Prizes
Following is a list of prizes available to Sydney Medical Program students completing projects relevant to surgery. Please note that not every prize is awarded each year.
Prizes for:
To be considered for a specific prize, please submit two copies of the completed prizes application form, your prize submission, a letter of support and a current C.V. by the relevant closing date to:
Head, Discipline of Surgery
Blackburn Building - D06
University of Sydney NSW 2006
Australia
You will be notified by Sydney Medical School if you have been awarded a prize for your submission.
Option project in surgery
William Henry and Eliza Alice Sharp Prize- Closing date: 28 November
Established in 1938 by a bequest from Dr W A Ramsay Sharp (for many years a tutor in surgery at Sydney Hospital) in memory of his father and mother.
Provided the work is of sufficient merit, the Prize may be awarded annually by the Dean of Sydney Medical School on the recommendation of the Head of the Discipline of Surgery to a candidate for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery for the best report on an Option in Surgery. In the event of two or more students being deemed to be of equal merit, the Prize may be shared.
Value: $100
Elective term in surgery
Closing date for elective term prizes: 30 April
Dun Surgery Prize
Established in 1974 as the result of a bequest from the late Mrs Daphne E H Dun and the late Dr Charles W S Dun.
Provided the work is of sufficient merit, the Prize may be awarded annually by the Dean of Sydney Medical School on the recommendation of the Head of the Discipline of Surgery to a candidate for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery for a meritorious report on an Elective Term in Surgery. In the event of two or more students being deemed to be of equal merit, the Prize may be shared.
Value: $250
Hinder Memorial Prize
Founded in 1918 by a gift from subscribers to a memorial of Henry Vincent Critchley Hinder, MB ChM, for twelve years Lecturer in Clinical Surgery.
Provided the work is of sufficient merit, the Prize may be awarded annually by the Dean of Sydney Medical School on the recommendation of the Head of the Discipline of Surgery to a candidate for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery for a meritorious report on an Elective Term in Surgery. In the event of two or more students being deemed to be of equal merit, the Prize may be shared.
Value: $450
Sydney B Clipsham Memorial Prize in Operative Surgery
Founded in 1913 by a gift from class members and lecturers as a memorial of Sidney Bowker Clipsham who died in the fourth year of his medical course.
Provided the work is of sufficient merit, the Prize may be awarded annually by the Dean of Sydney Medical School on the recommendation of the Head of the Discipline of Surgery to a candidate for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery for a meritorious report on an Elective Term in Surgery. In the event of two or more students being deemed to be of equal merit, the Prize may be shared.
Value: $500
Volney Bulteau Prize in Otolaryngology
Established in 1986 by an offer of an annual donation of $300 from the Otolaryngological Society of Australia. Dr Volney Gordon Bulteau, a lecturer in Sydney Medical School, was prominent in Ear, Nose and Throat studies. Provided the work is of sufficient merit, the Prize may be awarded annually by the Dean of Sydney Medical School on the recommendation of the Head of the Discipline of Surgery, in consultation with the Professor of Surgery (Otolaryngology), to a candidate for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery for the best report on an Elective Term project in Ear, Nose and Throat studies. In the event of two or more students being deemed to be of equal merit, the Prize may be shared.
Value: $300
See also the Robert Scot Skirving Memorial Prize under the Sydney Medical School.
RPAH surgical attachment
Sir John Loewenthal Prize - Closing date: 19 August
Established in 1981 by donations from the surgeons of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in memory of Professor Sir John Loewenthal CMG ED, MS Melb. MB BS, FRCS FRACS FACS HonFACS HonFRCSEd Hon FCS(SA).
Provided the work is of sufficient merit, the Prize may be awarded annually by the Dean of Sydney Medical School on the recommendation of the Head of the Discipline of Surgery to a candidate for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery for the best report on a surgical subject or project, originating from an Integrated Clinical Attachment in Surgery undertaken at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. In the event of two or more students being deemed to be of equal merit, the Prize may be shared.
Value: $450
Please note: Submissions for the Sir John Loewenthal Prize must be submitted to:
Prof John Harris
Discipline of Surgery
Blackburn Building - D06
University of Sydney NSW 2006
Honours students
Closing date for honours prizes: 28 November
K.C.T. Rawle 104 ACCS Association Prize
Established in 1981 by a donation from the members of the Association of the 104th Australian Casualty Clearing Station in memory of Kenneth Charles Trineman Rawle, OBE ED, MB ChM, FRCS FRACS FRACGP.
Provided the work is of sufficient merit, the Prize may be awarded annually by the Dean of Sydney Medical School on the recommendation of the Head of the Discipline of Surgery to a candidate for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery for a meritorious Honours project in Surgery. In the event of two or more students being deemed to be of equal merit, the Prize may be shared.
Value: $500
Robert Craig Prize in Surgery
Founded in 1918 by a bequest from Captain Robert Craig. Provided the work is of sufficient merit, the Prize may be awarded annually by the Dean of Sydney Medical School on the recommendation of the Head of the Discipline of Surgery to a candidate for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery for a meritorious Honours project in Surgery. In the event of two or more students being deemed to be of equal value, the Prize may be shared.
Value: $650