Grants and Prizes
Undergraduate Essay Prize
This competition is open to all students currently studying on an undergraduate course. The essay is required to be endocrine-related and based on a topical aspect of endocrinology. The essays must be the original work of the candidate, and written within the current academic year by an undergraduate student. Submissions should be in essay format and extra credit will be awarded for essays illustrating a thought provoking, opinionated and readable content.
The top prize for the winning entrant is £1000 with a number of runner up and highly commended prizes .
Conditions of entry:
- All applications must be submitted as a Word document in order to be able to anonymise them for marking.
- By entering the competition the entrant agrees to transfer the copyright of the submitted essay to the Society for Endocrinology, giving the Society the right to reproduce, distribute and broadcast the essay in printed, electronic or any other medium, and in turn to authorise others to do the same. The Society will also have the right to edit the essays as deemed appropriate for publishing.
- If your essay is not amongst the prize winners, all rights revert back to the author.
- The entrant must promise that the article is their original work. If it contains material such as previously published illustrations or tables, the material must be clearly identified and acknowledged within the text.
- The Society reserves the right to withhold the prize if the standard of the essays submitted is not of sufficient merit.
- The registration status of all shortlisted entrants will be checked.
The deadline for the 2010 essay prize is 1 March.
Previous winners
You can access previous winning entries below.