Professorships

The King James IV Professorship was created to celebrate the millennium and was granted permission by Queen Elizabeth II to use the title ‘King James IV’. This professorship title commemorates King James IV, who confirmed the College’s Seal of Clause on October 13th 1506, and whose interest in scientific matters, including surgery and dentistry, promoted the establishment of Edinburgh as a surgical and dental centre in the 16th century. As such the Professorship is awarded to one dental and one surgical applicant each year to celebrate a significant contribution to clinical or scientific knowledge and/or techniques.

The successful applicants will be granted the use of the Professorship title for one year, receive a £500 honorarium, a plaque to commemorate their contribution to their speciality and give a lecture on their recent work and outcomes. 

Applications are currently closed.

The Gibson Chair Professorship is awarded in open competition for practitioners of pre-hospital care, who have in addition to significant clinical contributions to the field, have also made a significant contribution to the scientific basis and/or the development and delivery of education of pre-hospital care over an extended period of their career.

The awardee will receive a £500 honorarium, a medal and the opportunity to deliver a lecture at the Conference of the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care.

Applications are conducted through the FPHC pages on the website but are currently closed.

For more information, please direct enquiries to fphc@rcsed.ac.uk.

The Sushruta Professorship in Plastic Surgery has been established through the generosity of the Guha family to recognise a distinguished scholar in Plastic Surgery.

The scholastic work is to be presented at a meeting of an ICOPLAST member National Society, travel of which would be funded with up to $2000 of support. In addition to the travel expenses to attend and present their lecture, the successful applicant will receive $1,500 honorarium, a medal and certificate.

In Sushruta’s spirit, the awardee’s lifetime contribution should reflect some of the following attributes (scholarship, leadership, stewardship, and humanitarian work) through original research, practice, leadership and publication in Plastic Surgery peer reviewed forums.

Applications are currently open | Deadline 01 December 2024