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2024 Mason Institute Essay Competition

The Mason Institute (MI) is pleased to invite undergraduate and postgraduate students to submit an essay for its annual Essay Competition.

The essay competition has a submission deadline of 23:59 BST (UK time) on Friday 31 May 2024 . Winners will be announced by the end of June 2024.

For each of the undergraduate and postgraduate category, there will be a cash prize to the winning essays at the undergraduate and postgraduate level: £200 (Winner) . The winners and runners-up (i.e. the top 3) in both categories will be published on the  Mason Institute website . Winning essays and runners-up at the undergraduate and postgraduate level will be invited to publish their essays on the Mason Institute blog.

For the essay competition, you are invited to submit an essay, either newly written or previously written and submitted to one of your courses within the past academic year, that falls within the broad scope of the MI’s work  on ethics and law at the interface between health, medicine and the life sciences at a national and global scale.  You can read more about the MI’s work  here . 

To be eligible to participate in the MI Essay Competition, you must be either:

• Currently enrolled as an undergraduate at a University, or
• Currently enrolled as a postgraduate (e.g. Masters or PhD student) at a university

Essays must   be submitted through your institutional email account.

Please submit your essays via email to the Mason Institute administrator:  [email protected]

The essay should be accompanied with a cover note which clearly indicates: 

• your name as the essay competition entrant;
• the degree for which you are studying;
• your institution; and
• that the submitted essay is being entered into the competition either as part of the undergraduate or postgraduate essay category.
• All essays should be between 2,000 and 4,000 words, excluding essay title, cover note, and references/footnotes (note: the reference style is at your discretion) 
• All essays must be written in English
• Submitted work must be single authored
• Essays should be submitted as Word (.docx) or PDF (.pdf) files
• You are allowed to submit to the competition one paper only  in any given year

From the pool of submitted essays in each category, a shortlist of three candidates will be made based on an assessment by an academic panel (the MI Essay Panel). Both undergraduate and postgraduate essays will be judged on the level of knowledge and understanding of the relevant material, the clarity and style of writing, critical analysis and quality of argumentation, relevance, persuasive force, and originality of approach. The potential to significantly expand, challenge, or critique existing approaches of the topic which might lead to rethinking of the issue shall be considered a merit. The winner for each category will be decided by the MI Essay Panel. The Panel’s decision will be final; any feedback or comments will be at the Panel’s discretion.

The MI Essay Panel will consist of up to four members of the Mason Institute Executive Committee. The Panel will strive to have a gender balance and reflect different disciplinary backgrounds.

Any and all questions regarding the competition may be sent to the Mason Institute Administrator:  [email protected]

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Dukes Plus Essay Competition 2024

Showcase your academic talent and critical thinking in fields like education, law, healthcare, and more. Prizes include £300, a consultation with an education advisor, and publication in Insight magazine. Submit your essay by August 14th, 2024.

• Win a £300 prize or magazine publication
• Showcase your academic talent & critical thinking
• Write about field such as education, law, healthcare, and more
• Open to students aged 15-17
• Submit your essay by August 14th, 2024

Dukes Education has held an annual essay prize since 2015. Open to students 15-17 years old, the prestigious competition provides a platform for students to showcase their academic prowess, creativity, and critical thinking.

We anticipate that some students will use the experience of entering the essay competition as evidence of their super-curricular engagement and plan to profile it on their future university applications. With that in mind, this year we are running four essay competitions, aligned to our four university consultancy brands. Whilst all students are welcome to enter, we particularly encourage those who are considering university applications in the following fields to enter the competitions:  

Describe and justify what the ideal schools, existing in the year 2100, would be like

Useful for those students who are planning an application to a US university; this title encourages entrants to consider what makes an institution special and how that might change in the future. The competition is a great warm-up for the supplemental essays students will write when applying.

“Essays no longer demonstrate a student’s academic potential.” Discuss. 

Useful for those students who are considering a competitive UK university pathway, such as Oxford or Cambridge.

To what extent is there a legal justification for extreme climate change protest? 

Useful for students who are planning to apply for Law as their undergraduate degree. 

Identify the world’s best healthcare system and justify your choice. 

Useful for students who are applying to the medical field.

