Rolleston Memorial Prize

Entries are invited for the Rolleston Memorial Prize. The prize will be awarded for original research in any of the biological sciences, including the biomedical sciences, and will be worth at least £1,000.

Candidates should be able to demonstrate significant achievement in research. All research submitted for consideration for the prize should have been undertaken by candidates after their matriculation.

Candidates should submit an entry form, together with a brief curriculum vitae and a summary of their research (to be no longer than five sides of A4).

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to submit the full version of their written research.
 The closing date for receipt of entries is Friday of Week 2 in Trinity Term.

The entry form, CV and summary of research should be sent to:

Gary Crocker
Secretary to the Rolleston Memorial Prize Trustees
University Offices
Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JD
(tel. 01865 2-70012).

The winner of the prize is normally announced towards the end of the calendar year.

To be eligible to enter, a candidate:

(a) must either hold a BA or BM degree from the University of Oxford, or a BA or MB degree from the University of Cambridge, or have been admitted as a student for the degree of M.Litt., M.Sc. or D.Phil. at Oxford, or as a student for the degree of M.Litt., M.Sc., M.Phil., or Ph.D. at Cambridge;

(b) must not have exceeded a period of six years from attaining one or other of these qualifications, or from attaining the first of these qualifications if she or he has attained more than one;

(c) must not have exceeded ten years from matriculation;

(d) must not have been awarded the prize before.

Entry forms