ICHG Elective Award
Applications for 2025 electives now closed
The Elective Award - formerly known as the David Morley Prize to acknowledge David Morley’s dedication and contribution to advancing global child health - is awarded competitively on an annual basis to a medical student undertaking an international child health elective placement. This prize seeks to promote and encourage engagement in global child health among the next generation of doctors.
Prize: £500
Applications
The next application round will open in late 2025.
Deadline: TBC
Winner announced: TBC
The application should take the form of a structured proposal of your elective project in global child health.
This should be of no more than 1,000 words covering:
The Aim and Objectives
The Process (including brief details of the elective location and local supervisor)
The Planned Output
You should attach a one-page schedule with your estimated costs.
A short curriculum vitae (maximum one A4 page) and a reference is also required.
Please e-mail your application to ichgawards@gmail.com
To apply for this award you must be a member of the ICHG. Students are eligible for a 1 year free trial - Not a Member? Join now or email us about a free student trial. Any questions contact us via ichgawards@gmail.com
Previous Winners
WINNERS 2025
Rhianna Patel
Malnutrition and Stunting in Nepalese Children: An Investigation of Socioeconomic and Cultural Influences
Anastasia Goeldner-Thompson
Child-maternal health and promoting preventative medicine in displaced populations, based in Athens, Greece.
Winner 2024
Alexandra Cardoso Pinto
Equity in Global Health Imagery
Winner 2023
Leyna Roy
How does the prevalence of childhood depression vary by parent- versus child-reporting, and what demographic factors are associated with any differences
WINNER 2020
Samuel Neal
Characteristics and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in two neonatal units in sub-Saharan Africa
WINNER 2019
Heather Lawson
WINNER 2018
Evaluating Kangaroo Mother Care at a teaching hospital in The Gambia
WINNER 2017
Efioanwan Andah
WINNER 2016
An audit of immunisation uptake in paediatric patients at Zithulele Hospital, South Africa