Prizes and bursaries
Background
The Gillian Page Prize was established by Mr John Page, a consultant ENT surgeon and his wife to commemorate their daughter Gillian and promote progress in adolescent psychiatry.
The prize will be awarded to the first/last author of the best peer-reviewed, empirical paper focusing on a topic related to adolescent psychiatry and published in academic journals between October 2020 to September 2022 (or accepted for publication during this period).
Prize
£500 and a certificate
Frequency
Biennially
Eligibility
CT1-3 trainees in psychiatry in the UK, run through trainees and ST4-6 trainees in child and adolescent psychiatry in the UK at the time the paper was published or accepted for publication.
Rules
- Please submit a peer-reviewed, empirical paper published in an academic journal between October 2020 to September 2022 or accepted for publication during this period.
- Please provide evidence of publication or acceptance.
- The topic of the paper should relate to adolescent psychiatry.
- The prize will be awarded to the first or last author of a paper. The prize may also be shared between no more than two eligible psychiatrists. Where collaborative work including more than two authors is submitted, there should be a clear statement indicating the role of the applicant in the work, and the statement should be signed by all the corresponding authors.
- Recipients of the prize may be invited to present at the Faculty conference.
Submissions
Applications are now closed for the 2023 prize.
2023 Winner
Dr Matteo Catanzano - read essay
Background
The family of the late Dr Margaret Davenport made a bequest to the Faculty to establish a prize in her memory.;
Dr Davenport began her psychiatric training at University Hospital, South Manchester at the late age of 47 after gaining experience in general practice in Cheltenham as a Clinical Medical Officer in Manchester and following a career break for family commitments. On consultant appointment Dr Davenport became the driving force behind the development of an enviable family therapy service with a full multi-disciplinary team and a purpose-built day unit. She was an expert in the field of child abuse and child sexual abuse, with a wide experience of assessment and treatment, and continued her involvement in family therapy training into her seventies.
Prize
£100
The winner of this oral presentation prize will be included as a guest at our annual conference and dinner, and the conference fee will be waived.
Allowable costs for travel and accommodation will also be reimbursed retrospectively on presentation of original tickets and receipts for all related expenditure, together with a completed members’ expenses claim form.
How often
Annually
Who can enter
Specialty Trainees in child and adolescent psychiatry ST4-6 (including those on dual training programmes) and newly appointed consultants who are within six months of having obtained their CCT by 18 April of the year in which the conference occurs.
Where presented
The prize will be presented at our annual residential meeting, usually held in September.
Rules
- A specialty trainee or newly appointed consultant can only win the prize once during their career
- The criteria employed to judge the prize will be as follows:
- The quality of the abstract of the presentation
- The degree of innovation within the project
- The extent to which the methodology is sound and appropriate for the type of project submitted.
- The prize is judged in two stages.
- Firstly, our academic sub-group rates all eligible abstracts to produce a shortlist of six.
- Secondly, an adjudication panel of three, selected by our Executive, assesses the shortlist against the same criteria, adding only the quality of the presentation at the meeting (taking into account differences between poster, short paper, workshop and other presentation styles).
- The final choice depends on both the rating achieved during stage one, as well as the final standard at the meeting.
- The spirit of the prize is to recognise the excellence of your work. There can be difficulties when your submission is part of a collaborative effort. The prize is intended for those who have taken the lead in the work that has resulted in the presentation, as well as for the presentation itself. Sometimes this aspect is hard to evaluate by the prize judges. Therefore it is the responsibility of seniors within collaborative groups to be prepared to attest to this criterion if it is in doubt.
Submission and closing date details
Please refer to conference information.
We've established a prize for the best poster presentation prepared by a specialty trainee or a new consultant.
Prize
£100
How often
Annually
Who can enter
Specialty trainees in child and adolescent psychiatry ST4-6 (including those on joint faculty training programmes with other faculties), Specialist registrars and newly appointed consultants who are within six months of having obtained their CCT by 18 April of the year in which the conference occurs.
Where presented
The prize will be presented at our annual residential meeting, usually held in September.
Rules
- The criteria employed to judge the prize will be as follows:
- The quality of the abstract of the poster presentation
- The degree of innovation within the project
- The extent to which the methodology is sound and appropriate for the type of project submitted.
