivery in which the applicant has been significantly involved, in global cancer control, focusing on LMICs (as defined by World Bank group)
• Work may have been published previously (but not before 2018)

Abstract guidelines:

Candidates are invited to submit a clinical or research abstract of no more than 400 words, including background, methods, results and discussion. 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. Standard travel expenses will covered by the RSM Oncology Section.

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

2 July 2020

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

Submission closed

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 the chosen topic: The role of robotics and artificial intelligence in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery.
The essay should be anonymous and be the authors own work. The winner will be required to present their work at an Oral & Maxillofacial meeting. 

Prize

• First prize: £50

Submission deadline

Submission closed

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 any topic relating to oral and maxillofacial surgery. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their work at an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery meeting.

Submission deadline

Submission closed

Prizes

• 1st £500
• 2nd £100
• 3rd £75 

Open to
All dental or medical graduates and students.

Application guidelines
Submissions should be no more than 2,500 words in length and the authors own work. The essay should be anonymous. Only one submission may be submitted per applicant.

Chosen topic:
What is the benefit of Global medicine experience in oral and maxillofacial surgery training?

Meeting date:
Thursday 21 November 2019

Submission deadline: Submission closed

Open to: All dental or medical graduates and students

Topic: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery - (Audit, Cleft & Oral Surgery)

Size of the poster: A1 

Candidates will receive a certificate for being shortlisted and a winner will be commended for the best poster.

Prize: £100

Submission deadline: 

Submission closed

Open to: All trainees in relevant specialties

Application guidelines

Papers should be on the topic related to the use of fat grafting to the face or research related to the topic. Abstracts should be no more than 200 words (excluding title, authors and references).

The best abstracts will be chosen for presentation at the section meeting on Thursday 14 May 2020.

Prize: £100 best oral presentation, £50 best poster presentation

Submission process: Abstract submissions of no more than 250 words on audit, clinical governance, quality improvement and research projects relevant to the care of older people

Open to: Trainees in geriatric medicine, old age psychiatry or social sciences

Deadline: 31/03/2021

Submission deadline
Sunday 26 January 2020

Meeting date
Friday 1 May 2020

Prize
£100

Open to
British citizens, both lay and medics

Guidelines

This prize is awarded to the best original work in otology in the preceding four years, as evidenced by published papers.

Submissions should include copies of these papers, along with a supporting letter from a proposer or a cover letter from the researcher themselves.

Prize

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

Submission deadline

Sunday 20 October 2019

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 8 December 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
Up to £1,000 

Submission deadline 
Sunday 26 January 2020

Meeting date
Friday 1 May 2020

Open to
RSM Trainee Members interested in Otology 

Application guidelines

Applicants are invited to submit a cover letter of no more than 1,000 words, including the costs of the centre to be visited.

Submissions should also include:

• An up-to-date CV (maximum two pages)
• A reference from your Training Programme Director

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

• 1^st place: £1,000 to be used in support of travel to centres of otology overseas
• 2^nd place: Short fellowship to the 22nd International Otology Course at the Causse clinic in Beziers, France sponsored by the TWJ Foundation
• Poster prize: New edition of Logan Turner's Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat

Submission deadline
Sunday 8 December 2019

Meeting date
Friday 7 February 2020

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. 

Prize

Up to £100 towards travel costs to attend an otology meeting at the RSM.

Submission deadline

Applications will be accepted up to two weeks before each otology meeting.

Open to

Trainee RSM members who live more than 50 miles from the RSM.

Application guidelines

Applicants should submit a letter of no more than two A4 pages in length detailing their expenses, and which meeting they would like to attend and why.

Apply by email: otology@rsm.ac.uk

Prize

• First prize: £250

Submission deadline

Sunday 12 January 2020

Open to

Students and paediatrics trainees.

Application guidelines

Submit a 750-word case summary related to the topic: "Paediatric emergency medicine".

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

Sunday 08 December 2019

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 present at a Paediatrics & Child Health meeting.

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

Sunday 29 March 2020

Open to

Individuals for whom less than ten years have elapsed since they obtained 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 curriculum vitae and a signed covering letter from the proposer (a Paediatrics & Child Health Section member) to be considered for this fellowship. Any trainee not having a proposer could approach the RSM Paediatric Council.

A maximum of 2 fellowships will be awarded each year. 

The Paediatrics & Child Health Section council will select the winning candidate(s) from a list of eligible trainees. The selection committee will comprise of the President-Elect, Secretary-Elect and Treasurer. 

The name of successful applicant(s) will be presented to council at the Section AGM for approval.

Prize

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

Submission deadline

29 June 2020

Meeting date

Monday 7 September 2020

Open to

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

Application guidelines

Submit a 3,000-word essay on the topic: Long-term pain, sleep, and pain medications: Vicious circles, or good cycles?

