The
Medical Women's Federation awards and oversees a variety of grants and prizes
throughout the year. For more details please see below:
Mature
Medical Student Grants
Small
grants are awarded annually to mature (i.e. 2nd degree) female medical students.
Forms are available from February for the academic session beginning in autumn
by email
or on this site. Applications must be returned completed with the required
documentation
(originals) by 31 May 2012. Successful candidates are informed by the end
of July, and cheques are posted in October. Awards are normally between £50-£300
per person. Medical Students who move during their busy clinical years will
be given higher priority compared to first year students who may only be given
an award in exceptional circumstances. Please note that grants will
be awarded to MWF members only. An
application form and information sheet is available to download below
Mature
Student Grant Application >>>>>
Grant Information
sheet>>>>>>
Medical Student Prize
MWF
is sponsoring a £50 prize in participating medical schools throughout
the UK. The MWF offers a prize to every Medical School in UK. However, not
all Medical Schools take up the prize. If your medical school does not do
so please encourage them...it's free!! Please ask the University Awards Office
to contact us. Please
note that MWF is not responsible for the decisions regarding the successful
applicant and enquiries should be made to your own university awards office.
If you wish to find out whether your medical school is participating, or are
an MWF member and would beinterested in presenting the prize at your local
medical school, please e-mail admin.mwf@btconnect.com.
Elective Bursaries
Small
grants of £50-£200 are awarded to female medical students to assist
them with elective costs. The deadline is mid-January for electives taking
place that year – we cannot fund retrospectively. Please note that MWF
members are given priority and there will be some geographical spread to the
awards. Application forms will be available on this website and from central
office from October.
Katherine Branson Essay Competition
We are now taking entries for 2012.
Medical Students are invited to submit short essays on one of the two following
questions: 1) From Marilyn Monroe to Kate Moss – what are the clinical
and social implications of the changes in our perception of beauty? 2) How
should medical students interact with social networking sites? A first prize
of £200, second of £100 and third of £50 will be awarded
for the best three essays on each topic. The first prize winners will also
be invited to present their essays at the MWF Spring Meeting in Colchester
(May). This is a great opportunity to build up your CV. The
closing date for receiving entries is strictly 16th March 2012.
Click here for further instructions>> and
here to download a cover sheet>>
Click
here to read some previous examples of winning essays>>.
MWF
Travel Fund
MWF can help students with travel costs to attend our meetings. If you wish
to take advantage of this please contact central office before
making travel arrangements to confirm your costs can be re-imbursed. Please
use the cheapest means of travel available eg. by using Young Person's Railcards
and booking well in advance. NB. Taxi expenses cannot be re-imbursed. Click
here to download a form>>.
Elizabeth
Garrett Anderson Prize
MWF always invites abstract submissions at our conferences and we particularly
encourage entries from students and junior doctors. If your abstract is accepted
for presentation this is a great thing to put on your CV. Also, MWF awards
the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson prize for the best presentation at each conference,
which is a small financial award as well as something prestigious for your
CV. Click here for more information
about our latest meeting and consider submitting an abstract!>>.
If you require any further information on any of our prizes please contact
central office on 0207 388 9216 or admin.mwf@btconnect.com
Please note: Funds are available only for full-time study
towards a medical degree leading to GMC registration as a doctor. The trustees
regret they are unable to assist those intending to qualify as dentists, vets,
midwives or other health professionals or those undertaking intercalated degrees.
