Awards & Scholarships

• A category of Fellowship created to recognise those already elected to Fellowship who have served the College with distinction over a sustained period of years.

• Honorary Fellowship (Hon FRCP Edin) may be conferred on individuals (both medically qualified and non-medically qualified) at the discretion of Council. Generally, such individuals will have made an exceptional contribution to the practice of medicine. Only members of Council may nominate individuals for consideration of this award. As a Royal College, we are privileged that His Majesty King Charles III and Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal are Royal Honorary Fellows. 

• 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.

• 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

• 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.

The College also makes nominations to the UK National Honours system. 

Our symposium and events often feature a keynote lecture, named for a key figure in the College's history.

The 2023 National Clinical Impact Awards will open for applications on 3 March and the window is currently scheduled to close on 28 April 2023.  Please see the below provisional timetable for further information:

• 3 March to 28 April 2023 – applications open
• 29 April to 26 June 2023 – first round scoring
• 27 June to 4 September – N3 scoring
• 27 June to 6 November – governance review
• 5 September to 6 November – NRES scoring
• end November 2023 – main committee finalisation of recommendations
• December 2023 – recommendations to and sign off by ministers
• mid-January 2024 – notifications sent to successful applicants and finance processes initiated to back pay awards
• mid-January to mid-February 2024 – appeals window open

ACCIA have announced that they no longer plan to seek support or citations from Membership Organisations [MOs].  This is a decision that MOs have challenged but with no success.  Our College continues to encourage Fellows to apply but we now have no formal role in the process.  However, applicants can still seek guidance from any membership organisation.  MOs may review draft applications and provide advice but must not edit or critique the text directly.

2023 guidance for applicants - Applicants' guide: 2023 awards round - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

National Clinical Impact Awards 2022: resources for applicants and employers - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the ACCIA Secretariat

Advisory Committee on Clinical Impact Awards
Quarry House, Leeds, LS2 7UE
T: 020 7972 4608 | E: accia@dhsc.gov.uk
W: Advisory Committee on Clinical Impact Awards - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)