Travel grants and bursaries

*Unfortunately we will be unable to award an elective until further notice due to the COVID-19 crisis. This will be reviewed continually and we hope to be able to reinstate the BMDST-RSM Student Elective Awards soon.

Prize

• A grant of £500-£1,000 to undertake a specific project on a medical or dental elective.

Submission deadline

Application deadlines are twice annually on 31 January and 31 July. Confirmation on if you have been successful will be announced no more than 10 weeks after the deadline date. Your elective must take place AFTER the deadline date. We cannot offer grants to electives which are taking place before the deadline date.

Open to

Medical and dental students in the UK and other EU medical and dental schools.

Application guidelines

Submit a 700-word proposal on your medical elective that includes the following information:

• The type of work involved (the scope is wide and includes any type of research)
• Its purpose (aims)
• The approach you intend to take to collecting information or data and to the analysis (methodology)
• The projected outcomes or potential impact of the research
• How this experience will help your career development

You will also need to attach the following documentation to your application:

• Letter/email  from your medical or dental school confirming that they support your elective
• Confirmation letter/email from your host institution if applicable
• Recommendation letter/email from your tutor/supervisor
• Confirmation that full consideration has been given to the ethics of the proposal
• Confirmation that full consideration has been given to health and safety of the student

Prize

• A grant up to £250 towards attending a dermatology meeting at the RSM

Submission deadline 

Three weeks before relevant meeting 

Open to 

Trainees who are presenting at a dermatology meeting at the RSM, who are usually based at a hospital at least 100 miles from the RSM. 

Application guidelines 

Applicants can be reimbursed for travel, accommodation and registration for the meeting up to £250.

Prize

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

Submission deadline

3 April 2022

Meeting date

Friday 24 June 2022

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 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

• A grant of up to £100 towards attending a Laryngology & Rhinology meeting at the RSM.

Submission deadline

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

Open to

Trainee RSM members with an interest in laryngology and rhinology 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 Laryngology & Rhinology meeting they would like to attend and why.  

Email your application letter to: laryngology@rsm.ac.uk

Bursary

• £500 and a year’s free RSM membership for students, or money deducted from the membership fee for trainees and other professionals.

Submission deadline

To be confirmed.

Open to

Students, trainees and other professionals who specialise in maternity and/ or surrounding disciplines who are registered in the UK. Please note those who work for commercial operations will not be eligible for the bursary.

Application guidelines

Entrants will need to submit a summary essay of their current research and how the prize money will be spent if awarded (750 words maximum) as well as an up to date CV.

You will be informed of the outcome of your submission by early November and will be invited to present at the Maternity November meeting on 4 November 2021.  

For more information contact: maternity@rsm.ac.uk or click below to apply.

This bursary is to honour Luke Zander a founding member of the Forum and an innovator in maternity care. The bursary is to enable healthcare professionals, students and others who are registered in the UK as a student to progress their research in the field of maternity care or care of the newborn.

Prize

• £500 and a year’s free RSM membership for students, or money deducted from the membership fee for trainees and other professionals.

Submission deadline

To be confirmed. 

Open to

Students, trainees and other professionals who specialise in maternity and/ or surrounding disciplines who are registered in the UK. Please note those who work for commercial operations will not be eligible for the bursary.

Application guidelines

This bursary is to enable the applicant to develop their new media skills which relate to the subject of maternity care or care of the newborn. 

Entrants will need to submit the following:

• A description of the innovative way they have communicated/plan to communicate to mothers and fathers on a topic in the field of maternity care and how they will further develop this or their skills with the bursary money
• A summary of how the bursary will be spent 
• An up-to-date CV 

Entries can take a variety of forms such as a short video, an app, pictures, animations or people telling their stories to communicate the topic.

The bursary winner will be invited to present at a Maternity and Newborn Forum meeting on 20 May 2022. Please note the successful candidate will be expected to submit a summary of how the bursary was used and a short paragraph on the benefit of winning the bursary to feature in the Maternity and the Newborn Forum enews letter.

This bursary is to honour Wendy Savage, a long-standing member of the Forum and an innovator in maternity care.