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

Prize
RSM certificate

Submission deadline
Sunday 6 October 2019

Meeting date
Saturday 30 November 2019

Open to
Medical students and trainees.

Application guidelines
Applicants are invited to submit an abstract up to 250 words on all plastic surgery related topics. When submitting an abstract, please state whether you would like to be considered for a poster or oral presentation. Please note only one presenter can present for each oral presentation.

Prize

• First prize: £750
• Second prize: £100

Submission deadline 

Submission closed

Open to
Open to all psychologist and psychiatrists in accredited training or research posts in the UK at the time of publication

Application guidelines

This prize is to be awarded for the most outstanding published paper reporting original research work by the principal author in the last year.

Entries should consist of a covering letter explaining, the significance of the publication and attachments of:

• The published article or the article and a letter of acceptance from the publisher
• A short CV of the applicant

Prize

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

Submission deadline
Sunday 12 July 2020

Open to
Medical students, foundation and specialist trainees.

Application guidelines

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.

Please note this prize has been cancelled.

Prize

• First prize: £500
• Second prize: £125 x2

Submission deadline

1 May 2020

Open to

Trainees in all medical specialties.

Application guidelines

Structured abstracts based on any topic relating to head and neck imaging of no more than 250 words (excluding title, authors and references) are welcome. 

The best abstracts will be selected for oral presentation (6 minutes with 2 minutes for questions) at the meeting on Monday 29 - Tuesday 30 June 2020. There can only be one presenting author, however all other authors are welcome to register and attend the meeting.

Prize

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

Meeting date

To be confirmed 

Submission deadline

To be confirmed 

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 a Rheumatology meeting - date to be confirmed.

Prize

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

Meeting date

To be confirmed

Submission deadline

To be confirmed

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 a Rheumatology meeting - date to be confirmed.

Prize

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

Submission deadline
Sunday 30 August 2020

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

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a blood-borne virus. HIV disease caused by infection with HIV-1 or HIV-2, which are retroviruses belong to the Retroviridae family, Lentivirus genus. Over the years we have more understanding of HIV disease with real advances in HIV treatment and prevention.

HIV can be transmitted in various ways like sexual intercourse, shared intravenous drug paraphernalia, and mother-to-child transmission (MTCT), which can occur during the birth process or during breastfeeding.

You have been appointed by the health secretory to work as a specialist in Public Health England. Your task is to advise health secretory about the strategies and interventions (including behaviour modification) to reduce HIV transmission in the UK.

Application guidelines:

• You should adhere to the 2000-word limit (excluding references)
• Your essay should have a structure: title, introduction, content and conclusion
• Epidemiology of HIV infection in the UK, with references to prevalence, incidence, modes of transmission, risks of acquisition and health promotion initiatives
• The various intervention packages to reduce HIV transmission, including behaviour modification, risk assessment of HIV acquisition and risk reduction
• The main challenges would be to implement these packages of services and how might these be addressed?

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their essay at the "HIV training day" section meeting on Tuesday 27 Oct 2020.

For any queries regarding the essay, please contact Dr Huda Taha- Consultant physician, huda.taha@covwarkpt.nhs.uk / sexmed@rsm.ac.uk

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

Monday 1 June 2020

Shortlisted candidates will be expected to present their papers at a Surgery Section meeting.

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' in September 2020. 

Prize

£250

Submission deadline

Monday 1 June 2020

Shortlisted candidates will be expected to present their papers at a Surgery Section meeting.

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' in September 2020. 

Prize

First prize: £250 and the Norman Tanner Medal

Runner up: £250 Glaxo Travelling Fellowship

Submission deadline

21^st January 2020

Open to

All surgical trainees.

Application guidelines

Candidates must submit clinically oriented papers detailing original clinical research, multidisciplinary care and audit leading to improved patients' care. Submissions should be no longer than 500 words +/- 10%.

Abstracts will be shortlisted to present at a Surgery Section meeting in March and the best presentation will be awarded the Norman Tanner medal plus prize money. The runner-up will receive the Glaxo Travelling Fellowship of £250.

Prize

• 1st prize - £100
• 2nd prize - £50

Submission deadline

Submission deadline - Tuesday 17 December 2019 

Shortlisted candidates will be expected to present their poster at the RSM in October 2020.

Open to

All surgical trainees

Application guidelines

Abstracts on any emergency general surgery topic should be submitted for this prize. The abstract should be no longer than 250 words and have a maximum of 5 references.

Shortlisted candidates will be expected to present their poster at the RSM in September 2020.

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

Wednesday 30 June 2021

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. Applicants must be the primary authors of the original project.

