The College is pleased to be able to recognise excellence through a number of grants, awards and scholarships which currently include:
Fellowship with Distinction
- A new category of Fellowship created to recognise those already elected to Fellowship who have served the College with distinction over a sustained period of years.
Research Grants
- JMAS Sim Fellowship: funding research into depressive illness - open to any graduate in Medicine/Science.
- Lindsay Bequest and Reid Trust: funding research into mental and physical health - open to all.
- Myre Sim Fund Bursaries: open to medical students of the University of Edinburgh.
- Myre Sim Fund Research and Travel Grants: open to Fellows, Collegiate Members, Associate Members, and medical graduates of the University of Edinburgh.
Medals and Prizes
- Chiron Medal for excellence in teaching and training: open to consultants and SAS doctors.
- Clinical Lessons Prize: open to Medical Students, Foundation Year Members of the College, Collegiate Members and Associate Members.
- Clouston Memorial Trust Award: open to medical students and foundation doctors (FY1 and FY2)
- College Journal Prize: sponsored by the College Senior Fellows Club - open to trainees.
- Croom Lecture Prize: open to Collegiate Members of any UK Royal College of Physicians, resident in the UK.
- Cullen Medal for the greatest benefit to the practice of medicine: open to Fellows.
- Myre Sim Collegiate Members Prize: open to Collegiate Members.
- Munro Medal for excellence in teaching: open to trainees, SAS doctors.
- Invitations to present endowed lectures at College symposia
Travelling Fellowships and Scholarships
- Scholarships to undertake College/University of Edinburgh online MSc Internal Medicine and MSc Critical Care open to trainees in the UK and internationally.
- Brian Chapman Scholarship: open to international medical practitioners.
- Professor James C Petrie Scholarship: open to international medical practitioners.
National Honours
The College also makes nominations to the UK National Honours system.
Named Lectures
Our symposium and events often feature a keynote lecture, named for a key figure in the College's history.
NCIA – National Clinical Impact Awards 27 April – 22 June 2022
We have been advised that the 2022 Awards Round will open on 27 April and we would therefore encourage you to start preparing your application, if you wish to be considered for RCPE support.
Applications are by self-nomination and must be submitted online directly to ACCIA (Advisory Committee on Clinical Impact Awards) before their closing date of 22 June. If you are eligible to apply for an award and wish to be considered for RCPE support, you should submit the relevant forms to president@rcpe.ac.uk by midday on Monday 16 May.
The 2022 National Clinical Impact Awards Guidance for Applicants has been published on GOV.UK:
Applicants' guide: 2022 awards round - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Any queries, please contact the ACCIA Secretariat accia@dhsc.gov.uk
Telephone 020 7972 4608 [Department of Health, Richmond House, London SW1A 2NS]
DEADLINE for forms to RCPE for consideration for support is midday on Monday 16 May 2022
The College is committed to supporting equality and diversity when recognising excellence and making awards. Please see the documents below for more information on this.