The ICS is committed to supporting research and especially to promoting the research and young intensive care doctors early in their careers.

For queries relating to grants and prizes please contact gemma@ics.ac.uk

2009 Young Investigator Award winners were:
Dr Simon Barnes, University College London  
Dr Damon Lowes, University of Aberdeen  
Dr Robert Parker, Royal Berkshire Hospital 
Dr Jayachandran Radhakrishnan, University of Oxford
Dr Ben Shelley, University of Glasgow
Dr Charlotte Summers, University of Cambridge

The research grants of the ICS are aimed primarily at encouraging young research workers. The awards are intended to be pump-priming grants that will lead to further and more substantial support from other grant giving bodies. The grants are open to members and non members of the Society. For further details please visit the Young Investigator Award page.

2009 Travelling Fellowship was awarded to Professor Ruth Endacott, University of Plymouth.

The Society has a total of £5,000 available to go towards the cost of travel and subsistence expenses for ICS members who wish to travel to an institution other than their own, either within the UK, or overseas. For further details please see the Travelling Fellowship page.

2009 Gold Medal Award was presented to Dr Thelma Craig, Belfast.
 
The Intensive Care Society wishes to promote and encourage the presentation of the best critical care science in the UK. With this in mind the ICS Research Gold Medal is awarded annually to a young investigator who has shown excellence in science relevant to intensive care practice. The award process allows a number of finalists to achieve recognition through formal presentation at the ICS State of the Art meeting in front of their peers. The award is open to members and non-members. For further details please see the Gold Medal Award page.

State of the Art 2009 Research and Clinical Practice Abstracts
Eli Lilly Award was presented to Dr Virginia Newcombe, Cambridge
The Research Free Paper Award was presented to Dr Andrew Conway Morris, Edinburgh
The Clinical Practice Free Paper Award was presented to Miss Charmaine Buss, Nottingham

Each year the ICS offers young invesitagors the opportunity to present their work in either a poster or oral format at the State of the Art Meeting. For more information please visit the State of the Art Abstracts page.

Undergraduate Medical Student Essay Prize 2009 was presented to Justin Healy from the University of Manchester.
 
The Intensive Care Society would like to invite UK undergraduate medical school students interested in critical care, to participate in the Undergraduate Medical Student Essay Prize - a new initiative by the ICS. A prize of £200 will be awarded for the best essay on a topic relevant to critical care. Please see the Medical Student Essay Prize for further information.
 
The 2010 Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowships

Each year the Trust awards some 100 Travelling Fellowships to UK Citizens to travel overseas to undertake study projects related to their profession, trade or particular interest. Applications can be made from March 2010. For more information go to www.wcmt.org.uk