Bursaries & Prizes

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The George Murdoch Prize

The ISPO UK National Member Society awards this prestigious prize, instituted in honour of the late Professor George Murdoch, every three years.  The recipient is awarded the George Murdoch Prize Medal at that year’s Annual Scientific Meeting following a 30 minute presentation, based preferably on major research or other original work carried out by the presenter.  The subject must be relevant to the field of amputation surgery, prosthetics, orthotics, rehabilitation or bioengineering.  Members of all relevant professional disciplines are eligible to submit papers, however, the recipient must be a fully paid up member of ISPO UK NMS.  The award will go to someone who demonstrates commitment and a real understanding of the patients’ perspective, the need for assessment, the programme of rehabilitation and the measurement of outcome.

The 2008 George Murdoch Prize has been awarded to Ms Elaine Owen for her paper entitled “The Importance of Being Earnest about Shank and Thigh Kinematics especially when using Ankle-Foot Orthoses”.

Applications should be sent to:

ISPO UK NMS,
PO Box 2781,
Glasgow,
G61 3YL
info@ispo.org.uk

The next award will be presented in 2011.

Papers, not exceeding 3,000 words, must be submitted in electronic format and will be judged by a multidisciplinary panel.

Applications should be sent to:-

ISPO UK NMS
PO Box 2781
Glasgow
G61 3YL

info@ispo.org.uk

Previous Winners