TRAVEL BURSARIES & AWARDS
Members of the BSID receive reduced registration rates for the annual meeting. Members are also eligible to apply for a number of prizes/travel awards.

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Travel Bursaries (Sponsored by BSID) & Specialist Registrar Bursaries (Sponsored by BAD)
Up to twelve bursaries are awarded each year to enable young undergraduate and postgraduate scientists, who are engaged in dermatological research in the UK, to attend the annual BSID meeting.
Applications should comprise:
- 250 word summary of current research and significance
- One page CV
- Accompanying letter from the Head of Department, confirming that the applicant is engaged in skin research
Preference is given to applicants who have submitted an abstract, are the presenting author and have not previously received a Travel Award.
Applicants must be members of the BSID (or have applied to join)
Please submit your application to conference@bad.org.uk
APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP
Members can apply for Travel Bursaries and can win poster and oral presentation prizes at the Annual Meeting.

2024 BSID Early Career Awards
1 x Clinician Scientist Award
1 x Basic Scientist Award
The BSID invites submissions for the 2024 BSID Early Career Award.
There will usually be one award made for Clinician Scientists and one award for Basic Scientists, for an Early Career investigator within 10 years of their PhD (or equivalent) graduation who has made a significant contribution to the BSID and to dermatological research in the UK. Due consideration will be given for those with career breaks / family circumstances with respect to the 10-year criterion above.
To apply, please submit:
- 1 page A4 summary (max) of current research and significance
- Current CV
- Letter of Support from the Head of Department
Applicants must be members of the BSID (or have applied to join) and should submit their application to the Chair.
Please submit your application to conference@bad.org.uk

Prizes
The BSID awards several presentation prizes at the annual meeting:
Best Non-Clinical PhD Student/PostDoc Oral Presentation Prize
Awarded to the best oral presentation at the annual meeting of the Society. Presentations are judged by the BSID committee and the award is announced at the end of the meeting.
Best Clinical PhD Student/PostDoc Oral Presentation Prize
Awarded to the best oral presentation by a trainee in dermatology at the annual meeting of the Society. The award is announced at the end of the meeting.
Poster Prize
Awarded to the best poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Society. Presentations will be judged by the BSID committee and the award will be announced at the end of the meeting.

BSID Medal
The BSID Medal for Contributions to Dermatological Research is awarded every year by the BSID Committee and presented at the Annual Meeting.
2023 Awardee has been Prof Jonathan Barker, King’s College London
Notices

BSID Research Mobility Award Fellowship 2024
August 22, 2023
The BSID is pleased to invite Early Career Researchers (ECR) to apply for the newly launched BSID Research Mobility Award…

BSID Undergraduate Research Experience Scholarship in Summer 2024
August 22, 2023
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Annual Meeting 2024- Abstract Submission NOW OPEN
August 10, 2023
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Meet the recipient of the First BSID Undergraduate Research Experience Scholarship
August 10, 2023
In 2022 the BSID launched the BSID Undergraduate Research Experience initiative offering one BSc undergraduate student interested in skin research…

The best of BSID2023 at the BAD 2023 Annual Meeting
June 29, 2023
BSID 2023 Prize Winners and ECR Awardees travelled to Liverpool to showcase the best of our Society…

The BSID 2023 Medal is awarded to Prof. Jonathan Barker!
February 2, 2023
The BSID Medal for Contributions to Dermatological Research in 2023 is awarded to Prof. Jonathan Barker! Jonathan is Professor…
BSID prize winners 2023
January 18, 2023
Early Career Research Awards: Chester Lai Emanuele Rognoni Oral presentation winners: Best Clinical Phd Student Oral presentation – Advanced melanoma…

BSID Annual meeting 2024 Southampton
November 2, 2022
The 2024 British Society for Investigative Dermatology (BSID) Annual Meeting will be held from the 15th to the 16th of…

BSID Research Mobility Award Fellowship 2023
November 2, 2022
The BSID is pleased to invite Early Career Researchers (ECR) to apply for the newly launched BSID Research Mobility Award…

BSID undergraduate research experience in Summer 2023
November 2, 2022
Call for BSID undergraduate research experience in Summer 2023 The BSID is pleased to offer undergraduate students for skin…

Previous Medal Winners
April 30, 2021
2022 Newcastle: Professor Edel O’Toole 2021 Virtual: Professor Ronnie Marks 2019 Bradford: Professor Christopher Griffiths 2018 London: Professor Andrew Finlay…

Previous Prize Winners
March 30, 2020
PRIZE WINNERS AT BSID BRADFORD 2019 Oral Presentation Prize Winners Best Presentation: O17 Tom Macleod – IL-36ɣ acts as a…

Previous BSID Early Career Awards Awardees
March 30, 2020
2021(Virtual) Dr. Alexandros Onoufriadis, Kings College London. 2019 (Bradford) Dr Abigail Langton, University of Manchester 2018 (London) Dr Anissa Chikh,…

Previous Travel Bursaries (Sponsored by BSID) & Specialist Registrar Bursaries (Sponsored by BAD) Awardees
March 30, 2020
2017 (Manchester) Ana Catarina Laly Aguedo Florence Enjalbert Jian Tan John Lee Lisa Aston McGinty Martina Ghetti Specialist Registrar Bursaries…