There are over 70 prizes available for those in clinical training.
Please note this page is updated regularly.
All submissions must be sent in by 11.59pm on the stated deadline date.
Generally prizes, awards or travel grants must be claimed before the end of the academic year in which they are gained (30 September).
For more information or help please contact info@rsm.ac.uk
Coloproctology Section: Travelling Fellowship
Deadline: Sunday 30 March 2025
Open to: Trainees
Prize: 4x £1000 towards travel to the 'Reaching new horizons in colorectal surgery - RSM Coloproctology Overseas meeting Barcelona 2025' meeting on 12-13 June 2025. The money will be awarded after the event and upon receipt of travelling expenses.
Dermatology Section: Hugh Wallace Essay Prize
Deadline: Thursday 24 April 2025
Open to: Applications are invited from Dermatology registrars who have had a paper published by ra egistrar in a peer-reviewed journal in the last 12 months.
Submission deadline: Monday 17 March 2025
Open to: All trainees and consultants within 2 years of appointment in the UK and Ireland.
Best abstract prize: £500 and oral presentation, runner-up prize: £250 and oral presentation
Submission deadline: Monday 17 March 2025
Open to: ENT surgeons and trainees of all grades, medical students, professionals in allied fields (e.g., audiology, speech and language therapy), and researchers in basic sciences related to ENT.
Prize: £300 and an oral presentation.
Nephrology Section: Publication Prize
Deadline: Ongoing
Open to those who are:
Nephrology Section: Stewart Cameron science award
Submission deadline: Thursday 7 August 2025
Open to: Any trainees or fellows training in nephrology and wider specialities
Prize: £200
Nephrology Section: Rosemarie Baillod clinical award
Submission deadline: Thursday 7 August 2025
Open to: Any trainees or fellows training in nephrology and wider specialities
Prize: £200
Ophthalmology Section: Students and Trainees Prize
Submission deadline: Thursday 17 April 2025
Open to: Medical students and doctors in training
Prize: Best Poster: £150, Best Paper: £150, and one year's membership to the Royal Society of Medicine
Paediatrics & Child Health Section: Overseas bursary
Submission deadline: Sunday June 1 2025
Open to: Current RSM Paediatrics & Child Health Section members of all grades
Bursary: 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: Tuesday 1 April 2025
Open to: Resident Doctors and Students
1st Prize: £500, 2nd Prize: £300, 3rd Prize: £100
BSHNI annual oral presentation prize
Submission deadline: Sunday 27 April 2025
Open to: All delegates including consultants, resident doctors, allied health professionals & medical students. The shortlisted presenting author will receive a complimentary conference dinner invitation.
First prize: £500, Second prize: 2 x £125
Surgery Section: Norman Tanner Prize and Glaxo Travelling Fellowship
Deadline: Friday 4 April 2025
Open to: All surgical trainees
Prize: £250 and the Norman Tanner Medal - Glaxo Travel Fellowship £250
Submission deadline: Friday 14 March 2025
Open to: All Core Surgical Trainees, Clinical Fellows, CNS and AHPs
Prize: A certificate
Professor Geoffrey D Chisholm CBE communication prize
Submission deadline: Friday 14 March 2025
Open to: Urological Trainees
1st prize: 1 year RSM membership, 2nd prize: 1 year RSM membership, 3rd prize: 1 year RSM membership
Royal Society of Medicine Scholarship Programme: Urology
Submission deadline: Wednesday 19 March 2025
Open to: Resident doctors
Prize: This is a key developmental opportunity that offers education, mentoring, networking, and professional development to complement your time as a resident doctor.
Venous Forum: Annual Meeting Prize
Submission deadline: Thursday 17 April 2025
Open to: Medical students and trainees
Prize: Oral: 1st: £500; 2nd: £300; 3rd: Poster: £200, Student Presentation Price: £100
"It’s a great privilege for our team to have been recognised by this prestigious award from the RSM Surgery Section and reflects the dedicated work behind this exciting innovation."
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