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CGS Medical Student Essay Prize
2026 Essay Prize
- Title: Newborn genome sequencing: protecting the future or overstepping the present?
- Length: Up to 2,000 words (excluding title and references)
- 1st place prize: The winner can pick either of the two following options:
a) Free registration, up to 2 days accommodation, and a travel grant of up to £150 for the 10th Joint Meeting of the UK /Dutch Clinical Genetics Societies & Cancer Genetics groups on the 2nd-3rd of March 2026 at Maastricht, in the south of the Netherlands.
b) £250 cash prize
The winning essay will also be published in the abstract book for the conference and on the CGS website.
2nd place: certificate
3rd place: certificate
- Entries should be sent to: j.garcia-frutos@soton.ac.uk
- Closing date: 12pm GMT, Monday 1st December 2025
- Winner to be announced by:12th January 2026
For further details, including important information regarding submissions see this document.
Past winners:
| Year | Awardee | Title |
| 2025 | Alasdair Purves | Horizon scanning: how will advances in genomics shape patient care over the next 10 years? |
| 2024 | Olivia Jackson | How can genomics inform and shape future therapeutics? |
| 2023 | Cole Flaherty | How can genomics successfully be integrated into mainstream patient care? |
| 2022 | Holly Pratt | How can we address inequalities in access to genetic services? |
| 2022 | Jonathan Heng | How can we address inequalities in access to genetic services? |
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