Details of the competition 

• Maximum word count: 1,500 words 
• Deadline: Midday on Wednesday 14th August 2024 
• Prizes: £300, a complimentary consultation with an education advisor worth £395, and publication in Dukes Education’s Insight magazine. 

Submission Guidelines 

• Format: Essays must be submitted as an attachment in Microsoft Word or PDF format. 
• Details: Include your name and school in the submission. 
• Email: Submit your essay using the form below by the deadline. 
• Eligibility: Open to students aged 15-17 years old on Wednesday 14 th August 2024. 
• Deadline: Midday on Wednesday 14th August 2024. 
• Winners Announced: By 1st October 2024. 

Marking Criteria 

• Writing Quality: Clarity, coherence, and correctness of language. 
• Structure: Logical flow and organisation of content. 
• Quality of Argument: Strength and relevance of arguments presented. 
• Creativity: Originality and innovative thinking. 
• Referencing: Appropriate and accurate referencing (excluded from the word count). 

This competition is a fantastic opportunity for students to engage in thought-provoking topics, enhance their writing skills, and gain recognition for their efforts. We look forward to receiving your insightful essays! 

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Please note: essays will be run through plagiarism and ai-detection software. ai-written essays will not be considered..

Health Law Writing Competition

Epstein Becker Green is pleased to announce its 26th Annual Health Law Writing Competition. The competition is designed to encourage J.D. and L.L.M. students in the preparation of scholarly papers on current topics of interest relating to health law. Cash prizes will be awarded as follows for the three best papers:

• First Place: $7,500
• Second Place: $4,000
• Third Place: $1,000

Entrants should take advantage of the fact that health law is a very broad and diverse field, encompassing aspects of almost every area of law. Papers may address any traditional area of the law as applied to health care ( e.g.,  antitrust, tax, corporate) or areas of law unique to health care ( e.g.,  fraud and abuse, managed care, Medicare/Medicaid, clinical trials, telehealth/telemedicine).

The submission period for the 26th Annual Health Law Writing Competition closed on May 17, 2024. Please check in December for announcements of next year's competition.

If you have questions about the competition, please contact Shannon DeBra in Epstein Becker Green’s C incinnati , Ohio office, at (513) 838-55 75 or by e-mail at ebgcompetition@ebglaw.com .

Past Winners

2023 – Twenty-Fifth Annual Writing Competition

• First Place ($7,500): Megan McCarthy-White (Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law ): “Access to Courts as Access to Care: Children's Medicaid Under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983”
• Second Place ($4,000): John "J. P." Riley (University of San Diego School of Law): “ Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra: Refining the Appointments Clause and Resurrecting the Nondelegation Doctrine”

2022 – Twenty-Fourth Annual Writing Competition

• First Place  ($4,000): Clare Elizondo (Yale Law School): “Reciprocal IVF: Two Biological Mothers, One Equal Protection Violation”
• Second Place  ($2,000): Angelique Howard (Florida State University College of Law): “COVID-19 Vaccine Passport Bans: Unacceptable Under the Dormant Commerce Clause?”
• Third Place ($500): Erik Fuqua (George Washington University Law School): “Two Roads Converged in a Legal Wood: The Intersection of Litigation Funding and the False Claims Act”

2021 – Twenty-Third Annual Writing Competition

• First Place  ($4,000): John Butzer (Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law): "Terminally False: Hospice and the Falsehood Standard of the False Claims Act "
• Second Place  ($2,000): Alma Carver (Saint Louis University School of Law): “Reconsidering Controlled Human Infection Studies in a Paradigm Favoring Placebo Controlled Trials”
• Third Place ($500): Olivia Clark (University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law): "SNAP and the Right to Nutrition"

2020 – Twenty-Second Annual Writing Competition

• First Place  ($4,000): Megan Hart (Saint Louis University School of Law): "Expanding Patient Access to Breast Cancer Genetic Testing Through Incentive Regimes "
• Second Place  ($2,000): Felicia Langel (University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law): “Privacy & Security Considerations in the Long-Term Retention of Real-World Data”

