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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2021 ACCEA Awards
The ACCEA have published the dates for the 2021 round of awards on their website.
Online applications have opened on Monday 7 December 2020 and will close at 5pm on Thursday 18 March 2021. Guidance for applicants has been published on the ACCEA website.
The deadline for applications for BSH support has now passed.

Procedure for BSH nominations for ACCEA Awards & Responsibilities of BSH panel members
The Clinical Excellence Awards (ACCEA) are awarded annually to consultants for quality, excellence, and exceptional personal contributions. Accredited bodies known as National Nominating Bodies and Specialist Societies submit ranked lists, assessing the relative excellence of a limited number of their members’ applications – this number is determined by the size of their constituency. These lists are given the term ‘Nominations’.
BSH can nominate a limited number of individuals applying for new awards
- 8 Bronze
- 3 Silver
- 1 Gold
BSH can support all individuals applying for renewal of a previous award.

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 undergraduate medical, biomedical and clinical science, physician associate and nursing students from UK schools in any year of training to write an essay on:
'Will we need to see haematology patients face-to-face in the future?'
The winner will receive a prize of £500 and the runner-up will receive £250. The winning essay will be published on the British Journal of Haematology.
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.
Essays will be marked for content, interest, structure and grammar.
Entries may be checked for plagiarism.
The deadline for submissions for the 2021 Student Essay Prize has now passed. Applicants will be notified about the outcome of their submissions in late March.

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 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.
Please send completed applications to ian.nickson@nihr.ac.uk by 31 January 2021

This award aims to honour those whose working life has significantly contributed to the advancement of Haematology.
The deadline for nomination is 1 February 2021. Please read the guidance before submitting your completed nomination form.
If you any queries please email president@b-s-h.org.uk