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Fellowships and awards

We are honoured to offer a range of awards celebrating the best in paediatrics and child health. These include prizes for medical students and foundation doctors, awards in research and patient engagement, and Honorary Fellowship.

Our major fellowships and awards

Honorary Fellowship - for major contributions to child health
James Spence Medal - for outstanding contributions to child health
Members’ Award - for exceptional work to support child health
RCPCH &Us Voice Champion Award - for 'over and above' support to RCPCH &Us
College Medal - given on an extraordinary basis

Our awards for aspiring paediatricians and in training

Medical student annual prizes
Foundation doctor annual prizes
Tony Jackson Memorial Prize - for personal reflections
Examinations awards
Paediatric Awards For Training Achievements (PAFTAs)

Our research awards

BPSU Sir Peter Tizard research bursary - for rare disease research
Denney Award - for best article on paediatric rare disease research
Donald Paterson Award - for best article in paediatrics (pre-consultant grade)
Dr Michael Blacow Memorial Prize - for best abstract paper (pre-consultant)
Dr Simon Newell award - for outstanding young medical research worker
RCPCH and Newlife Clinical Research Fellowship Award - for senior research
RCPCH-NIHR PIER Award - for excellent patient engagement in research
Williams Syndrome Cooper Bursary - for paper on paediatric learning disability

Fellowships and clinical impact awards

Visiting Fellowships in global child health
National Clinical Impact Awards (NCIA) for Paediatrics (from DHSC)

News about fellowships and prizes

More news
Announcement
27 May 2026

Announcing the winners of the RCPCH Members' Award 2026

Our Members' Award honours members who have undertaken exceptional work in support of child health and the College strategies. We are pleased to announce that Dr Kate Pryde and Dr James Edelmen are the 2026 joint winners. Congratulations to both!
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Announcement
26 May 2026

Announcing the 2026 Honorary Fellows

Honorary Fellowship is awarded to a small number Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ who are considered by our members to have made a major contribution to paediatrics and child health through research, education, clinical service and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ. We announced the 2026 Honorary Fellows at our annual Conference, congratulation...
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Announcement
19 May 2026

Celebrating the award winners and Honorary Fellows of 2026

At last week’s RCPCH Conference in Birmingham, we were proud to recognise medical students, foundation doctors, current and retired paediatricians and others who are passionate about paediatrics and child health. See photos from our award ceremonies.