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 2025. Please check back at a later date for information on the 2026 prize.
Funding is provided by the kind sponsorship of Dr Suzy Lishman CBE, Honorary Fellow of Girton College.
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.
2025 Winners
For a talk on the properties of neem.
For a talk on the properties of a snowdrop.
For a talk on the properties of frankincense.
Sharandeep Kaur - for a talk on the properties of aloe vera.
Pavneet Kaur Sidhu - for a talk on the properties of turmeric.
Beo Chen - for a talk on the properties of the stinging nettle.