HYMS Travel Bursaries
Every year we provide a total of 5 bursaries of £1000 to assist 5th year medical students in their travels on their summer elective projects. As part of the deal we invite them to come and tell us about their travels on their return.
HYMS Travel Bursaries
There are five annual scholarships of £1000 each, awarded to medical students from the Hull York Medical School to assist with travel during their student elective.
These five bursary winners will be selected by the Medical Society and will be invited to give a presentation of their proposed electives.
These awards are open to year 5 students from the Hull and York Medical School, and applications need to be received by the start of March of the year that they are planning to travel.
Applications should be made through HYMS following the guidance given when adverts go out in November/December each year.
Successful applicants will be notified in April and will be expected to present an illustrated report of their elective period to York Medical Society the following January or February.
2026 Elective Bursary Presenters: Charlotte Collin, Kojo Dankwa, Mahsa Mirzayee, Mollie Merrifield, Sarah Fergusson
Vote of thanks given by Prof Matt Morgan Dean of Hull York Medical School
Previous Winners of Travel Bursaries
2025 winners:
Charlotte Collins - Manchester to Mombasa: The Diverse Landscape of Cardiology in the UK versus Kenya Kojo Dankwa - Challenges on the Cape Coast: Tropical Disease, Surgery and O&G in Ghana Mahsa Mirzayee - Secrets of Panay Island: Ophthalmology and Paediatrics in IIoila, Philippines Mollie Merrifield - From Hull to Ghana: How my split elective transformed my view of the NHS
2024 winners:
Rabia Bashir - Memorial Christian Hospital in Sialkot Natasha Bocchetta - Paediatric Cardiac Surgery at The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia Jessica Hale - Build Your Future Today Centre, Siem Reap Cambodia Matthew Kokkat - Meitra Hospital in India / Bach Mai Hospital in Vietnam Neil Patel - Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
2023 winners:
Ritu Bhattacharyya - Hull Royal Infirmary, Inspire Walker Street Inpatient CAMHS & Outpatient Clinic, Beverley Eating Disorder Clinics Anna Green - A Taste of Medicine in the Caribbean: What I learnt from my Elective in St Vincent and The Grenadines Tajri Salek - My Elective Experience in Dublin and Glasgow Andrea Allen Tajerina - Plastic surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital Lucie Williamson - Forensic Pathology in Glasgow
2022 winners:
Deborah Allen - Sri Lanka Olivia Brownlee - Philippines Amy Foster - Cape Town, South Africa Hayaat Karin - Pakistan Alex Scott - Uganda