- The prize is judged in two stages:
- Firstly, the our academic sub-group rates all eligible abstracts submitted to produce a shortlist
- Secondly, an adjudication panel, selected by our executive, assesses the shortlist against the same criteria, adding only the quality of the poster presentation at the meeting
- The final choice depends on both the rating achieved during stage one, as well as the final standard at the meeting.
- The spirit of the prize is to recognise the excellence of your work. There can be difficulties when you are part of a collaborative effort. The prize is intended for those who have taken the lead in the work that has resulted in the presentation, as well as for the presentation itself. Sometimes this aspect is hard to evaluate by the prize judges. Therefore, it is the responsibility of seniors within collaborative groups to be prepared to attest to this criterion if it is in doubt.
Submission and closing date
See conference information.
We have established a prize to promote awareness of child and adolescent psychiatry among medical students.
We invite medical students to submit an essay on a specific topic, this year this is: Referral to CAMHS increase significantly at the start of school year. Are schools bad for young people’s mental health?
2023 Winner
Heidi Turner – Read the essay
Prize details
£500 and a free place at the annual trainee conference.
Who can enter
You will be a current clinical medical student in the UK.
Rules
- You're invited to email an original essay of up to 5,000 words on the above topic. It should be illustrated by a clinical example.
- The word count includes footnotes, but excludes the bibliography.
- Please do not include your name or institution in the essay text.
- Your essay should demonstrate an understanding of the child mental health problem being presented and its relevance to the set topic in terms of the child/adolescent, the family and wider context e.g. school, nursery and society.
- Your essay should demonstrate that a relevant literature review has been completed. It may be based on original work done for assessment at an earlier stage provided it is your own work.
- Please also submit a short CV. This should be anonymised, removing personal details and names of organisations and institutions.
- Entries will be shortlisted and judged by a panel appointed by our executive committee.
- Please submit an essay, together with short curriculum vitae, by email attachment marking the email 'Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Medical Student Essay Prize'. Please do not include your name or the name of the institution in the essay text. Email your entry to Faculty committees
Submissions are closed for 2024
Background
The Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry has established an essay prize in the name of Professor Richard Charles Harrington to encourage interest in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry among trainees and specialty doctors.
Richard Harrington was professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Manchester, England. He was an internationally acclaimed academic who was one of the first to identify the existence of childhood depression. He had a prolific research career investigating mood disorders and promoting evidence base in practice. He was an enthusiastic communicator and was able to explain difficult concepts simply to a wide audience. He would have been keen to continue to promote excellent communication in child psychiatry through this prize.
2023 Winner
The winner of the 2023 prize is Dr Arul Velusamy for their essay on the topic 'The Role of CAMHS in Gender Identity Services'.
2024 Prize
Submission
The deadline for the 2024 prize has now passed. Please check back for the 2025 prize later in 2024.
Who can enter
This competition is open to core trainees, specialty trainees and specialty doctors in the United Kingdom
Prize
The winner will receive £100 and a certificate. The winning essay will be published on the Faculty webpage. The Faculty executive committee will work with the winner to explore additional publication options.
Where presented
The prize will be presented at the annual Faculty conference normally held in September each year.
Rules
- UK core psychiatric trainees, UK specialty trainees in a psychiatric specialty and UK specialty doctors are eligible to submit an essay.
- Doctors in either locum or substantive posts are eligible.
- An essay of up to 2000 words on the above topic should be submitted.
- The essay title for the 2024 prize is: The role of education and the education system in supporting children and young people’s mental health.
- The word count includes, where relevant, footnotes but does not include references or bibliography.
- The essay should demonstrate originality, clarity of expression, comprehension of the literature, cogency of argument and overall ability to convey enthusiasm for the specialty.
- A CV should of no more than 2 pages should be submitted, removing identifying information including name, email and organisations.
- Please submit your essay, together with short curriculum vitae, by email attachment marking the email ‘Harrington Writing Prize’.
- Your entry should be emailed to Faculty Committees.
- There will be provision for not awarding the prize, should satisfactory standards not be achieved.
- Entries will be shortlisted and judged by a panel appointed by the executive committee. The panel’s decision is final.