Bone Research Society

BRS Annual Meeting 2022

Wednesday 6 - Friday 8 July
Manchester, UK

Awards & Grants

 

2022 Dent Lecture Nominations

The BRS Dent Lecture is awarded to someone who has made a major scientific contribution to field of bone research, either within the UK or internationally.  The recipient gives a plenary lecture at the BRS annual meeting. To submit a nomination for our 2022 Dent Lecture, please complete the form here and submit it to the Events team.

 

New Investigator Awards

For the top scoring abstracts from eligible authors. The award will consist of free registration to the annual conference.
To apply - Tick the box on the abstract form and upload the eligibility form that can be downloaded here. 

NI Eligibility criteria: (you must meet all criteria 1 to 4)

  1. A Member of BRS (at the time of applying and during the annual meeting)
  2. In training or within 5 years of attainment of higher degree or completion of specialist training based on full time equivalent work (allowances can be made for career breaks e.g. maternity leave/sickness/changing careers or for those working part time; please add details).
  3. You will be the presenting author of the abstract
  4. You will only be eligible for an award if you have not been awarded one in the previous two years.

  

2022 Judith Adams Imaging Award 

From May 2022 BRS members are invited to submit images from their research for the first annual BRS Judith Adams imaging award. We invite photographs and images from across the breadth of BRS members work, molecule to whole body. Images will be displayed throughout the annual meeting with delegates voting for their favourite. The winning image will be used as the banner image on the BRS twitter page for the next year and recipient awarded a gift voucher.

To apply - see application guidelines on the BRS website 

 

Best Presentation Awards

Presentations will be judged during the meeting and prizes will be awarded as follows

  • Best oral (basic/clinical)
  • Best poster pitch
  • Best poster (basic/clinical)

To apply - Tick the box on the abstract form and confirm eligibility as indicated on the eligibility form. 

Best Presentation Eligibility criteria: (you must meet all criteria 1 to 3)

  1. A Member of BRS (at the time of applying and during the annual meeting)
  2. In training or within 5 years of attainment of higher degree or completion of specialist training.
  3. You will be the presenting author of the abstract

 

Travel Bursaries

The Society also offers a limited number of travel bursaries of up to £150 towards the travel cost of attending the meeting to BRS members submitting abstracts as first authors.
To apply – See application guidelines on the BRS website 

 

BRS Carers Allowance

We realise that attending meetings and being away from home may present difficulties for those with caring duties. A grant of up to £100 is available to members who incur additional childcare or other caring costs to attend the annual BRS meeting.

Please contact us for more information and an application form for the 2022 annual meeting.

treasurer@boneresearchsociety.org