RCPI History of Medicine Research Award – Deadline extended
Not had time to apply for the RCPI History of Medicine Research Award yet? Don't worry; we are extending the deadline for applications to Friday 13 September.
The RCPI History of Medicine Research Award is open to all researchers in the field of the history of medicine in Ireland, as well as related social and cultural history fields. The purpose of the award is to support and develop the study of the history of medicine in Ireland.
Applicants are asked to submit an abstract based on their research (maximum 800 words) with a copy of their CV. Research must be unpublished and must have been undertaken in the last 3 years. Research which has been submitted for publication will be considered, but details should be given of when and where it has been submitted, and if it has been accepted for publication.
A judging process will conclude with four finalists presenting their 15 minute research papers to an adjudication panel on Wednesday 16 October 2012 as part of the St. Luke's Symposium. The judging panel will select the award winner on the day, the award prize is €250.
to create an account and submit an application.
Last year’s
award was won by Dr Anne Mac Lellan, who gave a paper entitled Victims or Vector? Tubercular Irish nurses
in England 1930-1960. You can watch all the presentations from previous two
years of this award on the RCPI Player.