Available Prizes for Medicine | The University of Aberdeen

3M Healthcare

Travel award to assist with the costs of electives – Awarded at the discretion of the Electives Coordinator

Value of Prize: £100
Budget Code: (EN) EP10216-11
Student Record Code: 361

Aberdeen Summer Research Studentship (ASRS) Prize

Awarded annually for the best summer research project proposals in the School of Medicine & Dentistry. Student must give presentation to the ASRS Symposium.

Value of Prize: £1000 for 6 week research project
Budget Code: CF10114-15
Student Record Code: 884

Aberdeen Summer Research Studentship Presentation Prize

Awarded annually for the best summer research oral and poster presentations in the School of Medicine & Dentistry.

Value of Prize: £150
Budget Code: CF10114-15
Student Record Code: 1010

Alexander Anderson Prize

Awarded to the student with the greatest distinction in the Year 3 clinical exam

Value of Prize: £200
Budget Code: N/A
Student Record Code: 023

Anderson Medal in Clinical Medicine

Awarded to the student with second greatest distinction in the Year 5 OSCE

Value of Prize: Medal
Budget Code: (EN) EP10001-11
Student Record Code: 032

Ann Helen MacKay Prize

Awarded to the student with best exam results in Year 1

Value of Prize: £150
Budget Code: (EN) EP10225-11
Student Record Code: 534

Arnold Klopper Prize in Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Awarded annually to the student with greatest overall distinction in Obstetrics and Gynaecology based on class (1/3) and degree exam (2/3) results.

Value of Prize: £30 + Certificate
Budget Code: (EN) EP10229-11
Student Record Code: 470

Ashley MacKintosh Fund Elective Award

Awarded by the Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society for elective expenses. A condition of the award is that the recipient must give a presentation to the society at a special Electives evening. Nominated by Electives Coordinator.

Value of Prize: £600
Budget Code: Administered by Med-Chi
Student Record Code: 039

Bannerman Douglas Prize in Diabetes

Awarded to the student who submits the best elective project based on Diabetes. Awarded by Electives Prize Committee.

Value of Prize: £50
Budget Code: (EN) EP10149-11
Student Record Code: 064

BSc Med Sci Prize for best Intercalated Degree Project in Reproductive Science

Awarded to the student who submits the best intercalated project in Reproductive Science

Value of Prize: Certificate
Budget Code: N/A
Student Record Code: 260

Cardno Prize in Anatomy

Awarded to the student who gains the highest mark in the Anatomy component of the third year MBChB degree examinations

Value of Prize: Medal
Budget Code: (EN) EP10018-11
Student Record Code: 121

Catherine Grant Medal

Awarded to the third top student in the class on the basis of the Year 1 exam results

Value of Prize: Medal
Budget Code: N/A
Student Record Code: 073

Chanock Medal in Anatomy

Awarded to the student who gains the highest mark in the Anatomy component of the second year MBChB degree examinations.

Value of Prize: £50 + Medal
Budget Code: (EN) EP10022-11
Student Record Code: 150

Charles Grant Clark Prize in Surgery

Awarded to the student in Surgery. The best elective report in Surgery. Awarded by Electives Prize Committee.

Value of Prize: £100
Budget Code: (EN) EP10203-11
Student Record Code: 158

David Macleod Memorial Prize

Awarded to the G2M student who has demonstrated compassion and selflessness in supporting others. Nominated by peers.

Value of Prize: £100
Budget Code: CF10136-47
Student Record Code: 1086

Davidson Smith Prize in Child Health

Awarded to the most distinguished student in Paediatrics.

Value of Prize: Medal
Budget Code: (EN) EP10119-11
Student Record Code: 752

Distinction in MBChB - Year 1

Awarded to the top students in Year 1 of the MBChB programme.

Value of Prize
Budget Code: N/A
Student Record Code: 241

Distinction in MBChB - Year 4

Awarded to the top students in year 4 of the MBChB programme.

Value of Prize
Budget Code: N/A
Student Record Code: 1006

Distinction in MBChB - Year 5

Awarded to the top students in year 5 of the MBChB programme. complying with these criteria, then that student should nonetheless be awarded a Phase Distinction.

Value of Prize
Budget Code: N/A
Student Record Code: 1007

Distinction in MBChB – Year 2

Awarded to the top students in Year 2 of the MBChB programme.

Value of Prize
Budget Code: N/A
Student Record Code: 999

Distinction in MBChB – Year 3

Awarded to the top students in Year 3 of the MBChB programme.

Value of Prize
Budget Code: N/A
Student Record Code: 1005

Dr C C Smith Prize in Infectious Diseases

Awarded to the student who submits the best elective project based on Infectious Diseases. Awarded by Electives Prize Committee.

