Under the terms of the Deed of Trust of the Charity established in 1977, funds are held for any exclusively charitable purpose connected with the objects of the Society. The Deed gives the following examples of suitable grants from the Charity income*:
- Travelling scholarships to finance projects for which funds are not available from other sources for members of the medical profession working within 75 miles of Nottingham Market Square.
- An annual President’s prize for an outstanding contribution to the advancement of medical science by a member of the medical profession.
- ‘The Nottingham Medico-Chirurgical Society Prize’ given annually at the discretion of the Dean of the Nottingham Medical School to a student of suitable distinction on graduation.
- The Visiting Lectureship (a person of distinction in a medical field to visit Nottingham for a working week to give a special lecture and work within a medical department within the city appropriate to his qualifications).
- Such sums as may be considered reasonable by the Council for the purposes of medical research and the advancement of medical knowledge.
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1.Medico-Chirurgical Society Travelling Fellowships for Graduates shall be offered to medical graduates working within 75 miles of the Nottingham City centre. Application forms are available from the Society’s Honorary Secretaries. Brief personal information together with, details of the objectives, costs and other financial support anticipated to fund the proposed study shall be required. Preference shall be given to finance projects for which funds are not available from other sources, to those whose applications are clearly designed to deliver training or other assistance to a medically or economically deprived community, or to those learning and bringing back to the Nottingham area some needed technique. It shall be a condition of each grant that a written report is supplied to the Society after the Fellow’s return and that a short presentation shall be given to the Society at the next Annual General Meeting. Normally, applications shall be considered in early December for projects being planned for the following summer. Council shall decide annually, the maximum grant available to any one applicant.
2.Medico-Chirurgical Society Elective Study Grants for Students shall be offered to Nottingham final-year medical students for the support of travel during their elective study. Application forms giving brief details and costs of the intended project shall be available from the Medical Faculty Office and shall be submitted to it, in January of the student’s final year. Preference shall be given to students who undertake electives in a medically deprived setting. Council shall decide the annual budget and the maximum grant available to any one student. Each year in early December, the Society’s President shall attend the Faculty’s ‘Elective’s Evening’ to hear illustrated reports from a selected few of all of those students who took part in the previous year’s electives. At that meeting, the Society’s President shall present the President’s Student Elective Study Prize.
3.The President’s Student Elective Study Prize shall be awarded annually to the undergraduate medical student who, in the opinion of the Clinical Sub-Dean’s Office, has submitted the best-written account of his/her Elective Study. At the Medical Faculty’s ‘Elective’s Evening’ in December (See 2 above) the Society’s President shall present the prize, the value of which shall be determined annually by Council, together with a certificate. The certificate, prepared by the Society, shall bear the Society’s logo and be signed by the Society’s President.
4.The JRA Mitchell Student Prize. In memory of J R A Mitchell, Foundation Professor of Medicine, The University of Nottingham, 1968-1990 and President of the Nottingham Medico-Chirurgical Society 1989-1990, the Society shall give a prize, to be awarded annually to the final year medical student with the best performance over the whole clinical course, as determined by Faculty. It shall comprise an award to be determined annually by Council together with a commemorative medal / certificate each of which shall be presented at the annual Tony Mitchell Memorial Lecture (See 5 below). At the Medical School’s Annual Prize-Giving Ceremony, the Society’s President shall also present the successful student with a certificate, prepared by Faculty Office, and signed by both the President of the Society and the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. It shall bear the logos of both the Society and the University.
5.The Tony Mitchell Memorial Lecture
The Society, through the President, shall invite a distinguished speaker to give an annual Memorial Lecture to the Society and its guests in memory of J R A Mitchell, Foundation Professor of Medicine, The University of Nottingham, 1968-1990 and President of the Nottingham Medico-Chirurgical Society 1989-90. A commemorative medal shall be presented to the lecturer. The JRA Mitchell Student Prize (see 4 above) shall also be presented at that lecture.
6.The Medico-Chirurgical Society’s Student [Community Follow-up] Prize shall be awarded annually to a third year undergraduate medical student for the best Community Follow-up report, as determined by the Division of Primary Care. Council shall determine the value of the award annually and the Society’s President shall present it together with a certificate, prepared by Faculty Office, and signed by both the President of the Society and the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. It shall bear the logos of both the Society and the University, and shall be presented at the Medical School’s Annual Prize-Giving Ceremony.
7.The Ian McCallum Prize. In memory of Dr. D. I. McCallum MC. MD. who, during his years as a consultant dermatologist in Nottingham from 1951 –1973 gave much encouragement to research, an annual prize shall be offered for the best written research paper presented to Council and as determined by Council. Those eligible, shall include all those of non-consultant grade, that is, no more senior than lecturer or specialist / GP registrar. The recipient shall be invited to give a short presentation of the research findings at the Society’s Annual General Meeting, at which time the prize, the value of which shall be determined annually by Council, shall be presented.
8.The President’s Prize shall be awarded annually on the President’s nomination, to a person who has given notable service in or made a distinguished contribution to medicine, a related field or to the Nottingham Medico-Chirurgical Society. The value of the prize shall be determined annually by Council and it, together with a commemorative medal, shall be presented at the Society’s Annual General Meeting.
9.The Nottingham Women’s Health Award. In 2001, Dr. Gill Ioannou, a Nottingham general practitioner, donated the sum of £10,000 to the Society. It was agreed that the income derived from the investment of that donation shall be made available every two yearly to fund a Nottingham Women’s Health Award” previously known as Nottingham Family Planning Award) which shall be given towards encouraging research and/or the dissemination or implementation of appropriate family planning methods in the community. Those eligible shall be working in the East Midlands and shall include doctors working in hospital or in the community; midwives or community nurses; doctors or nurses working in general practice; family planning doctors or nurses; medical or nursing students and research assistants. The Society, at no cost to the fund, has agreed to undertake the secretarial work associated with the administration of the award. Applications giving brief personal information and details of the objectives, costs and other support for the proposed study shall be submitted to the Society’s Honorary Secretaries, no later than the date to be decided by the Council, prior to the Society’s AGM in June.
10.Grants for research, equipment or for medical charitable purposes can be made by the Society. A ‘paper’ collection for the Royal Medical Benevolent Fund shall be taken annually during the Ordinary Meeting of the Society closest to Christmas. Although the Deed of Trust assigns the responsibility for recommending other such grants to the Council and Trustees they have, over the years, preferred to seek the approval of Society members at the Annual General Meeting, before making such grants.
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