The RCVS has issued a final call for nominations for its 2020 RCVS Awards and Honours as the deadline is less than a month away.
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Lord Sandy Trees receiving his Queen's Medal 2019 from then RCVS president Amanda Boag.
The profession is being reminded that time is running out to nominate people for one of the most prestigious annual awards in the veterinary world.
Nominations can be made for six categories in the RCVS Awards and Honours.
Categories
The categories are:
The Queen’s Medal: the highest honour that can be bestowed on a veterinary surgeon for a highly distinguished career with sustained and outstanding achievements throughout.
Veterinary Nursing Golden Jubilee Award: this award is for a veterinary nurse who has had a sustained and distinguished career, who can demonstrate a leadership role within the profession, and who can act as an ambassador for the value of veterinary nurses and their work.
RCVS International Award: this award is for vets, vet nurses or lay people who work internationally, from either within or outside the UK, in making an outstanding contribution to, for example, raising veterinary standards, veterinary education and improving animal health and welfare.
RCVS Impact Award: this award is for vets or vet nurses who have recently, or are currently, undertaking a project, initiative or similar that has a significant impact on the profession at large, animal health or welfare, or public health. Such impact could have been made through any field of veterinary endeavour, including clinical practice, research, education or veterinary politics.
RCVS Inspiration Award: this award is for vets or vet nurses at any stage of their career who have demonstrated the ability to inspire and enthuse others consistently throughout. It is open to those who have inspired and motivated individuals anywhere within the profession and recognises those who have gone “above and beyond”’ what may normally be expected from a professional colleague.
Honorary Associateship: this honour may be conferred on a small number of lay people each year, in recognition of their special contribution to the veterinary sphere. It recognises the full range of individuals who contribute to the veterinary and animal health sector including scientists, lecturers, journalists, charity-workers, farriers, farmers and those involved in the commercial field.
Nominate
Nominations can be made either through completing an online application form or by downloading a PDF application form that can then be either emailed or posted to the RCVS.
The full nomination criteria for each of the awards, as well as further guidance notes, can be found on the RCVS Honours and Awards webpage.
The deadline for nominations is Friday 10 January 2020. All awards will be conferred at Royal College Day 2020.