2019 – Twenty-First Annual Writing Competition

• First Place  ($4,000): Ian T. Liu (New York University School of Law): "Trust, but Supervise: Using Active Supervision to Ensure State-Action Immunity for State Medical Boards After  North Carolina Dental"
• Second Place  ($2,000): Lauren Newman (Georgia State University College of Law): “Keep Your Friends Close and Your Medical Records Closer”

2018 – Twentieth Annual Writing Competition

• First Place  ($4,000): Katherine Rockwell (William & Mary Law School): "Drastic Times Call for Feasible Measures: Health Insurance as the Gatekeeper for Long-Term Opioid Prescription"
• Second Place  ($2,000): Jessica C. Wheeler (Minnesota Law School): “Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics: Privacy Protections in Integrated Care”

2017 – Nineteenth Annual Writing Competition

• First Place  ($4,000): Mark Fadel (University of Toledo College of Law): "Insurance Practices and Disparities in Access to Assisted Reproductive Technologies"
• Second Place  ($2,000): Hana Sahdev (Boston College Law School): “Can I Skype My Doctor? Limited Medicare Coverage Hinders Telemedicine’s Potential to Improve Health Care Access”

2016 – Eighteenth Annual Writing Competition

• First Place  ($4,000): Laura Hagen (UC Hastings College of Law): “Coding for Health: Cybersecurity in Medical Devices”
• Second Place  ($2,000): Michael Grimes (American University Washington College of Law): “A Stark Contrast to Congressional Intent”

2015 – Seventeenth Annual Writing Competition

• First Place  ($4,000): Brian F. Jordan (The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law): “Remembering to Protect Those Who Cannot Remember: Rethinking Alzheimer’s Liability and Healthcare Solutions”
• Second Place  ($2,000): Nicholas G. Sumski (Suffolk University Law School): “Do What U Want (With My Body) – Biobanks: The Promise (and Perils) of the Future of Genetic Research”

2014 – Sixteenth Annual Writing Competition

• First Place  ($4,000): Sarah Imhoff (Georgetown University Law Center): “Non-Discrimination of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Providers: Section 2706 and Optimizing Patient Choice”
• Second Place  ($2,000): Sharone Assa (University of Wisconsin Law School): “FDCA Plus: Why  United States v. Caronia  Should Motivate the FDA to Adopt a Deceptive Advertising Framework”

2013 – Fifteenth Annual Writing Competition

• First Place  ($4,000): Abraham Gitterman (University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law): "One Click Away From Untangling the Web: How the United States Food and Drug Administration Should Regulate Direct-to-Consumer Advertising on the Internet and in Social Media"
• Second Place  ($2,000): James Hennessy (UCLA School of Law): "FQHCs and Health Reform: Up to the Task?"
• Third Place  ($500): Douglas Metcalf (Boston University School of Law): "Licensing a Generic Biologic as a Biosimilar Presents More Red Tape Than Licensing It as a New Molecular Entity"

2012 – Fourteenth Annual Writing Competition

• First Place  ($4,000): Kyle Thomson (Boston University School of Law): "The Common Rule: Updating Human Subject Research Protections for a New Era of Research"
• Second Place  ($2,000): Mark Nickas (Boston University School of Law): "Regulatory Challenges in Implementing the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act"
• Third Place  ($500): Ashley Mester (George Washington University School of Law): "Mission Impossible? Maintaining the Integrity of the Prescription Drug Distribution Chain"

2011 – Thirteenth Annual Writing Competition

• First Place  ($4,000): Mary Vitale (St. John's University School of Law): "NOTA's Ban on Bone Marrow Donation Compensation: Legal Compensation to Create a Life, but Not Save a Life"
• Second Place  ($2,000): Todd Rosenbaum (New York University School of Law): "Re-Thinking the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986: Proposals for Reform"

2010 – Twelfth Annual Writing Competition

• First Place  ($4,000): Matthew Vanderpool (Saint Louis University): "Love and Marriage: The Interdependency of Health Reform Initiatives and Vertical Integration"
• Second Place  ($2,000): Christopher Wintrode (Saint Louis University): "Disclosing Protected Health Information in the Digital Age: How the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) Impacts Health Care Business Associates in Public Health Emergencies"
• Third Place  ($500): Rachel Rose (Stetson University College of Law): "Poor Prognosis: The End Game Scenario That May Arise Through the Use of the Contracts Dispute Act of 1978 or Physician Exodus from Medicare"

