Prix étudiant Roy Porter

2018-19 Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition

Call for applications


The Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) now invites submissions to its 2018-19 Roy Porter Student Essay Prize Competition. This prize will be awarded to the best original, unpublished essay in the social history of medicine submitted to the competition as judged by the SSHM’s assessment panel.

The competition is open to undergraduate and post-graduate students in full or part-time education. The winner will be awarded £500.00, and his or her entry may also be published in the journal, Social History of Medicine. Please click here for a list of the published articles that were past competition winners.

You can read Social History of Medicine articles by past winners of the Roy Porter essay prize FREE online: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/sochis/porter_prize.html.

Please see here for contest regulations and submission form.

The deadline for entries is 1st February 2019.

Any questions about the competition should be directed to our Executive Secretary.