Grants and Prizes

The Anatomical Society offers a number of grants and prizes, as part of its object of promoting research in the anatomical sciences. These are summarised below:

Anatomical Society Research Studentships
Up to four Research Studentships are awarded annually by competition based on proposed projects from prospective supervisors. The closing date for applications is usually early October, and is advertised publicly during August in Nature and the Journal of Anatomy. For further information contact the Assistant Secretary.

Anatomical Society Senior Visiting Fellowship
This may be awarded annually in parallel with the Research Studentships. It contributes towards the travel and living expenses of a senior overseas scientist with an established reputation in the anatomical sciences making a visit to the U.K. or Ireland to engage in collaborative research. For further information contact the Assistant Secretary.

Departmental Seminar Grants
The Society has introduced a scheme to provide financial help to Departments in the funding of visiting speakers for seminars. Applications for up to £600 should be made in April for the subsequent academic year, and be supported by the signatures of five members of the Society in the applying University. For further information contact the Assistant Secretary.

The Symington Bequest
The Trustees of the Symington Bequest Fund can make grants to Society Members towards costs associated with anatomical research. These may be for specific purposes - for example the setting up of the Human Embryo Database developed out of initial grants from the Symington Fund - or more commonly for a contribution to the costs of travel to scientific meetings. For further information contact the Secretary.

The Barclay-Smith Travelling Fund
This may be used to assist Members who are studying for a higher degree (or are in the early years of their career) to attend meetings of the Society. For further information contact the Treasurer.

The Symington Memorial Prize
This is the Society's premier prize, originally established in 1920 by the Queen's University of Belfast in commemoration of Professor Johnson Symington. Applicants must be Members below the rank of Professor, and it is awarded on the basis of a coherent research programme over several years. For further information contact the Secretary.

The Anatomical Society Prize
This is awarded biennially to the author whose papers over a two year period, which must include at least one in the Journal of Anatomy, are considered to be of the highest standard. Application is restricted to Members of post-doctoral or junior lecturer status. For further information contact the Secretary.

Undergraduate Prize
This is awarded annually at the Winter Meeting of the Society to the best communication by a candidate who must have carried out the work described while an undergraduate. For further information contact the Programme Secretary.

Poster Prize
This is awarded for the best poster presented by a Member of the Society, normally of relatively junior status, at the Spring/Summer Meeting (unless this meeting is held jointly with another society). For further information contact the Programme Secretary.