There are over 70 prizes available for those in clinical training, worth up to £60,000 in total.
Please note all submissions must be sent in by 11.59pm on the stated deadline date
Prize
£250
Submission deadline
Submissions closed
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.
Prize:
The top three entrants will receive an annual subscription to CRIT-IQ (an excellent resource for the FFICM) and 1 year free RSM membership.
Submission deadline:
Thursday 20 January 2022 at 11:59pm
Meeting date:
Thursday 10 March 2022
Open to:
All UK & Eire junior doctors in Intensive Care Medicine
Application guidelines:
You are invited to submit a summary of a completed Audit or Quality Improvement Project which has contributed to the practice of Intensive Care Medicine. You should submit an abstract of no more than 300 words and if successful you will be invited to present at the Critical Care Medicine Section Meeting on 10 March 2022.
Abstracts will be judged by a panel selected from the Critical Care Medicine Section.
Prize
Submission deadline
10 March 2022 at 11:59pm
Meeting date
21 April 2022
Open to
Dermatology registrars.
Application guidelines
Submit a dermatology paper published in a peer-reviewed journal in the last 12 months.
Prize
Submission deadline
10 March 2022 at 11:59pm
Meeting date
21 April 2022
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.
The winning submission will be shortlisted and the top 3 will be invited to present at the April Dermatology Section 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.
Prize
Submission deadline
3 April 2022 at 11:59pm
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
Submission deadline
Meeting date
Open to
Medical students
Application guidelines
After returning from the elective, the winner will be invited to give a presentation at one of the Section's meetings.
Prize:
Submission deadline
14 February 2022
Open to
The prize is open to all trainees involved in the field of geriatrics and care of older people - including trainee nurses, allied health professionals and social workers.
Application guidelines
Submission of abstracts of no more than 250 words. The abstracts are required to have a clinical context and be in the form of a case presentation and usually in the form of case presentations that demonstrate difficult diagnostic or management problems relevant to older people. Judging from 17 February 2022 to 25 February 2022 and announcing the winners on 28 February 2022.
Prize
Submission deadline
Saturday 30 April 2022
Open to
Students or postgraduates of 5 years standing from disciplines involved in the care of older people
Application guidelines
The essay, a literature review and discussion, should be maximum of 3000 words (excluding references) on any aspect of ageing or the health and care of older people.
Papers will be judged by a sub-committee of the Council of the Geriatrics & Gerontology Section, comprising the President and/or President Elect, the Honorary Treasurer, the two Honorary Secretaries and the Library and Editorial Representatives or deputies nominated by the President. The decision of the judges shall be final and the award shall be made on their recommendation by the Council of the Section.
Prize
Submission deadline
Wednesday 13 October 2021
Open to
Trainees in elderly medicine and old age psychiatry
Application guidelines
Submission of abstracts of no more than 250 words. The abstracts are required to have a clinical context and be in the form of a case presentation and usually in the form of case presentations that demonstrate difficult diagnostic or management problems relevant to older people.
Prize
Submission deadline
7 February 2022 at 11:59pm
Meeting date
4 April 2022
Open to
Trainees in hypnosis (those who are undertaking a training course, and those who are within one year of completing their course)
Shortlisted applicants must be available to attend the prize meeting and to present their submission on 4 April 2022.
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 place: £300
Submission deadline
7 March 2022 at 11:59pm
Meeting date
9 May 2022
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 that 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 that 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
Submission deadline
Friday 25 March 2022
Open to
All trainees and consultants within 2 years of appointment in the UK and Ireland.
Application guidelines
Abstracts are invited of no more than 150 words. 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.
Abstracts must comply with JLO guidelines:
For full information please go to www.jlo.co.uk.
Papers not selected for oral presentation may be chosen for a poster presentation.
Prize
Submission deadline
Friday 25 March 2022
Open to
All trainees and consultants within 1-2 years of appointment in the UK or Republic of Eire
Application guidelines
This prize is to be awarded for an original essay on 'The nasal septum should never be touched before the age of sixteen. Discuss.', submissions should be no more than 2,000 words in length. The essay should be anonymous. Only one entry may be submitted in any one year by any applicant.
Prize: £200
Submission deadline: To be confirmed.
Meeting date: To be confirmed.
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. The abstract should be no more than 300 words, submitted in electronic format and concern a recent or current research project.
Successful candidates will be considered for a 15-minute presentation or a poster presentation.
Prize: £200
Submission deadline: To be confirmed.
