Awards & Prizes
BIASP supports and funds a number of awards and prizes. Details on how to apply will be updated
or contact admin@biasp.org for more information.
BIASP President’s Award
In celebration of the British and Irish Association of Stroke Physicians’ 20th Anniversary, we introduced an annual ‘President’s Award’ to reward excellence in clinical standards (including clinical practice and/ or quality improvement), training and education, and/ or research related to Stroke Medicine.
BIASP members are asked to nominate a UK Stroke Physician, who is a BIASP member, and demonstrates excellence in clinical standards (including clinical practice and/or quality improvement), training and education, and/ or research related to Stroke Medicine.
Previous Winners:
- 2025 winner: Dr Tom Hughes
- 2024 winner: Prof Christine Roffe
- 2023 winner: Prof Hugh Markus
- 2022 winner: Prof Gary Ford
- 2021 winner: Dr Deb Lowe
- 2020 winner: Dr John Bamford
- 2019 winner: Professor Martin Dennis
- 2018 winner: Professor Philip Bath
BIASP & NANSIG Medical Student Stroke Summer Bursary Scheme 2026
- Opened: 8 January 2026
- Closed: 31st March 2026
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CLICK HERE for the application form
There are up to 4 bursaries of £1,000 available each year.
Applications were invited from medical students training in any UK or Irish University to undertake a period of attachment in any UK or Irish stroke unit or research group for a period of 4-6 weeks for the purpose of engaging in research, quality improvement or clinical experience to further their knowledge of the exciting specialty of stroke medicine.
Applicants must be members of BIASP and have supervisor support agreeing to host the student in their local stroke unit or research group, confirmation that their local service can provide supervision and access to research activity, patient interaction and patient records, as required for the proposed visit and assurance that any administrative requirements (e.g., occupational health, honorary contracts or any other clearances required) are met efficiently to allow the visit to start and for the goals to be completed on time.
Following interviews and scoring the 4 successful students for 2026 were:
Ben MacFarlane – Innovating AF Screening After Transient Ischaemic Attack: Point-of-Care NT-proBNP and Wearable ECG Patches – Click Here
Hannah George – Investigate how embolization to new vascular territories (ENT) occurs during thrombectomy – Click Here
Jonathan Markus – Prevalence of clinician and patient reported outcomes after stroke in young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Click Here
Sam Millward – Investigating the Links between Systemic Frailty and Brain Frailty in Acute Ischaemic Stroke – Click Here
BIASP Writing Group Applications
- Opens: 31 March 2026
- Closes: 30 October 2026
BIASP Writing Group application call 2026 competition
Closes 30/10/2026
We are very pleased to announce, the British and Irish Association of Stroke Physicians (BIASP) and the NIHR RDN Stroke are jointly issuing a call to doctors, nurses and allied health professionals for writing groups to support portfolio development across the stroke pathway. Up to £1,000 per writing group is available. The funding is based on the likelihood that some virtual meetings are likely to continue, and to support BIASP’s commitment to environmental sustainability. Nonetheless, it is acknowledged that face-to-face meetings may be needed, and that support for patient, carer and public involvement and administrative support will still be required.
CLICK HERE for the guidance document
CLICK HERE for information
CLICK HERE for the application form
Funding has been awarded for the following Writing Group Applications
- Neshika Samarasekera - Developing an intervention for secondary injury after spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) to be tested in a future ICH platform trial.
- Caroline Watkins - Incontinence Options After Stroke (ICONS III)
- Amit Kishore - Optimising diagnosis of Stroke-Associated Pneumonia
- Clare Gordon - Recognition of Early POst-Stroke Seizures (REPOSS)
- Niall Broomfield - AXIOM (Advancing eXemplar psychological Interventions for emOtionalisM after stroke)
- Maggie Lawrence - HEADS UP (Helping Ease Anxiety and Depression following Stroke)
- Alan Cameron - Improve AF detection and embed within current NHS care pathways
- Jason Appleton – Tailor and individualise anti –platelets for secondary prevention
- David Werring – Anticoagulation versus IPC to prevent venous thrombosis
Closed 27 January 2026
Have you personally seen or been involved with a patient who has suffered a stroke that has an inspirational story or important message about stroke for all?
If so, please consider writing a short essay. We need 250 words or less.
The competition is open to all medical students attending UK medical schools in any year.
CLICK HERE for information CLICK HERE for application form
The Warlow Prize
Members of the committee adjudicate the BIASP Warlow Prize, which is presented to the best abstract presentation by a BIASP member who is a medical trainee or consultant of less than three years standing at the UK Stroke Forum conference. The adjudication uses a scoring sheet that carries forward the score from the submitted abstract, together with additional scores on scientific content, scientific relevance, overall presentation, and the ability to handle questions. The winner of the BIASP Warlow Prize is awarded a certificate and receives support to attend the annual conference of the European Stroke Conference in order to present their prize-winning research.
For details on submitting an abstract visit the UKSF website