Value of Prize: £100
Budget Code: N/A
Student Record Code: 759

Dr James McLay Memorial Award

Awarded to the most improved student over the duration of both the MSc in Physician Associate Studies and Clinical Pharmacology programmes.

Value of Prize: £500
Budget Code: Administered by Development Trust
Student Record Code: 1087

Dr Jeannie MacLeod Prize

The prize will be awarded for the best submission or submissions submitted on the subject of; the changing roles and experiences of women in Healthcare and Medicine, Resilience, Health & Wellbeing and Mental Health

Value of Prize: £300
Budget Code: Administered by Development Trust
Student Record Code: 459

Duthie Prize in Anaesthetics

Awarded to the student who submits the best elective project based on Anaesthesia. Awarded by Electives Prize Committee.

Value of Prize: Medal
Budget Code: (EN) EP10038-11
Student Record Code: 266

Dyce Davidson Medal

Awarded to the student with second greatest distinction in the Year 4 clinical exam.

Value of Prize: Medal
Budget Code: (EN) EP10029-11
Student Record Code: 229

Elective Advisers’ Medal

Awarded to the students who submit the most meritorious projects (no specific subject). Awarded by Electives Prize Committee.

Value of Prize: Medal
Budget Code: N/A
Student Record Code: 281

Elizabeth Lockhart Prize

Awarded to the best four students in the Year 4 written examinations

Value of Prize: 4 x £100
Budget Code: (EN) EP10195-10
Student Record Code: 510

Elizabeth Lockhart Prize in Medical Humanities

Awarded to the students with the highest distinction in a Medical Humanities 15 credit course

Value of Prize: £25
Budget Code: (EN) EP10195-10
Student Record Code: 1013

Elizabeth Lockhart Prize in Medical Humanities

Awarded to the students with the highest distinction in a Medical Humanities 30 credit course

Value of Prize: £50
Budget Code: (EN) EP10195-10
Student Record Code: 1014

Florence Mary MacKenzie Bequest

2 or 3 awards made to students undertaking an elective in North America or Canada. Awarded at the discretion of the Electives Coordinator

Value of Prize: £500
Budget Code: ED10233-11
Student Record Code: 309

Fulton Prize in Neurology

Awarded to the student who submits the best elective project based on Neurology. Awarded by Electives Prize Committee.

Value of Prize: £100
Budget Code: (EN) EP10047-11
Student Record Code: 324

George MacKenzie Bequest Medal

Awarded to the student who submits the best elective (or intercalated) project in any of the 4 divisions of Pathology: Morbid Anatomy & Pathological History; Bacteriology; Chemical Pathology; or Haematology

Value of Prize: £250
Budget Code: (EN) EP10083-10
Student Record Code: 540

George Thom Elective Prize

Awarded to the student who submits the best elective project based on Terminal Illness.

Value of Prize: £75
Budget Code: (EN) EP10202-11
Student Record Code: 800

George Thompson Medal

Awarded to the top two students in the class on the basis of the Year 1 exam results

Value of Prize: Medal
Budget Code: N/A
Student Record Code: 338

Hendry Medal in Surgery

Awarded on the results of a special viva, invitations based on Surgery/Orthopaedics mini CEX marks.

Value of Prize: Medal
Budget Code: (EN) EP10061-11
Student Record Code: 372

Heys Medal

Awarded to the top performing student, over both years, in the MSc Physician Associate Studies

Value of Prize: Medal
Budget Code: N/A
Student Record Code: 374

Hotstart Research Scholarship

Detailed information can be found here:- http://www.abdn.ac.uk/smmsn/acat/undergraduate/hotstart.php

Value of Prize: Varied
Budget Code: Administered by Development Trust
Student Record Code: 387

Iain Cook Prize in Haematology

Awarded to the student who submits the best intercalated (or elective) project on Haematology

Value of Prize: £100
Budget Code: Administered by Development Trust
Student Record Code: 188

J A Watt Prize in Public Health

Awarded for the best Public Health Project

Value of Prize: £50
Budget Code: (EN) EP10133-11
Student Record Code: 836

James Matthews Duncan Medal in Obstetrics

Awarded to the student with highest distinction in Obstetrics & Gynaecology clinical practice

Value of Prize: Medal
Budget Code: (EN) EP10034-11
Student Record Code: 250

Jamieson Medal in Anatomy

Awarded to the student who gains the highest mark in the Anatomy component of the Year 1 MBChB degree examinations.

Value of Prize: Medal
Budget Code: (EN) EP10068-11
Student Record Code: 448

John Dobbie Memorial Prize

Awarded to the best elective projects based on work in connection with diseases of the heart and circulation. Awarded by Electives Prize Committee.

