Prizes and bursaries

To encourage interest in research in addictions, we've established a prize for resident doctors in psychiatric training, specialty and specialist doctors (and equivalent) who present a poster at our annual meeting.

Prize

£300.   The conference fee and travel expenses will be reimbursed to the successful candidate

Rules

  • Posters will be judged on originality and relevance to addictions
  • All candidates will be advised approximately six-eight weeks before the meeting and the final prize judging will be made and announced at the meeting
  • The winner will be expected to provide the full text of their poster presentation for inclusion on our website.

Submission and closing date

See conference information.

    Prize

    £200

    Who can enter

    Third-year and above medical students in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

    Rules

    • Eligible students are invited to submit an original unpublished essay of up to 5,000 words on an aspect of addictions psychiatry of their choice. Your essay should be illustrated by a clinical example of any aspect of medical and psychiatric practice relevant to addictions, e.g. General Practice, Accident and Emergency, General Medicine and Public Health.
    • Your essay should demonstrate an understanding of issues relating to addictions with relevant links to other medical specialties.
    • Your essay should be supported by a literature review and should be your own work.
    • While AI can be a helpful tool, we expect all applications to be original and authentic. Your final submission should genuinely reflect your own experiences, qualifications, and writing style. We value transparency if you use AI to support your application in any way, please explain how and why. Applications that appear to be written by AI without explanation may not be considered
    • The prize will be judged by our Chair and two other members of the Executive Committee.
    • We will cover reasonable travel costs for the winner, along with their registration fee for one day of the conference.

    Please email your essay.

    The prize will be presented at our annual meeting.

    Closing date 

    Sunday 1 February 2026 at 11.59pm.

      We offer an opportunity each year for resident doctors in psychiatric training to present a lecture to the Faculty’s Annual Meeting. The lecture is usually presented on the second day of the conference.

      Prize

      £300

      Who can enter

      All resident doctors in psychiatric training (CT1-ST6 and equivalent), specialty and specialist doctors (and equivalent).

      Rules

      • You are invited to submit a current concise CV and a 400 word abstract of the paper you wish to present.
      • The prize will be awarded on the basis of originality and the relevance of addictions.
      • Shortlisted applicants may be invited for a telephone interview, and the winner will be offered support and mentoring in developing their lecture.
      • Applications will be judged by members of our executive committee.

      Submission

      Please email your submission.

      Closing date

      Sunday 1 February 2026 at 11.59pm.

      2025

      Dr Isabel Leach and Dr Thomas Rose for Plugging the gap: a role for simulation in addictions training

      2024

      Dr Andi Stanescu for Leveraging business strategies to achieve United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 3 in the UK: a paradigm shift in combatting mental health issues and substance abuse

      2023

      Not awarded

      2022

      Dr Roisin Smith for ICD 11 – Substance Use and Addictive Behaviours

      2021

      Dr Emmert Roberts for The hospital admission profile of people presenting to specialist addiction services with problematic use of alcohol or opioids: A national retrospective cohort study in England

      2020

      Franco De Crescenzo for The Comparative efficacy and acceptability of psychosocial interventions for individuals with cocaine and amphetamine addiction: A systematic review and network meta-analysis

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