Deadline: 14 Dec 2018
All full-time medical students are invited to submit an essay to win the RSTMH Student Essay Prize of £200.
The prize will be awarded for the best essay submitted on one of the priority thematic areas of focus from RSTMH’s 2017–2002 strategy.
- Neglected tropical diseases, with a particular focus on their overlap with non-communicable diseases and the sustainable development goals
- Malaria, with a particular focus on drug resistance
- One Health and wider planetary health. The consideration of human health alongside animal health, and the environment, in the context of social, economic and political factors
- Topical issues including, but not limited to, emerging diseases
- Drug resistant infections
Essays should be between 1,500–2,000 words.
A 150-200-word summary should also be submitted along with the full essay.
Primary shortlisting of the essays will be decided on the basis of these summaries.
Find out more here.