Meeting date: To be confirmed.
Open to: Any trainees or fellows training in nephrology and wider specialties.
Application guidelines
Please submit a clinical abstract 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.
Prize: £200
Submission deadline: To be confirmed.
Meeting date: To be confirmed.
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. The abstract should be no more than 300 words, submitted in electronic format and concern a recent or current research project.
Successful candidates will be considered for a 15-minute presentation or a poster presentation.
Submission deadline:
Sunday 25 July 2021
Prize:
£250 and a certificate
Application guidelines
Submit a 500 word case report abstract fitting the meeting theme set each year: Synergy of mental health and fitness for work
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 in occupational medicine.
Four cases will be shortlisted by Council and invited to give a 20-minute presentation on 22 September 2021.
Submission deadline:
Submissions 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
Submission deadline
Monday 25 April 2022
Meeting date
Open to
All clinicians in training
Application guidelines:
Abstracts of no more than 200 words are invited from scientists in training, themed on a basic scientific 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 scientific paper.
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
Submission deadline
Monday 25 April 2022
Meeting date
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.
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:
Submission deadline: Sunday 27 June 2021
Open to:
Abstract 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).
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
Submission deadline
Submissions closed
Open to
Medical students and trainee doctors.
Application guidelines
Opportunity to present research work and case reports to a knowledgeable and critical audience at a Section meeting. Abstracts should be submitted of no more than 300 words. 1 submission per person only. Papers accepted would be considered for publication in the JRSM.
Prize
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:
1 year's RSM membership
Open to:
All trainees without dual qualification including undergraduate students as well as singly-qualified and second degree medical and dental students
Meeting:
Saturday 23 April 2022
Deadline:
Saturday 26 February 2022 at 11:59pm
Application Guidelines:
Abstracts of no more than 250 words are invited on any topic relating to Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited for poster presentation at the UMAX meeting
Submission deadline
Submission closed
Prizes
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
Deadline:
Sunday 11 September 2022 at 11:59pm
Open to:
All trainees in relevant specialties - to be eligible for the prize the candidate must be registered with the General Medical Council and/or the General Dental Council in the United Kingdom or be studying medicine or dentistry at a United Kingdom university. The candidate need not be a member of the Royal Society of Medicine. Candidates must register for and attend the meeting if short-listed.
Application guidelines:
Papers should be on a topic related to orbital surgery 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 Tuesday 22 November 2022. Please make sure that you are available to present on this day at the Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street.
Prize
Submission deadline
Friday 14th January 2022
Open to
Students and trainees
Application guidelines
Entrants will submit:
A 450 word abstract on their original research in any field of orthopaedic surgery.
The structure for the abstract must include an introduction, methods, results and discussion. Applicants will be required to state their role and acknowledge co-contributors in their research. Confirmation must be obtained from the senior author for the study to be submitted. Please note research presented must not be presented at a previous conference or published in the literature.
Prizes:
Open to:
Submission deadline: Friday 28 January 2022
Winners are chosen at the Future Orthopaedic Surgeons Conference 2022 on Saturday 12 February 2022 - Book now
Submission deadline
Friday 21st January 2022
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
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.
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:
Date of Competition: Friday 27th September
Location: Temporal Bone Dissection Lab, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
Prize
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.
1st place: £1,000 to be used in support of travel to centres of otology overseas
2nd place: CWJ Short Fellowship to the International Otology Course at the Causse clinic in Beziers, France sponsored by the TWJ Foundation
Poster prize: ENT book to be confirmed
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
Submission deadline
Tuesday 18 January 2022 at 11:59pm
Meeting date
Tuesday 15 March 2022
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
Submission deadline
Tuesday 14 December 2021
Meeting date
Tuesday 8 February 2022
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
Submission deadline
Sunday 3 April 2022
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 Counci
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
Submission deadline
TBC
Open to
RSM Paediatrics & Child Health Section members of all grades
Application guidelines
Applicants should complete the submission form - detailing:
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
Submission deadline
Tuesday 16 November 2021
Meeting date
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
Submissions from all medical students and trainees in pain medicine up to APT level are invited for the Andrew Lawson Prize in pain medicine. The title of the essay this year is "What can be done to prevent pain?". Essays should be no longer than 2000-3000 words.
The winner of the prize will receive £200, free attendance to a Pain Medicine Section meeting of their choice and will be expected to make a twenty-minute presentation (including Q&A) on the topic of their essay at an upcoming Pain Medicine Section meeting at the Royal Society of Medicine on 28 January 2022.