2009 – Eleventh Annual Writing Competition

• First Place  ($4,000): Alexis Gregorian (University of Virginia): "Post-Mortem Pregnancy: A Proposed Methodology for the Resolution of Conflicts Over Whether a Brain Dead Pregnant Woman Should Be Maintained on Life-Sustaining Treatment"
• Second Place  ($2,000): Sylvia Simson (Brooklyn Law School): "Breaking Barriers, Pushing Promise: America's Need for an Embryonic Stem Cell Regulatory Scheme"
• Third Place  ($500): Matthew J.B. Lawrence (New York University): "In Search of an Enforceable Medical Malpractice Exculpatory Agreement: Introducing Confidential Contracts as a Solution to the Doctor-Patient Relationship Problem"

2008 – Tenth Annual Writing Competition

• First Place  ($4,000): Steven Szymanski (Florida State University College of Law): "Informed Consent For Service Members in the Post 9/11 World"
• Second Place  ($2,000): Julianna Frisch (William & Mary Law School): "Ethical and Legal Concerns Surrounding Physician Assisted Suicide in General and in Crisis Situations"
• Third Place  ($500): Carrie Boyd (William & Mary Law School): "Entitled in Recompense: The Federal Government's Duty to Provide Comparable Health Care for Native Americans"

2007 – Ninth Annual Writing Competition

• First Prize  ($4,000): Charles Dunham (Albany Law School): "'Body Property': Challenging the Ethical Barriers in Organ Transplantation to Protect Individual Autonomy"
• Second Prize  ($2,000): Benjamin Falit (Harvard Law School): "Ancillary Service and Self-Referral Arrangements in the Medical and Legal Professions: Do Current Ethical, Legislative and Regulatory Policies Adequately Serve the Interests of Patients and Clients?"
• Third Prize  ($500): Eva Wilkins (Boston University School of Law): "Linking Protection of Human Subjects and Regulation of Financial Conflicts of Interest in Research: Justifying the Adoption of a New Regulatory Approach"

2006 – Eighth Annual Writing Competition

• First Prize  ($4,000): Holly Lynch (University of Pennsylvania Law School): "Give Them What They Want? The Legal and Ethical Permissibility of Pediatric Placebo-Controlled Trials Requested by the FDA Under the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act"
• Second Prize  ($2,000): Darlene Ghavimi (Widener University School of Law): "Cosmetic Surgery in the Doctor's Office: Is State Regulation Improving Patient Safety?"
• Third Prize  ($500): Lisa Kinney (University of Virginia School of Law): "Preventing "Patient Dumping": Retaining a Narrow Interpretation of EMTALA Through Judicial Decisions and Regulatory Revisions"

