Grants and awards for undergraduates

Undergraduate Elective Funding

All medical students in Great Britain and Ireland are eligible to apply to the AAGBI for funding towards a medical student elective period. Preference will be given to those applicants who can show that their intended elective has an anaesthetic, intensive care or pain relief interest. Up to £750 may be awarded.

The closing date for entries for the 2012 round has passed.  Details for the 2013 round will be posted later this year.

Undergraduate Essay Prize / Wylie Medal (Cash Prize and a Medal) 

The Wylie Medal will be awarded to the most meritorious essay on the topic of 'perioperative patient safety' written by an undergraduate medical student at a university in Great Britain or Ireland. Prizes of £500, £250 and £150 will be awarded to the best three submissions. The overall winner will receive the Wylie Medal in memory of Dr W Derek Wylie, President of the AAGBI 1980-82.

The closing date for entries for the 2012 round has passed.  Details for the 2013 round will be posted later this year.

2011 Wylie Medal winner’s essay »