Leadership & Development Awards Programme

Designed to recognise and nurture emerging talent in endocrinology to become the future leaders of our discipline.

This programme was devised as part of the Society’s strategy to advance and support endocrinology and will provide a wide range of opportunities and support for early career endocrinologists to enable them to develop naturally into future leaders of our discipline.

Eligibility

• The Awards Programme is open to Society members, who have been a paid member for at least one year

To be eligible for the Leadership and Development Awards Programme you must fit within one of the following categories and will usually be within the first three years into your first consultant or substantive senior academic post, in order to derive the maximum benefit from the Award Programme. 

• Scientists: <10 years post PhD [PhD awarded in 2013 or more recently*] with at least 3 publications as first, co-first or as senior author
• Clinical Academics: currently undertaking an MD or PhD or <6 years from completion of MD or PhD [MD or PhD award in 2017 or more recently*] with at least 3 publications as first, co-first or as senior author
• Clinicians-in-Practice: up to 12 years from attainment of MBBS [MBBS awarded in 2011 or more recently*] with at least 3 publications as first, co-first or as senior author (Clinicians-in-Practice may include Clinical Cases)

* Career breaks or other exceptional circumstances that may have affected your career progression will be taken into account by the panel when determining eligibility – please ensure you provide a full justification in the application form.

The Selection Panel will have final say on the category you are consigned to based on their interpretation of the eligibility criteria, duration and appropriateness of career breaks. 

How to apply

If you have any questions please email awards@endocrinology.org.

Find out more about the Selection Panel and benefits of the Awards Programme.