At BSH we are keen to recognise those who go above and beyond and excel in their chosen area of haematology and have put together an exciting prizes and awards scheme that seeks to celebrate the success of both members and non-members.
It is important that everyone, from students to senior haematology professionals, can showcase and gain recognition for their work.
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National Clinical Impact Awards
National Clinical Impact Awards – Role of Member Organisations
The ACCIA have recently announced important changes to their processes for selecting individuals for National Clinical Impact Awards. They will no longer accept citations and Member Organisations may no longer provide ranked lists of candidates. They felt that neither of these processes had been having a significant impact on the outcome of the final rankings and they were potentially dissuading some candidates from applying. They still feel that Membership Organisations will have a role in advising candidates on applications though the notice of these changes has been very short. The application process for this year opens on the 3rd March and closes on the 28th April. The BSH strongly recommends that candidates read the guidance provided by the ACCIA and complete their applications strictly according to this. Failure to do so results in otherwise strong applications being marked down harshly.
The BSH Crucible Prize is an innovative trainee-led initiative with a £1000 prize, where the five top abstracts are selected for oral presentation at our Annual Scientific Meeting. The aim of this session is to encourage reflection on what haematologists do, and why they do it. Those selected are questioned and judged by a panel of senior haematologists on the quality and originality of their content, presentation skills and response to questions. This prize is open to doctors in training, nurses and other healthcare professionals (at any stage of their career).
We are inviting essays on a topic agreed by the Education Committee.
The winner will receive a prize of £500 and the runner-up will receive £250. The winning essay will be featured on the British Society for Haematoloy pages within the British Journal of Haematology (print version only).
The topic for the 2024 essay is: 'How do we improve the design of clinical trials in haematology to meet the needs of patients?'
When submitting your essay please note:
The word limit is 2,500 words, excluding references.
- We allow a maximum of 20 references in any standard style.
- Please submit your essay in a Word format (not Docx), we do not accept PDFs or other formats.
- Use Arial font, point 11 with line spacing of 1.5.
- Include details of your medical school, the course and your current year of study.
Entries may be checked for plagiarism.
Eligibility criteria
- Undergraduate medical students from UK medical schools
- Healthcare scientists (HCPC registered biomedical and clinical scientists) Band 6 and below, undertaking any formal training programme under the remit of the Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS), accredited undergraduate BSc degrees with registration portfolio and postgraduate MSc level with specialist diploma and trainees undertaking the British Blood Transfusion Society (BBTS) specialist certificate and the National School of Healthcare Science (NSHCS) Scientist Training Programme (STP)
- Physician assistants/associates (PAs) undertaking formal training in any recognised/accredited physician associate higher education institution and prior to passing the PA National Examination
Please submit your entry to: [email protected]
The deadline for submissions for the 2024 prize is 5.00pm on Friday 9 February 2024.
The NIHR-BSH Researcher of the Year award is a joint initiative between BSH and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to recognise recent contributions to clinical research efforts made by members of the BSH.
An award of £500 each will be given during the 2024 BSH Annual Scientific Meeting in Liverpool to up to three consultants, two trainees, and an AHP or Nurse selected by a joint panel of NIHR and BSH representatives.
Applicants must be active NHS consultants, trainees, nurses, physician associates, pharmacists or Allied Health Professionals and should not hold a substantive academic appointment. They must also be members of the BSH.
Application form consultants/trainees
Application form AHPs/PAs/Nurses
The deadline for the 2024 award is Friday 16 February 2024.
The BSH Lifetime Achievement Award honours and recognises outstanding individuals who have made a major contribution to haematology in the UK (though the candidate does not have to be British).
Award criteria
- The award is for exceptional contribution to UK and International Haematology
- Nominees can be from any discipline – scientist, nurse, medic, BMS etc.
- Does not need to have been a BSH member or UK citizen.
- Majority of career should have been spent in UK.
- The award is not intended to be for academic work alone.
- The nominee should be in the latter part of their career or retired.
- Cannot be either a current trustee or office bearer or for the previous 3 years.
- Cannot be awarded posthumously.
Other information
- The award will not necessarily be awarded annually.
- The award will be made at the ASM.
All nominations must be submitted by the 31 December 2023.
For full guidance on the application process view our information pack here
For the application form please click here
*NEW*: Early Careers Achievement and Undergraduate Achievement Award
This is an exciting new award created by the BSH Early Career Forum. Each Award has a prize value of £1500, plus expenses to attend the 2025 BSH Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM)
These two awards will be for projects or ideas in service improvement, leadership, and workforce rearrangement. Applicants are encouraged to think broadly and innovatively. The aim of this prize is to foster professional development in students and people early in their careers and encourage reflection on how everyone can contribute to improvements in healthcare regardless of career stage.
The submission should relate to, or have the main focus on, haematology.
Eligibility
This award is open to BSH members and non-members.
For the Undergraduate Achievement Award:
The prize is open to all healthcare students completing an undergraduate degree in their field.
For the Early Careers Achievement Award:
The prize is open to doctors in training, nurses and other healthcare professionals at a maximum of 4 years post qualification.
Application process and timeline
Applications will open November 2024.
For any questions, please contact the Head of Engagement: [email protected]