Awards and prizes
The RCR offers a variety of funded opportunities to develop learning, research, travel, and teaching, available at every stage of your medical career, whether you are still studying at university, in the midst of your specialty training, or a fully qualified consultant. Over recent years the College has given out nearly £2 million in grants and awards, and these opportunities have resulted in many success stories, including clinical developments both in the UK and overseas, rich academic research careers, broadened horizons, raised public profiles, and enhanced personal development. Information on past award schemes, Fellowships, and eponymous lectures offered by the RCR is available.
Please see below for a full list of awards, prizes, and bursaries:
Award title | Who's eligible? | Funds available | Applications open | Applications close |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Research awards | ||||
| Cancer Research UK/RCR Joint Clinical Research Training Fellowships | Members and Fellows | Visit Cancer Research UK website for more information | Rolling application process | Rolling application process |
| Constance Thornton Fellowship | Members and Fellows | Up to £3,000 | | July 2023 |
| Dr Karol Sicher Cancer Research Fellowship | Members and Fellows | Up to £7,000 | August 2023 | November 2023 |
| RCR Seed Grants | Members and Fellows | Up to £40,000 | March 2023 | July 2023 |
| Research Bursary | Members and Fellows | Up to £5,000 | March 2023 | July 2023 |
| Kodak Fellowship | Members and Fellows | Up to £65,000 | March 2023 | July 2023 |
| MRC/RCR Joint Research Training Fellowships | Members and Fellows | Visit MRC website for more information | See MRC website | See MRC website |
| Roentgen Professorship | Members and Fellows | Up to £3,000 | February 2023 | May 2023 |
Members and Fellows | £250 | July 2023 | October 2023 | |
Educational travel opportunities | ||||
| Dr John Spencer Award for presentation or poster at RSNA | Trainees | £500 per bursary | September 2023 | 29 September 2023 |
| British Society of Breast Radiology (BSBR) Professorship | Breast radiologists who are RCR Fellows and members of the BSBR | Up to £5,000 | April 2023 | 31 May 2023 |
| British Society of Neuroradiologists (BSNR) Du Boulay Professorship | Neuroradiologists who are RCR Fellows and members of the BSNR | Up to £3,000 | April 2023 | 31 May 2023 |
| British Society of Paediatric Radiologists (BSPR) Professorship | Paediatric radiologists who are RCR Fellows and members of the BSPR | Up to £5,000 | April 2023 | 31 May 2023 |
| British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR) Graham Plant Professorship | Interventional radiologists who are RCR Fellows and members of the BSIR | Up to £5,000 | April 2023 | 31 May 2023 |
| British Society of Skeletal Radiologists (BSSR) Professorship | MSK radiologists who are RCR Fellows and members of the BSSR | Up to £5,000 | April 2023 | 31 May 2023 |
| British Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (BSGAR) Professorship | Gastrointestinal radiologists who are Fellows and members of the BSGAR. | Up to £5,000 | April 2023 | 31 May 2023 |
| British Society of Head and Neck Imaging (BSHNI) Professorship | Head and neck radiologists who are Fellows and members of the BSHNI. | Up to £5,000 | April 2023 | 31 May 2023 |
| British Society of Thoracic Imaging (BSTI) Professorship | Thoracic radiologists who are Fellows and members of the BSTI | Up to £5,000 | April 2023 | 31 May 2023 |
| Dr Prafulla Kumar Ganguli Professorship | Fellows in the UK | Up to £6,000 | December 2023 | March 2024 |
| Reginald G Reid/Graham Hodgson Scholarship | Fellows | Up to £1,500 | September 2023 | December 2023 |
| RCR Educational Bursary | Members and Fellows in the UK | 3 x up to £5,000 & 5 up to £1,000 | September 2023 | December 2023 |
| Travel Bursaries for the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) | Trainees | £250 per bursary | December 2023 | January 2024 |
| The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) International Travelling Fellowship | RCR Fellows and members (consultants and trainees) | £11, 000 for two years (£5,500 per visit) | February 2021 | Every two years |
Awards for achievement | ||||
| Audit Poster Competition | Audit leads, trainees, radiographers and colleagues | n/a | February | May |
| Editor's Medal | Authors in Clinical Radiology journal | n/a | Annual | Annual |
| Ella Preiskel Prize | Authors of papers on paediatric radiology in Clinical Radiology journal | n/a | Annual | Annual |
| Ellis Barnett Prize | Authors of papers on ultrasound content in Clinical Radiology journal | n/a | Annual | Annual |
| Frank Doyle Medal | Trainees: FRCR Part A | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| George and Vera Ansell abstract competition | Trainees and consultants | n/a | February | April |
| Gold Award | Candidates taking Final Examination of the Fellowship | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Junior Radiologists' Forum Trainer Award | Consultants (Trainers) | n/a | January 2024 | March 2024 |
| Pictorial review e-poster competition | Trainees and consultants | n/a | February | April |
| Robert and Elma Kemp Harper Prize | Authors of papers on gastrointestinal radiology in Clinical Radiology journal | n/a | Annual | Annual |
Undergraduate | ||||
| Elective bursaries | Medical students | £300 each | November 2023 | April 2024 |
| Clinical Radiology Undergraduate Essay Prize | Medical students | £200 | November 2023 | April 2024 |
| Clinical Radiology Undergraduate Research Prize | Medical students | £400 | November 2023 | April 2024 |
| Undergraduate Radiology Society of the year | Medical students/undergraduate societies | £200 | November 2023 | April 2024 |
| Undergraduate Education Innovation and Excellence Award | Medical students/trainees/consultants | £250 | November 2023 | April 2024 |