2005 – Seventh Annual Writing Competition

• First Prize  ($4,000): Giuseppe A. Ippolito (University at Buffalo Law School, State University of New York): "Does Plaintiff Exclusion Have A Role to Play in 21st Century Negligence Litigation."
• Second Prize  ($2,000): Amanda L. Kutz (College of William & Mary): "Finding a Home for Orphan Drugs in the Twenty-First Century: Revising the Statutory Framework."
• Third Prize  ($500): Holly K. Fernandez (University of Pennsylvania): "Straight to the Top: A Policy Approach to Negligence Liability of Institutional Review Board Members."
• The Health Law Writing Competition is open to submissions written by J.D. and L.L.M. degree candidates who are currently attending a U.S. law school or who attended a U.S. law school during the school year ending in May/June 202 3 , and who have a U.S. Social Security n umber and a U.S. mailing address .
• Papers must address an issue relating to health law. Papers may address traditional areas of the law as applied to the health care field ( e.g.,  antitrust, tax or corporate) or may address areas of law unique to the health care field ( e.g.,  fraud and abuse, managed care, Medicare/Medicaid, clinical trials, telehealth/telemedicine).
• Submissions will be evaluated based on the following criteria: (1) originality of thought; (2) clarity and thoroughness of legal analysis and conclusions; (3) technical excellence; (4) relevance to current health law issues or timeliness of topic; and (5) depth of research.
• Papers authored by two or more eligible students may be submitted for consideration in the Health Law Writing Competition. All submissions must be the product of the author or authors, without substantial assistance from others.
• Papers prepared for law school credit are eligible for entry in the Health Law Writing Competition provided that the work is original and the editing and citation work has been done by the author(s).
• Authors may submit more than one paper for consideration in the Health Law Writing Competition. Please submit each paper separately.
• All submissions must adhere to the following requirements: (1) papers must be double-spaced and set in Times New Roman, 12 point font; (2) papers must include footnotes instead of end notes, with the footnotes set in Times New Roman, 10 point font, and (3) papers must be 30 pages or less, excluding table of contents and cover pages, if any.  All papers must conform to the Bluebook legal citation guide.
• All submissions are due by Friday, May 1 7 , 202 4 . No late entries will be accepted.
• Papers should be submitted in Microsoft Word format and should contain  no identifying information  except for the title, as all submissions are reviewed on an anonymous basis. Entrants will be asked to verify that the papers have been de-identified before submission.
• Papers should be  submitted via the Health Law Writing Competition page at the Epstein Becker Green website .
• If you are unable to submit your entry form(s) and paper(s) electronically, please contact Sha nnon DeBra in Epstein Becker Green’s Cincinnati, Ohio office, at (513) 838-55 75 or by e-mail at ebgcompetition@ebglaw.com .
• Winners must provide a Social Security number and a U. S. mailing address in order to collect the cash prizes. The author of the first place entry will receive a cash award of $7,500; the author of the second place entry will receive a cash award of $4,000; and the author of the third place entry will receive a cash award of $1,000. If a winning paper has more than one author, the prize will be split equally among the co-authors. The judges may elect, at their discretion, to award honorable mention prizes.
• Authors retain all ownership rights with respect to their work submitted to the Health Law Writing Competition. However, by submitting a paper, authors grant Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. the right to publish the title of the paper and the author’s name and law school , and any excerpts or testimonials in materials relating to the Health Law Writing Competition. Also, authors receiving any award or honorable mention agree to include a footnote on the first page of any publication of the work noting the Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. Health Law Writing Competition award.
• An impartial panel will judge the Health Law Writing Competition entries. Some or all of the stated awards may not be made if none of the submissions are deemed by the judges to be of sufficient quality.
• Winners will be announced and contacted by the end of the calendar year in which submissions are due , with exact timing depending on the volume of submissions received.

The views expressed in any of the submissions accepted by Epstein Becker Green's Health Law Writing Competition are those of the individual authors and should not be construed as the views of Epstein Becker Green and/or any individual attorney within the firm. 

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Hirsh Student Writing Competition in Legal Medicine (annual) - In future, check this website for information about a 2025 Competition.

• Sponsor: American College of Legal Medicine
• Topic of 2024 Competition was: "May deal with any aspect of legal medicine, including medical licensure; regulation of the profession; business aspects of medical practice; liability of physicians, hospitals, & managed care organizations; ethics; bio-pharmaceutical/medical devices; public health law; physician-patient relationships; care of special patients; food and drug law; medical research; forensic science; or the history of legal medicine."  "Must contain the entirely original work of the individual contestant."  "Can have been submitted for academic credit but cannot have been submitted for publication."  "May relate to other work done by the author."
• Format requirements in 2024 Competition included: "There is no limit in the length of articles for submission - there is no minimum or maximum words to join the competition." 
• Eligibility requirements in 2024 Competition included: "Contestants must have received a baccalaureate degree or equivalent from an accredited institution and must be currently enrolled in an accredited medical, law, dental, nursing, podiatric, or other health-related program in the United States or Canada."
• Prizes in 2024 Competition were: "The writer of the winning paper will be presented the Hirsh Award and will receive $1,000.00, round trip economy airfare to San Diego, 1-night hotel accommodations during the conference, and conference registration to attend the ACLM 2024 Annual Conference where they will have an opportunity to present their paper, receive their award, and meet with experts in the field of legal medicine.  The winning paper will be published in The Journal of Legal Medicine , and all other papers entered for the Hirsh Award will receive consideration for publication in The Journal of Legal Medicine .  The second-place winner will receive $500.00.  The third-place winner will receive $250.00.  The top three winners will receive complimentary one-year membership in the American College of Legal Medicine and will be invited to serve on the 2025 Student Awards Committee."
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Announcing the Eighth Annual Student Essay Competition

