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
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