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Myre Sim Collegiate Members Prize

Dr Myre Sim (1915-2009) was a renowned and published psychiatrist who assisted many individuals and organisations through his long and successful career, in addition to making a major contribution to the medical community. He was brought up and educated in Edinburgh and graduated MBChB from Edinburgh University in 1938. Although he did not remain in Edinburgh to practice medicine, he retained a great fondness for the Edinburgh University Medical School and the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He became a Fellow of the College in 1970.

During his lifetime Dr Myre Sim made a series of generous donations to the College, one of which funds the Collegiate Members Prize, an annual award of £1500 for the best original research article published in a peer reviewed journal. Additional prizes may also be made as runners up upon the discretion of the Myre Sim Committee.

The prize is awarded at the annual Medical Trainees Conference.

Applying

Eligibility
  • Open to Collegiate Members of the College
  • Applicants must be in a non-consultant post at the point of application
  • The article must be published in a peer reviewed journal
  • The article must be published within the last two years
  • Current members of the Trainees and Members' Committee are eligible to apply for this prize
Selection procedure
  • Shortlisting is performed by the Trainees and Members' Committee (excluding those who have applied for the prize)
  • The final selection is performed by the Myre Sim Committee
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How to apply

Please complete the below cover letter form by Friday 9am BST, Friday 26 September 2025 along with a PDF of the published article and your CV and email this to Stephanie Hough (s.hough@rcpe.ac.uk).

Application Form

Myre Sim Collegiate Member Prize 2025 Form

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Recent Recipients

1st Prize

2002 Dr Laura Gates

2005 Dr Li Fern Hsu

2007 Dr Daniel Menzies

2009 Dr Nicholas Mills

2011 Dr Eoin McKinney

2013 Dr Nazir Lone

2015 Dr Christopher Lucas

Runner up prizes

2005 Dr Nick Cruden

2007 Dr Balasubramanian Ravikumar

2009 Dr Andrew Conway Morris, Dr David Breen

2011 Dr DPSS de Silva

2013 Dr Christopher Lucas, Dr Jyothis George

2015 Dr David Ripley, Dr Hui Sian Tay, Dr Yahia Zakaria Bashier Iman

For further information please contact Stephanie Hough or phone 0131 247 3687.

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