The  Yale Law Journal  is excited to announce its eighth annual Student Essay Competition. The  Journal ’s Student Essay Competition challenges the next generation of legal scholars and practitioners to reflect on emerging legal problems. The Competition is open to current law students and recent law-school graduates nationwide. Up to three winners will be awarded a $300 cash prize. Winning submissions will be published in the  Yale Law Journal Forum , the  Journal ’s online component. All  Forum  Essays are fully searchable and available on LexisNexis, Westlaw, and our website. Last year’s winning Essays can be viewed on our website.

Competition Topic: Emerging Issues in Criminal Law

This year, we invite submissions focusing on novel developments in criminal law and procedure, broadly understood. We encourage submissions on a range of topics, including corrections and prisons; policing; prosecution; private and public defense; racial disparities in the criminal legal system; the criminalization of queer and trans individuals; crimmigration; abolitionism; mass incarceration; capital punishment; youth justice; felony disenfranchisement; drug policy; evidence; and any related areas. We hope to receive both clinical and academic submissions.

Eligibility and Submission Details

The competition is open to all current law students and recent law-school graduates (JDs and LLMs from the Classes of 2022-2027) from any ABA-accredited law school. Each individual may submit only one piece. Submissions must be previously unpublished Essays and may not be submitted to other publications during the competition period. 

The deadline for submissions is September 6, 2024 at 5pm ET. Submissions must be no shorter than 4,000 words and no longer than 8,000 words, including footnotes.

Essays must be submitted via the Journal ’s online submissions portal. When asked to select “Submission Type,” please select “Student Essay Competition” (do not select “Forum Essay (Students)”).

Please submit your Essay as a Word document. Your submission file should be titled “YLJ Essay Competition - [ESSAY TITLE]” and include a header with “YLJ Essay Competition” in the main text of your document. To ensure anonymized review, please do not include any identifying information, including name, class year, or institution, in your Essay’s body or metadata. Failure to anonymize your Essay may disqualify it from consideration by the Selection Committee.

The Selection Committee will consider all submissions anonymously. Winners will be announced in October 2024. Authors who submit winning Essays commit to publication in the  Yale Law Journal Forum  and agree to participate in our full editing process. This process involves both structural and substantive suggestions, as well as sourceciting for content and adherence to Bluebook style.

Disbursement of the cash prize to each winner is subject to any applicable tax reporting and withholding requirements.

Please direct questions about the Student Essay Competition to the Managing Editors, Beatrice (Bea) Brown ( [email protected] ) and Deja Morehead ( [email protected] ). We look forward to reading your submissions!

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2024 WPA Medical Student Essay Competition

Dear Member Societies, This morning, the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) launched its much-anticipated 2024 Medical Student Essay Competition, a WPA Presidential initiative with the support of the United Nations Secretariat – Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable Development Goals. Medical students worldwide are invited to submit an essay [of 3000 words or less] by May 15 on this year's theme of "Improving Mental Health in the Global World Using the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)." The WPA hopes this challenge will inspire medical students to explore innovative approaches and solutions that align with the UN's comprehensive set of goals for sustainable development. WPA President Danuta Wasserman would like this announcement to reach as many medical students as possible, and she hopes you can help achieve that by sharing it with your networks and members of your professional organizations. The WPA looks forward to showcasing the promise of the next generation of medical doctors. The competition webpage and the announcement can be found on the WPA website at the links below: https://www.wpanet.org/medical-students-essay-comp-24 https://www.wpanet.org/post/wpa-launches-2024-medical-student-essay-competition-focused-on-mental-health-and-united-nations-sust All Finalists and the full text of their essays will be showcased on the WPA website, spotlighting both the authors and their ideas, and the winning essay will also be translated into all six World Health Organization (WHO) official languages. Moreover, the winner will be acknowledged at the 24th World Congress of Psychiatry in Mexico City (WCP 2024). To facilitate their participation in the congress, their registration fee will be waived and a Travel Award of up to $1500 USD will be granted to cover travel and accommodation expenses. Thank you very much for your assistance. Danuta Wasserman M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Psychiatry and Suicidology Karolinska Institutet (KI), Stockholm, Sweden Head and Founder of NASP National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health at KI Director, WHO Collaborating Centre Research, Methods Development, Training in Suicide Prevention President of the WPA World Psychiatric Association

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The Bar Council’s Law Reform Essay Competition is now open. It is aimed at developing and fostering an interest in law reform. Students and pupils are invited to submit essays making the case to reform English, Welsh and European law.