The bursary is to enable Maternity healthcare professionals and students or obstetric students and trainees registered in the UK to attend a conference to present a paper based on their research in the field of maternity care or care of the newborn.

Entrants are invited to submit a paper of no more than 750 words that will be presented at the conference (this can be in draft format). A current CV and a description of the conference, the benefit that this will have to the recipient and a summary of travel costs either in the UK or overseas (of no more than 750 words) should also be attached.

The prize winner will be invited to receive their award at the Maternity & the Newborn Forum meeting on 23 March 2022.

Bursary: One prize of £750 to cover overseas travel or £500 to cover travel within the UK and a year’s free RSM membership for students, or money deducted from the membership fee for trainees and other professionals.

Deadline: To be confirmed. 

Open to: Students, trainees and other professionals who specialise in maternity and/ or surrounding disciplines who are registered in the UK. Please note those who work for commercial operations will not be eligible for the bursary.

Please note the successful candidate will be expected to submit a summary of how the bursary was used and a short paragraph on the benefit of winning the bursary to feature in the Maternity and the Newborn Forum enews letter.

Prize

Up to the value of £1,000 towards travelling abroad to further the study or advancement of ophthalmology.

Submission deadline

Saturday 1 May 2021.

Open to

British based ophthalmologists travelling abroad and foreign ophthalmologists travelling to the UK.

Application guidelines

Submit a CV and an application letter detailing the intended purpose of travelling abroad, along with a budget outline of your travelling costs and any supporting statements and letters.

Travelling Fellows may be required by the Ophthalmology Section Council to lecture at an Ophthalmology meeting on their experiences during the period of the award.

Prize

Up to a maximum value of £5000 to cover travel and accommodation expenses

Submission deadline

To be announced

Open to 

Orthopaedic trainees and consultants working in the field of Orthopaedics.

Mr William Bodey was a Wessex Trained West London Orthopaedic Surgeon. He is only recently retired. His reputation was as an enthusiastic teacher, role model and lifelong supporter of the RSM dedicating his career to the support of all trainees and students.

He has vigorously championed the essential integration of high quality regional and local training with service demands to provide enquiring innovative surgeons and doctors for the continuous improvement of UK and international healthcare.

Application guidelines 

Applicants are invited to submit a proposal in no more than 500 words including:

• Details of the centre you intend to visit and why
• Techniques you intend to learn
• The importance of your proposal for the advancement of clinical practice in the UK
• How your proposal will advance your current skills
• How you expect to use the skills learned and what the potential patient benefit will be.

Applications should be accompanied by a letter of confirmation from the hosting institution.

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

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

• Up to 5 bursaries will be available per year - covering the registration fee plus a contribution of £500 towards travel and hotel costs

Submission deadline

TBC

Open to

RSM Paediatrics & Child Health Section members of all grades

Application guidelines

Applicants should complete the submission form - detailing:

• a brief description of the overseas conference they wish to attend- including title, dates  and venue
• a brief summary of no more than 500 words outlining why they wish to attend the conference and how will it benefit the work of their clinical teams
• the conferences attended (both national and international) in the past 5 years

Priority will be given to Paediatric Consultants in clinical practices who have not attended an overseas meeting in the past 5 years. 

In the event that an applicant is awarded a travel bursary by another organisation the applicant must withdraw their application to the RSM.

The bursary funds will be awarded after the successful candidate has returned from the conference and provided a report of their experiences of the conference; particularly focussing on how it will influence their clinical practice and how they have shared their experience / learning with their clinical teams. The reports will be uploaded to the Paediatrics & Child Health Section page on the RSM website and, if appropriate winners may be invited to speak at a relevant Section meeting to present "Highlights of the (relevant) conference".

Prize

• First prize: £15,000

Submission deadline 

Monday 4 October 2021

Shortlisting will take place in early November 2021. Interviews will be held for shortlisted candidates on Tuesday 7 December 2021.

Open to

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 2022 and 30 June 2023, but consideration will be given to applicants who are travelling from January 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 and contact details 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 to provide a written report about the work undertaken during the tenure of the Fellowship and to present at an appropriate RSM educational meeting.