The Prize commemorates the name of Philip Nichols, a father
of British Rehabilitation Medicine.
The prize was established in 1991.
The Philip Nichols Prize is awarded annually on a competitive basis and is awarded for excellence. Trainees and newly appointed consultants (3 years or less) are eligible to apply. In the case of consultants, the work submitted must have been undertaken whilst a trainee.
Submissions must be pertinent to Rehabilitation Medicine and may include case reports, literature reviews and original research.
Entries should be between 5,000 & 7,500 words and should demonstrate
• solid understanding of research skills
• scientific rigour including suitable discussion of strengths and weaknesses, a suitable critical appraisal of the existing literature and what steps authors have taken to ensure that their knowledge of the literature is complete, eg details of their search technique.
Submissions will, in the first instance, be peer reviewed by a relevant independent panel member after which feedback will be provided to authors who may wish to revise their submission prior to formal adjudication.
Successful authors will be invited to present their work at a national meeting of the BSRM.
The closing date for submissions is September 28th and the adjudicators will decide to whom the prize will be awarded by December 30th.
It remains the right of BSRM not to award the prize if no application of sufficient merit is made.