Timeline and key dates 24 October 2024, 17:00: competition closes Early December 2024: prize winners announced

The competition prizes are available in the following categories:

• The winner: £4,000, and their essay published on  Counsel magazine’s website
• Runner-up: £2,500 
• Best GDL entry: £1,500
• Runner-up GDL entry: £1,000
• Highly commended award: 2 x £500

The organisers hope that the prize money will be used to contribute to the legal education or legal career of the prize winners. All prize winners will be invited to meet members of the Law Reform Committee at a small reception held at a set of chambers.

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The World Psychiatry Association (WPA) announces its 2024 Medical Student Essay Competition, a WPA Presidential initiative with the support of the United Nations Secretariat – Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable Development Goals.

The WPA invites medical students from around the world to write and submit an essay of up to 3000 words on this year’s theme: " Improving Mental Health in the Global World Using the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals ."

This competition is now closed

All Finalists and the full text of their essays will be showcased on the WPA website, spotlighting both the authors and their ideas, and the winning essay will also be translated into all six WHO official languages. The Winner will be acknowledged at the 24th World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP) in Mexico City, will receive a Travel Award to cover his/her costs of WCP travel and accommodation (up to 1500 USD), and will have his/her Congress registration fee waived.

Essay Formatting and Submission Requirements:

Please download and read  about the competition deadlines and the essay formatting and submission requirements.

Submission Deadline and Schedule:

All submissions must be made via the online submission page before midnight on May 15, 2024. We cannot accept any entries received after this date. The winners have been announced and you can read more about them here .

Entries Open: Medical Student Essay Prize

Attention all UK Medical Students!

We are thrilled to announce that entries are now open for the BSPRM Medical Student's Essay Prize.

The winner of the prize will receive £250 and will also have a prestigious platform to showcase their innovative ideas in the medical field.

To read the award criteria and to submit your entry, please click HERE.

Entries will close on 2 September 2024

Best of Luck!

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Essay competitions, awards and prizes

If you have a flair for essay writing, then look out for competitions run by the Royal Colleges and many other professional medical associations, usually to encourage interest in their specialty. Closing dates for submission fall throughout the year so keep your eyes open!

Some organisations that run competitions include:

British Association of Dermatologists

• British Association of Forensic Medicine
• General Medical Council
• Medical Women’s Federation
• Pain Relief Foundation
• Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
• Royal College of Ophthalmologists
• Royal College of Pathologists
• Royal College of General Practitioners
• Royal College of Radiologists
• Royal Society of Medicine (for members only, costs £25 a year to join)
• Institute of Medical Ethics (for F1 & F2 UK doctors)

Project Funding

Some organisations and Trusts offer funding for research projects, vacation research work experience and intercalated degree year research. We’ve compiled a list of these, again it isn’t exhaustive so we do encourage further research.

Some of these applications may require a supporting statement from a member of academic staff. Check criteria carefully before applying.

The Biochemical Society

Grants are available for stipends of £200 per week for 6 – 8 weeks, and up to £1,600 in total, to support a summer placement in a lab for an undergraduate student. Applications must be made on behalf of and in association with a named student.

Website: www.biochemistry.org Email: [email protected]

The British Association of Dermatologists offer a range of awards between £250 and £3,000 towards fees and living expenses for an intercalated year project related to dermatology and skin biology. It also offers £500 undergraduate project grants.

Website: www.bad.org.uk Email: [email protected]

Association for the Study of Medical Education

The Association for the Study of Medical Education offers awards related to the development of excellent medical education. Applications are welcomed from anyone on the continuum of medical education (UG, PG or qualified and studying professional development) and will be assessed against their criteria. They also have a number of other essay prizes available and awards so it is worth researching their website.

