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RCPsych Medical Student Essay Prize in Old Age Psychiatry 2026
Royal College of Psychiatrists
UK-wide
An annual £250 essay prize encouraging UK medical students to explore old age psychiatry through an original essay linked to a relevant clinical example.
- Primary activity
- Essay Prize
- Primary specialty
- Psychiatry
- Activity tags
- Essay Prize, Competition
- Specialty tags
- Psychiatry, Academic Medicine, Medical Education
- Deadline
- 31 Dec 2026
- Event date
- Not listed
- Date status
- Confirmed
- Eligibility
- All undergraduate medical students in the UK who are medical students when they submit. Joint entries are not permitted. Essays may be up to 5,000 words.
- Cost
- Free to enter.
- Funding
- £250 prize, a subsidised place at the Faculty residential meeting, mentoring and possible publication of an edited version in the Faculty newsletter.
- Source type
- Royal College
- Last checked
- Not listed
Verified source
RCPsych Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry
https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/members/your-faculties/old-age-psychiatry/prizes-and-bursariesThe official RCPsych Faculty page states that the medical-student essay prize runs annually, is open to UK undergraduate medical students, is worth £250, allows essays up to 5,000 words and closes on 31 December; 31 December 2026 is the next annual deadline after this batch date.
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