Restrictions
Applicants must be members of the RCP. More information on student membership can be found here.
Up to 12 grants of £500 each are available each year to undergraduate medical students at UK universities who will be undertaking a medical elective overseas.
Applications are currently open.
Bursaries
Applications, which can be for an elective that is linked to any medical specialty, must be made before the start of the project/elective period. Please note that the primary criteria for assessment are academic excellence and financial need, so ensure that your application addresses each of these criteria.
How to apply
Download the application form below and please email application to fundingandawards@rcp.ac.uk.
The deadline for applications is Saturday 28 February 2026.
For more information please contact the RCP:
- Email: fundingandawards@rcp.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)203 075 1568.
Applied in 2024 - Awarded in 2025
- Rossel Ahmad
- Mehar Bijral
- Caleb Cole
- Laura Harrison
- Lucas Heeringa
- Zain (Syed) Jafri
- Eleanor Kerr
- Ritu Khanna
- Shameer Mohamed Naleer
- Aoife O'Donnell
- Sanjay Rajput
- Aleksander Sulkowski
Applied in 2023 - Awarded in 2024
- Katherine Bowes
- Tomas Ferreira
- Isata Jula Fofanah
- Eleonor Frost
- Zahra Ismail
- Hinal Kumar
- Patricia Lapitan
- Jasmine Makker
- Laetitia Makower
- Salma Miah
- Lauren Salmon
- Abd Al-Karim Sammour
Applied in 2022 - Awarded in 2023
- Yasmin Cabdi
- Rogan Dean
- Niraj Doshi
- Adanna Ewuzie
- Ruth Foulsham
- Aishah Hagan-Bezgin
- Catherine Napper
- Anish Ray
- Jamie Richards
- Lucy Richman
- Eleaha Saiady
- Luke Solomi