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to present their abstract as an oral or poster presentation at the Trainees meeting taking place on 29 September 2021.

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

12-month free print and online subscription to the Journal of Clinical Urology and certificate

Submission deadline

TBC 

Open to

 Medical students and doctors not yet in core or specialist training    

Application guidelines

Medical students and foundation doctors are invited to submit an abstract no more than 250 words relating to the subject of urology. Successful applicants will then be selected to showcase their poster at the Career in Urology event, Saturday 11 January 2020, for the chance to win the prize.

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

Sunday 16 February 2020

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 on Monday 6 April 2020. 

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

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

Monday 13 July 2020

Meeting date

TBC

Open to

Urological trainees

Application guidelines

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.

Prize 

• First prize: £200 plus an RSM certificate

Submission deadline

Monday 13 July 2020

Meeting date

TBC

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 President's Day.

Prize

• First prize: £2,000 towards attending the Urology Section overseas winter meeting
• Second prize: Campbell’s Urology and RSM certificate
• Third prize: Smith’s Urology and RSM certificate

Submission deadline

Wednesday 18 September 2019

Open to

UK-based Urology Specialty or urologically inspired core surgical trainees

Application guidelines

Submit a 250-word abstract on a topic such as latest academic or clinical research topics, interesting case collections in the context of diagnosis and management or audit projects and their application to urological practice. 

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 19 July 2020

Meeting date 

Tuesday 15 to Wednesday 16 September 2020

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 Tuesday 15 to Wednesday 16 September 2020.

Prize

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

Submission deadline

Monday 1 March 2021

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

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. 

This award is being offered jointly by the General Practice with Primary Healthcare Section, RSM and the Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE).

Prize

• First prize: £600

Submission deadline

Monday 1 June 2020

Open to

An interprofessional team working within the primary health care community.

Application guidelines

Applicants are asked to produce one documents consisting of:

1. A factual and descriptive report on all or part of their interprofessional team working being presented for consideration.
2. Evidence demonstrating how the work presented fulfils the principles of interprofessional team working. (For further details see below).
3. The preparation and presentation of each submission should anticipate further collaborative working with definite outcomes designed to improve patient care.

The above three areas form the basis for the assessment criteria to award the prize.

For more details on the application guidelines please click the 'Apply here' button below. 

Prize

• First prize: Best Oral Presentation £100

Submission deadline 

7th February 2020

Open to  

Trainees & Students 

Application guidelines

Essays should be no longer than 1000 words.

The title of the essay this year is 'Surgical treatment of chronic pelvic pain' 

The will be expected to make a twenty minute presentation on the topic of their essay at the student and trainees prize meeting at the Royal Society of Medicine in March. Please include your essay under the abstract section on the submission form. 

Oral Prize

• First prize: Best Oral Presentation £150
• Second prize: £100

Poster Prize

• First prize: £100
• Second prize: £75

Submission deadline 

7th February 2020

Open to  

Trainees 

Application guidelines

Abstracts of no more than 300 words on topics related to obstetrics and gynaecology will be accepted. Submitted abstracts will be shortlisted to poster and oral presentations for the meeting. Submitters of the six best abstracts will be asked to give a seven minute scientific presentation relating to our specialty (plus five minutes for questions).

Prize

• TBC

Submission deadline

Open to

General Practitioners and General Practitioner trainees

Application guidelines

Submit a poster presentation; showcase your excellent quality improvement initiatives or research projects to share best practice throughout the defence medical community. The submission can include diagrams and pictures. The poster should be submitted as a single page MS Word or PowerPoint document, either single or double-column format.

Poster design templates can be requested from PS.GP@rcdm.bham.ac.uk.

Your posters will be displayed during the GP Update conference, the best will receive a prize.

Prize

• Oral presentation: A year’s free RSM membership
• Poster presentation: £50

Submission deadline 

Wednesday 16 September 2020

Meeting date

Wednesday 9 December 2020

Open to

All students and trainees.

Application guidelines

Submit a 250-word abstract defining a problem in a hospital or community setting related to patient safety and describe a solution for the problem stated. 

Submissions can be based on audits, quality improvement projects or prototypes of new devices or software that may be useful in patient safety.

Shortlisted submissions will be considered for both oral and poster presentations. Abstracts that rate highly on originality, clarity, show significant improvement in patient safety and impact at a national or international level, will have a higher likelihood of selection for oral presentations.

Prize

£250

Submission deadline 

Tuesday 26 January 2021

Open to 

All UK trainees.

Application guidelines 

Submit an abstract based on any topic relating to recovery after critical care of no more than 250 words (excluding title, authors and references).

The best abstracts will be selected to present a poster at the meeting on Friday 26 March 2021. The presenting author must register for this meeting.