Prizes & Awards
We encourage future generations of clinical anatomists through scholarship, prizes and sponsorship.
BACA Scholarships
Awards will be made available twice yearly to aid research into clinical anatomy and anatomical education. Applicants should be BACA members, having membership of the society for at least a year, be in good standing with their membership fees, and should normally hold a teaching/research/clinical post at a UK University or Hospital.
Apply for a scholarship
Public engagement awards
Awards of £50 will be made available to those who wish to carry out public engagement events related to human anatomy. Events will primarily be aimed at members of the general public. Successful applicants will be provided with BACA promotional material and will be expected collect feedback on the engagement event. Application outcome will be communicated with the applicant within 6 weeks of application.
Apply for a Public Engagement Award
BACA sponsorship
BACA will sponsor other events that it deems suitable that promote the dissemination of clinical anatomy and anatomical education research. Successful applicants will be provided with BACA promotional material and will be expected collect feedback on the engagement event. Application outcome will be communicated with the applicant within 6 weeks of application.
Apply for sponsorship
Conference prizes
Member Prizes
Two Conrad-Lewin prizes (one for the best oral and poster presentation) are awarded for BACA members who are either students or members within five years of their final undergraduate graduation. Prize money and a certificate is awarded to each winner.
Open Prizes
A discretionary prize is awarded to those who present outstanding research at a BACA conference in the fields of clinical anatomy and education. Presentations eligible for these prizes will be those that display outstanding research in the fields of clinical anatomy and/or anatomical education. Prize money or free membership of BACA for 1 year will be awarded to the winner.
BACA Annual National Student Essay
Students from the UK and Ireland are invited to submit an essay, between 1500-2000 words, discussing a specific topic.
The competition is now closed. Information about 2024 round will be published in the summer of 2024
BACA Anatomical Art Competition
BACA members from the UK and Ireland are invited to submit an original drawing, painting, sketch, or digitally created artwork for the BACA 2023 Anatomical Art Competition. The artwork must demonstrate a clear connection to anatomy. The focal point of the image must be anatomical, and the anatomy depicted in the image must be correct; however, inclusion of non-anatomical objects is acceptable. The artwork may be representational/figurative or abstract.
This year's theme is “Anatomy in 2023”.