The winning essay will be published in the British Pain Society’s ‘Pain News' and therefore award of the Prize is conditional on using original diagrams only (rather than copyrighted material) and completing the editorial process in terms of standardising references, etc. to the format of the publication. For guidance please follow this link.
Prize
RSM certificate
Submission deadline
To be confirmed.
Meeting date
To be confirmed.
Open to
Medical students and trainees.
Application guidelines
Applicants are invited to submit an abstract of 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:
£750 and £100
Submission deadline
Submissions closed
Open to
Juniors (excluding consultants or senior academic staff)
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:
Prize
Submission deadline
Submissions closed
Open to
Medical students, foundation and specialist trainees.
Application guidelines
Prize
Submission deadline
Monday 7 February 2022 at 11:59pm
Meeting date
Thursday 12 May 2022
Open to
All SpRs radiologists and radiotherapists training in the UK and Northern Ireland with a limit of one paper from each hospital
Application guidelines
Prizes (Scientific & Educational Posters)
Open to:
All delegates (the presenting author should register for the meeting)
Submission deadline
Thursday 5 May 2022
Application guidelines
Application guidelines: Submit a 250-word abstract on original research in respiratory medicine that you have led. Submitted abstracts must relate to research undertaken within the last 24 months. The applicant will need to confirm that they have been the lead on the project and acknowledge any co-contributors that were involved. Abstracts on meta-analyses, literature/systematic reviews or individual case reports will not be accepted.
The authors of the 3 highest-scoring abstracts will be invited to present their work at the Respiratory Student and Trainee Prize Meeting on 26th January 2022 (a national oral presentation via online webinar). The winner will be announced during the prize meeting.
Prize: £100 and one free admission to an RSM Respiratory Section event (up to 1 full-day event in the next 12 months, SCE course excluded).
Submission Deadline: Wednesday 1st December 2021, 23:59
Open to: ST3 and above who have received all or part of their training in the UK. Registrars from any speciality may apply.
ST3 level only with national training number. Excludes IMT 3
Application guidelines: Submit a 250-word abstract on original research or case series in respiratory medicine that you have led. Submitted abstracts must relate to research undertaken within the last 24 months. The applicant will need to confirm that they have been the lead on the project and acknowledge any co-contributors that were involved. Abstracts on meta-analyses will be accepted; abstracts on literature/systematic reviews or individual case reports will not be accepted.
The authors of the 3 highest-scoring abstracts will be invited to present their work at the Respiratory Student and Trainee Prize Meeting on 26th January 2022 (a national oral presentation via online webinar). The winner will be announced during the prize meeting.
Prize: £100 and one free admission to an RSM Respiratory Section event (up to 1 full-day event within the next 12 months, SCE course excluded)
Submission Deadline: Wednesday 1st December 2021, 23:59
Open to: Junior doctors currently in foundation training or SHO level (IMT trainees, JCF, trust-grade SHO)
Prize
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
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
Submission deadline: 16 February 2022
Meeting date: 28 April 2022
Open to: Medical students, all medical specialities, all training levels and allied health professionals.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a blood-borne virus. HIV disease is caused by infection with HIV-1 or HIV-2, which are retroviruses belonging 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 secretary 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:
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present their essays at the Section meeting on Thursday 28 April 2022.
For any queries regarding the essay, please contact sexmed@rsm.ac.uk.
Application guidelines
Submit a 1500-word essay on the topic of event and expedition medicine, with the following title: Innovative technology in event and expedition medicine
The essay should focus on novel ideas and technologies and their use in the context of providing medical cover for sporting events or expeditions. The work should be supported by references where appropriate. Shortlisted candidates will be required to give a poster/oral presentation at a Sport and Exercise Medicine Section meeting.
Prize: RSM certificate and free attendance at a future event
Submission deadline: Submissions closed
Open to: Students and trainees, allied health professionals and intercalated students
Prize:
£250
Submission deadline:
Submissions closed
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 meeting on Tuesday 2 November 2021.
Prize
£250
Submission deadline
Submissions closed
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
Submission deadline
Submissions closed
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 place - £250 and the Norman Tanner Medal
Second place - The Glaxo Travelling Fellowship of the Section of Surgery of the Royal Society of Medicine. This will enable the recipient to attend the annual "Out-of-Town" meeting of the Section of Surgery in either the UK or overseas, use of the fund to attend an alternative conference is permitted by the agreement of Council. The winner shall be required to submit to the Council of the Section a brief report on the visit.