Value of Prize: £200 x 2
Budget Code: (EN) EP10168-11
Student Record Code: 238

John Dobbie Memorial Prize

Travel award to assist with work in connection with diseases of the heart and circulation. Awarded at the discretion of the Electives Coordinator

Value of Prize: £500 x 4
Budget Code: (EN) EP10168-11
Student Record Code: 451

Keith Medal in Surgery

Awarded on the results of a special viva, based on Surgery mini CEX marks.

Value of Prize: Medal
Budget Code: (EN) EP10224-11
Student Record Code: 464

Lady Jameson Fellowship

Awarded to the student or students with the best performance in terms of effort, initiative or results, in the Medical Humanities component of the MBChB programme

Value of Prize: £50
Budget Code: EB10667-11
Student Record Code: 449

Lizars Medal

Awarded to the student with the greatest distinction in Foundations of Medicine 1.

Prior to academic year 2020/21 the prize was awarded for the greatest distinction in Principles of Disease which merged with Science for Medicine to become Foundations of Medicine

Value of Prize: £30 + Medal
Budget Code: (EN) EP10077-11
Student Record Code: 507

MacQuibban Prize - Surgery

Awarded to the best student in Surgery in year based on mini CEX marks/end of block marks.

Value of Prize: £75
Budget Code: (EN) EP10085-11
Student Record Code: 527

MacQuibban Prize – Medicine

Awarded to the best student in Medicine in year based on mini CEX marks/end of block marks.

Value of Prize: £75
Budget Code: (EN) EP10085-11
Student Record Code: 526

Mary Esslemont Award

Awarded by the Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society for elective expenses. A condition of the award is that the recipient must give a presentation to the society at a special Electives evening. Nominated by Electives Coordinator

Value of Prize: £600
Budget Code: Administered by Med-Chi
Student Record Code: 557

McWillie Prize

Awarded to the student with the best marks in Medicine 1.

Prior to academic year 2020/21 the prize was awarded for the best marks in Science for Medicine which merged with Principles of Disease to become Foundations of Medicine.

Value of Prize: £50
Budget Code: (EN) EP10087-11
Student Record Code: 558

Medical Education Teaching Development Bursary

Detailed information can be found here:- http://www.abdn.ac.uk/smmsn/acat/undergraduate/medical-education.php

Value of Prize: Varied
Budget Code: CF10136-47
Student Record Code: 566

Moira Waterston Prize for Musculoskeletal Research (Elective)

Open to any work presented to the university by a medical student (of the university) on a musculoskeletal topic, including (but not exclusively) BSc theses, elective reports, summer projects.
Selection of the top student will be made by the relevant course academics, which will consist of Professor James Hutchison, Dr Neil Basu and Mr David Lawrie.

Value of Prize: £500
Budget Code: Administered by Development Trust
Student Record Code: 599

Munday & Venn Prize in Medicine for 1st & 2nd years

Awarded to the Year 2 student with the greatest distinction in years 1 and 2 of the MBChB programme

Value of Prize: £50
Budget Code: (EN) EP10130-11
Student Record Code: 605

Munday & Venn Prize in Medicine for 3rd & 4th years

Awarded to the student with the greatest overall distinction in Years 3 & 4 of the MBChB programme

Value of Prize: £50
Budget Code: (EN) EP10094-11
Student Record Code: 606

Murray Medal

Awarded to the student with the greatest overall distinction in exams

Value of Prize: Medal
Budget Code: (EN) EP10096-11
Student Record Code: 610

Ogston Medal in Surgery

Awarded to the student who submits the second best elective project in Surgery (excluding Orthopaedics).

Value of Prize: £20 & Medal
Budget Code: (EN) EP10102-11
Student Record Code: 634

Outstanding Professionalism Award

Awarded in recognition of outstanding professional behaviour.

Value of Prize: Certificate
Budget Code: N/A
Student Record Code: 1079

Prof Ian Reid Elective Prize in Psychiatry

Awarded to student who submits the best elective report in the area of Psychiatry.

Value of Prize: £150
Budget Code: Administered by Development Trust
Student Record Code: 1018

Professor Hans Kosterlitz Award

Awarded by the Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society for elective expenses. A condition of the award is that the recipient must give a presentation to the society at a special Electives evening. Nominated by Electives Coordinator

Value of Prize: £600
Budget Code: Administered by Med-Chi
Student Record Code: 657

Professor John Mallard Award

Awarded by the Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society for elective expenses. A condition of the award is that the recipient must give a presentation to the society at a special Electives evening. Nominated by Electives Coordinator

Value of Prize: £600
Budget Code: Administered by Med-Chi
Student Record Code: 655

Richardson Prize in General Practice

This prize is named the Richardson Prize after Professor Ian M Richardson, who retired in 1984 and was the founder of the Department of General Practice in 1970. The prize is funded from an endowment bestowed upon the University by the subscription of his friends and colleagues. It is awarded to the best student in clinical General Practice.

