Girton Medicine Prize
This new prize is open to applications from State Schools within our West Midlands Link Areas only! Please see the competition rules in the Information for Entrants document below.
This prize is now closed for 2024-25.
Funding is provided by the kind sponsorship of Dr Suzy Lishman, Honorary Fellow of Girton College.
2024-2025 Competition
This competition is an opportunity for students to research and present beyond the curriculum, using the topic set by our prize convenors, as their focus. This competition is open to State Schools in Girton College’s Link Areas (College Area Links | Undergraduate Study) which are Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, and Wolverhampton.
This Prize has been set up to encourage you to read beyond the school syllabus, and research material under the general topic outlined. We have decided to request video submissions, as verbal communication in Medicine is so important, in terms of speaking to your patients and the wider public. The judges are looking for a focussed talk which clearly and concisely explains the concept, and can be understood by a range of viewers. It should engage the audience from the start and provide an appropriate level of detail. While visual props or background images may be selected, we are not looking for a PowerPoint presentation.
The title for this year's competition is: ‘Plants have been used for therapeutic purposes for thousands of years. With reference to a single plant of your choice, discuss its medicinal use, past, present and future.’
Any questions regarding the prize should be directed to medicprize@girton.cam.ac.uk.
Entries are to be uploaded to Youtube as an unlisted video. More information on how to do so can be found by searching via a search engine, 'How to Upload Unlisted Videos to Youtube'.
Applicants should expect to hear whether they have been successful by the end of April.
Please read the Information for Entrants and the Cover Sheet below.