Holdstock-Piachaud Student Essay Prize 2025

The Holdstock-Piachaud Essay Prize was set up to encourage students to explore the themes covered by the journal Medicine, Conflict and Survival, in memory of Douglas Holdstock and Jack Piachaud who were for many years inspirational editors of the Journal.

They are keen to receive essays that explore insights, concerns and original perspectives on issues relevant to the aims of the journal, from students who will be shaping the future. They encourage you to base your argument on relevant literature and to develop it drawing on your own experience and reflections. The Holdstock-Piachaud Prize is made possible through the generosity of the Lionel Penrose Trust.

Titles for 2025 Holdstock-Piachaud Student Essay Prize:

• How can the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan inspire action from the global health community against nuclear weapons?
• What policies or interventions would be required to more fully address the physical and mental health needs of the victims of ongoing conflict in the Middle East?
• In what ways does the arms trade represent a threat to planetary health? What should be done to reduce that threat?
• Who has responsibility for ensuring global vaccine equity, and what are the obstacles to achieving it?

Prizes of Holdstock-Piachaud 

• First prize: £500. Three second prizes: £300.
• Winners will also receive a year’s subscription to MCS and, optionally, may serve as a student representative on the MCS editorial board for a year.

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Eligibility for Holdstock-Piachaud 

• Open to all students, including those completing their studies in 2024.
• The word limit is 2500 and essays should be submitted in Word.
• Entrants whose first language is not English may have their entry checked by a fluent English speaker.
• Entries by more than one author are acceptable but should have only one corresponding author.
• Entrants can use AI systems to help frame their entry, but what they submit must be their own original work.
• The essay should be fully referenced, using the Chicago Author-Date system.
• Entries must not have been previously published elsewhere.

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Application

To get an application form, application guide and for answers to any queries, contact: [email protected]

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