Submission deadline: Submissions closed
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 January 2022.
Prize
Submission deadline
Thursday 30 June 2022
Open to
Trainees from any hospital or primary care specialty
Application guidelines
The John Glyn trainees audit prize is awarded for an audit project undertaken during training within the last two years. Abstracts must be of no more than 200 words including objective, method, results, discussion and conclusion. Applicants must be the primary authors of the original project.
Successful applicants will present a poster or oral presentation at the relevant Trainees meeting.
Prize
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
15 February 2022 at 11:59pm
Meeting date
29 April 2022
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 of no more than 250 words relating to the subject of urology. Successful applicants will then be selected to showcase their poster at the Urology Section event in April for the chance to win the prize.
The Malcolm Coptcoat Prize was established in the early 2000s to celebrate the enormous contribution of Malcolm Coptcoat to British Urology during his relatively short professional career. He was a great innovator and a pioneer of laparoscopic urology in the UK.
Prize
Submission deadline
15 February 2022 at 11:59pm
Meeting date
29 April 2022
Open to
Urological trainees
Application guidelines
Please send a brief abstract of no more than 200 words summarising your work and demonstrating its potential clinical application. Please keep 29 April 2022 free for your presentation as judging will take place during the online event. Short-listed candidates will be asked to give a 7-minute presentation of their work.
Malcolm Coptcoat Spring Short Papers Prize is sponsored by the Malcolm Coptcoat Trust.
Prize
Submission deadline
24 March 2022 at 11:59pm
Meeting date
20 May 2022
Open to
Urological trainees
Application guidelines
Please send a brief abstract of no more than 200 words summarising your planned presentation. Please keep the afternoon of 20 May 2022 free for your presentation.
Short-listed candidates will give a 7-minute presentation on the afternoon of 20 May 2022 and respond to questions from the audience. Presentations should be limited to 8 slides and will be judged on their clarity and delivery.
Prize
Submission deadline
24 March 2022 at 11:59pm
Meeting date
20 May 2022
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 Section's President's Day.
Prize
Submission deadline
To be confirmed.
Meeting date
3 December 2021.
Open to
UK-based Urology Specialty or urologically inspired core surgical trainees
Application guidelines
Submit a 250-word abstract on a topic such as the 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
Submission deadline
To be confirmed.
Meeting date
To be confirmed.
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 event, details to be confirmed.
Prize
Submission deadline
Submissions closed
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
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:
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.
Application guidelines: Submit a 250-word abstract on original research in respiratory medicine that you have led. Submitted abstracts must relate to research undertaken within the last 24 months. The applicant will need to confirm that they have been the lead on the project and acknowledge any co-contributors that were involved. Abstracts on meta-analyses, literature/systematic reviews or individual case reports will not be accepted.
The authors of the 3 highest-scoring abstracts will be invited to present their work at the Respiratory Student and Trainee Prize Meeting on 26th January 2022 (a national oral presentation via online webinar). The winner will be announced during the prize meeting.
Prize: £100 and one free admission to an RSM Respiratory Section event (up to 1 full-day event in the next 12 months, SCE course excluded).
Submission Deadline: Wednesday 1st December 2021, 23:59
Open to: ST3 and above who have received all or part of their training in the UK. Registrars from any speciality may apply.
ST3 level only with national training number. Excludes IMT 3
Prize
Submission deadline
Friday 14 January 2022
Meeting
Friday 25 March 2022
Open to
SpRs in obstetrics and gynaecology
Application guidelines
Abstracts of no more than 300 words on topics related to obstetrics and gynaecology will be accepted. Submitted abstracts will be shortlisted for the 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 speciality (plus five minutes for questions).
Prize
Submission deadline
Monday 22 November 2021
Meeting date
Friday 10 December 2021
Open to
All students and trainees.
Application guidelines
Trainees and students are invited to submit an abstract of no more than 250 words. Submissions will be considered for both oral and poster presentations.
We welcome abstracts based on audits, quality improvement projects or prototypes of new devices or software that may be useful in patient safety. Each submission should define a problem in the hospital or community setting related to patient safety and describe how a solution clearly addresses this problem.
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
The presentations must be given by the submitting trainee or student. Please ensure before submitting your abstract that you have registered to attend the event and will be free to present at the virtual meeting on Friday 10 December 2021. Book your place here.