Tel: 0131 225 9111 Website: www.asme.org.uk Email: [email protected]

The Genetics Society

The Genetics Society Summer Studentship scheme offers grants of up to £3,000 for undergraduate students interested in gaining research experience in any area of genetics by carrying out a research project over the long vacation ( more information ). They also have a range of competitions and awards that you can look into on their website.

Website: https://genetics.org.uk/grants/summer-studentships/  Email: [email protected]

The Institute of Medical Ethics

The Institute of Medical Ethics (IME) offers grants, student elective bursaries, and scholarships (covering the next academic year) for students wishing to do an intercalated degree in medical ethics or an allied subject.

Website: https://ime-uk.org/grants-and-competitions/ 

The Physiological Society

Vacation Studentships offer undergraduates the opportunity to undertake a research project on an area of physiology over their summer break. Working under an academic supervisor, they can get to experience day-to-day life in the laboratory first-hand. Funding of £150 a week, to cover living costs, is on offer for up to eight weeks.

Website: www.physoc.org Email: [email protected]

The Pathological Society

Funding for students wanting to intercalate a BSc in Pathology but who do not have LEA or other government support. Also offer awards to fund electives and vacation studies in pathology.

Website: www.pathsoc.org

The Paget’s Association

The Paget’s Association awards Student Research Bursaries of up to £6,000 to promising UK medical or science students (MRes, MSc, BSc or equivalent higher degree) to pursue research into any aspects of Paget’s Disease of Bone.

Tel: 0161 799 4646 Website

Other resources

The list above is not exhaustive so we do encourage further research.

A good place to start is RD Learning , a database of health-related research funding opportunities.

Please contact us if you notice any broken links, of any other funding opportunities or if any options are no longer running.

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Learn about all of the competitions and prizes you can enter at school to boost your Medicine application.

If you’re an aspiring medic at school, you can boost your Medicine application by entering competitions and prizes. Regardless of whether you win or not, you’ll be able to include the experience in your Personal Statement and talk about it at Med School interviews . Here are some Medicine competitions you can enter to be proactive and make your application stand out.

Imperial College London – Science in Medicine School Teams Prize

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• The Scleroderma and Raynaud’s UK Prize – Submissions should focus on promoting the health and wellbeing of individuals with Scleroderma and/or Raynaud’s.

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Deadline – midnight on 30th June 2023.

University of Cambridge – Robinson College Essay Prize

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The competition is designed to give students an opportunity to engage in research, hone their writing and argumentative skills, and prepare for university interviews. Minds Underground also runs essay competitions for other science subjects like Psychology and STEM.

The submission deadline is typically around March/April. Get more info here.

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The Principal and Fellows of St Hugh’s College are pleased to offer a prize of up to £500 for the best essay written in response the question:

Defend one of the following two propositions:

• The deployment of juries as part of this country’s criminal trial procedure should be abolished.
• There is no particular reason for our judiciary to be representative of this country’s population.

No detailed knowledge of English law is required to answer it; indeed, while cases reported in the national media may be referred to, entrants should not look to cite any specific case law or statutes in their work. Rather, they are encouraged to think about things a matter of principle. The judges will be looking out for an entrant’s ability to reason from wider precepts and to construct clear and coherent arguments.

Entry is restricted to pupils who, at the closing date, have been in the Sixth Form of any state-funded school or college for a period of not more than two years.

Entries should be 1500 – 2000 words in length, including any material in the footnotes which is additional commentary or content related to your essay. References or citations in footnotes, and your bibliography, are not included in this word count. You are welcome to use whichever style of referencing you prefer. Essays must be submitted in PDF format.

Instructions for submitting your entry can be found on the right-hand side of this page. The closing date for entries is 5pm on Friday 26th July 2024. Prize winners will be announced online by the end of September.

Please direct any enquiries to [email protected]

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Aqsa Mahmood, Y12, Dr Challoner’s High School: Are there any legal decisions which judges should not take?

Third Place

Mariana Fedchyshyn, Y12, Reigate College: Are there any legal decisions which judges should not take?

The winners and a number of those who had done particularly well were invited to tea in College in September.

How to enter the essay competition:

The deadline for entries to the 2024 competition has now passed.

Entrants will be contacted in due course with the outcome of their entry.

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