Value of Prize: £100
Budget Code: (EN) EP10176-11
Student Record Code: 662

Roland Sutton Academic Radiology Prize

Awarded to the student who submits the best elective project or project proposal based on Radiology. Nominated by Electives Coordinator. May also be awarded for an excellent intercalated project on Radiology, nominated by BSc Med Sci Coordinator.

Value of Prize: Up to £250 each student
Budget Code: Administered by Development Trust
Student Record Code: 675

Ross Taylor Prize

Awarded to the student or students with the best performance in terms of academic excellence, professionalism and/or initiative in Years 1& 2 of the General Practice component of the MBChB programme.

Value of Prize: £150
Budget Code: OS10042-22
Student Record Code: 1088

Russell Medal

Awarded to the student with the highest aggregate mark in Medicine 2 (previously known as Systems 2B).

Value of Prize: Medal
Budget Code: (EN) EP10112-11
Student Record Code: 688

Scatterty Prize in Preventive Medicine

Awarded to the student who submits the best elective project in Preventive Medicine. Awarded by Electives Prize Committee.

Value of Prize: £150
Budget Code: (EN) EP10144-11
Student Record Code: 696

School Prize for Academic Excellence

Awarded to the most distinguished student(s) over the 5 years of the MBChB programme

Value of Prize: Medal
Budget Code: N/A
Student Record Code: 734

School Prize for Outstanding Contribution

Awarded to the student who has made a significant contribution to the MBChB programme.

Value of Prize: Medal
Budget Code: N/A
Student Record Code: 733

Sheila McLennan Prize in Gender Studies

Awarded to the student with the highest distinction in Women/Gender studies (Medical Humanities)

Value of Prize: £50
Budget Code: EP10232-11
Student Record Code: 723

Sheila McLennan Prize in General Practice

This prize was established in 1995 by a generous endowment from Dr William M McLennan, formerly a general practitioner in Fraserburgh, in memory of his wife Sheila M McLennan. It is awarded to the most distinguished student in the General Practice attachment in Year 4.

Value of Prize: £100
Budget Code: (EN) EP10232-11
Student Record Code: 542

Shiach Prize in Rheumatology

Awarded on the basis of an invited exam in Rheumatology

Value of Prize: £200
Budget Code: Administered by Development Trust
Student Record Code: 721

Sir David Baird Proxime Accessit Prize in Medicine

Awarded to the student with the second greatest distinction overall in the Year 5 exams

Value of Prize: £200
Budget Code: (EN) EP10218-11
Student Record Code: 056

Sir Dugald Baird Memorial Medal

To the student with highest overall distinction in O&G, taking into account O&G marks from Years 3, 4 & 5

Value of Prize: Medal
Budget Code: N/A
Student Record Code: 060

Sir James McGrigor Award

Awarded by the Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society for elective expenses. A condition of the award is that the recipient must give a presentation to the society at a special Electives evening.

Value of Prize: £600
Budget Code: Administered by Med-Chi
Student Record Code: 743

Sir Patrick Manson Award

Awarded by the Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society for elective expenses. A condition of the award is that the recipient must give a presentation to the society at a special Electives evening. Nominated by Electives Coordinator

Value of Prize: £600
Budget Code: Administered by Med-Chi
Student Record Code: 745

Smith/Shand Memorial Prize in Clinical Medicine

Awarded to the student with highest distinction in the Year 5 Clinical Exam

Value of Prize: £150
Budget Code: (EN) EP10154-11
Student Record Code: 756

Struthers Medal and Prize in Anatomy

Split between Science students studying Anatomy, and Medical Humanities students in the MBChB who take the Anatomy elective, and be awarded to the student from each group who produces the best dissection and overall performance. The resulting dissections are to be put in the museum.

Value of Prize: 2 x £125 & 2 x medals
Budget Code: (EN) EP10122-11
Student Record Code: 780

Tessa Olson Elective Award

Travel award in memory of Tessa Olson of Stonehaven Medical Group for elective research undertaken in a developing country. Nominated by Electives Coordinator

Value of Prize: £500
Budget Code: Administered by Development Trust
Student Record Code: 793

The Emad El-Omar Prize

Awarded for outstanding contribution to Academic Development in the School of Medicine & Dentistry

Value of Prize: £200
Budget Code: N/A
Student Record Code: 285

The Scott Prize

Awarded to the student with the greatest distinction in the Year 3 written exam

Value of Prize: Medal
Budget Code: (EN) EP10113
Student Record Code: 711

Thomas Lauder Carr Prize

To the student who submits the best elective project based on Orthopaedics. Awarded by Electives Prize Committee.

Value of Prize: £150
Budget Code: (EN) EP10231-11
Student Record Code: 124