Guts UK/Dr Falk Medical Student Prize

Guts UK/Dr Falk 2025 Medical Student Prize Application Form

Dr Falk Pharma and and Guts UK invite medical students taking a full-time science degree (BSc/MRes/MSc/MPH/ MBPhD/MD) focusing on gastrointestinal or liver-related disease in the current academic year (2024/25) to apply for a £1,500 prize. PhD students may apply for this prize only once during their three-year studentship and may apply for the essay prize when their PhD has been completed.

Applications should be completed through the form below. A PDF version of your application will be sent to your email address after you submit the form (check your spam/junk folder if you have not received it and please ensure you use an email account that will allow the delivery of the PDF attachment). Please print this off, obtain all relevant signatures and email a scanned signed full application to [email protected] by 17 February 2025 at 5pm. The application will only be considered complete once we receive the signed version. Applications received after this time will not be considered.

Please do not exceed the word limits set in the application form and ensure all rich text formatted sections use 11 size font.

If there are any issues, please contact [email protected]

Application Form: * REQUIRED
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- Guts UK/Dr Falk 2025 Medical Student Prize
Applicant's name * REQUIRED
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Applicant's address for correspondence * REQUIRED
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Applicant's phone number for correspondence * REQUIRED
Department where the degree is being undertaken * REQUIRED
Institution address * REQUIRED
Project supervisor * REQUIRED
Degree being undertaken, including subject area * REQUIRED
Title of the project * REQUIRED
Description of the project * REQUIRED
Maximum 2,000 words. Structure the text into Background; Hypothesis and Aims; Methods; Feasibility of study; Potential impact of outcome. Add references if needed (maximum 20, not included in the word count).
Corresponding figures (optional)
Please use this section to upload any tables or images to support your project. Upload a single file of maximum 2 pages length. Ensure tables and images are referenced clearly in the essay.
Max. file size: 50 MB.
Date range for project * REQUIRED
Supervisor's endorsement * REQUIRED
Scan and upload a single file of maximum 1 page length. Please make sure the endorsement includes the following statement and information:

I confirm that the applicant is undertaking the relevant degree and confirm to the best of my knowledge that this is their work.

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Guts UK Standard Release Form * REQUIRED
Tick the box to indicate the applicant's institution accepts and agrees to the Guts UK Standard Release Form terms. As a charity it is best practice for Guts UK to announce the awards it funds on its website.
- In submitting this application, the applicant’s institution accepts and agrees to the terms relating to the Guts UK Standard Release Form set out below:
  
  Summary information about the successful application, including the title of the project, the applicant’s name and institution, the summary of the project, and the value of the award, might be published on Guts UK website and on social media channels, as soon as the award is announced.
Data Protection Information * REQUIRED
Tick the box to indicate that relevant staff at the applicant’s institution have been informed about the data protection information set out below.
- In submitting this application, the applicant’s institution confirms that it has informed relevant staff about the data protection information set out below:
  
  Guts UK may contact applicants, co-applicants and their institutions by email, telephone or post about their applications or other pertinent issues. Personal and other data on applications to grants and other awards will be stored by Guts UK to aid the processing of applications, and for auditing, review and evaluation purposes, and as set out in the Standard Release Form (see above). Information will not be shared with any third party except for aiding those purposes (e.g. data sharing of grant and other awards with the Association of Medical Research Charities). All personal information will be stored and processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 (and any subsequent legislation and guidance relating to data protection, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation 2016 and the Data Protection Act 2018). Processing of personal data is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by Guts UK and with other third parties as set out above, and will be limited to that which is proportionate to those interests. Further information as to how Guts UK use and protect your data is available in Guts UK’s Privacy Policy, accessible from https://gutscharity.org.uk/privacy-policy/
Award publicity with Dr Falk
Dr Falk would like to liaise with the successful applicant to publicise the award and the project. Please check the box below to indicate you agree to be contacted by Dr Falk about this.
- I agree to be contacted by Dr Falk with regards to the preparation of relevant publicity materials and support for media coverage of the award and the project.
I wish to apply for the Guts UK/Dr Falk Pharma Medical Student Prize 2025. * REQUIRED
Add your full name in the online form and then sign and date here when preparing the scanned signed version of the application.

Guts UK/Dr Falk Medical Student Prize

Guts UK/Dr Falk 2025 Medical Student Prize Application Form

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