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Fellowships and prizes

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
RCPCH Members’ Award - for exceptional work to support child health
RCPCH &Us Voice Champion Award - for 'over and above' support to RCPCH &Us

For aspiring paediatricians and training

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

Science and research awards

BPSU Sir Peter Tizard research bursary - for 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 - 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
Illustrations of trophies and medals on a purple background
Announcement
7 May 2025

Announcing the 2025 Honorary Fellows

Honorary Fellowship is awarded to a small number of people who are considered by our members to have made a major contribution to paediatrics and child health through research, education, clinical service and leadership.
Announcement
6 May 2025

Announcing the winners of the RCPCH Members' Award 2025

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 Professor Bob Phillips and Professor George du Toit are the 2025 winners.
Professor Steve Turner, RCPCH President
Blog
3 February 2025

A busy week in the child health world - President's update

Steve covers lots of topics this week, including applications to ST1, mental health services and data from the new RSV vaccine. He also introduces our Air Pollution Companion and shares recent policy work from the devolved nations.