The award will be given to the current member of the Society who has, in the opinion of the judging panel, made the most outstanding contribution published in a peer review journal as a single paper. The member must be the first author of the publication and can be from any professional group.

The publication must be related to the broad field of transplantation and published in the two years preceding the date of the Annual Meeting of the British Transplantation Society. (For example, papers considered for the March 2025 BTS meeting must have been published in a journal dated between Jan 2024 – Dec 2024).

Candidates for the award must be aged under 40 years on the first day of the Annual Meeting for which the award is being considered.

The candidate’s work must be original and innovative and have been performed largely or entirely within a recognised Institution in the United Kingdom.

Candidates must nominate themselves. In addition, the application must  include a recommendation from the Head of Department where the work was carried out.

Where two applicants consider themselves to be equal first authors of the work, a separate recommendation for each applicant must be submitted by the Head of Department. Applications must be made using the form (see link below) accompanying these rules.

Please Note: Only one submission per Author.

A paper may be entered for the Roy Calne Award on two separate occasions if it satisfies all the above rules. A piece of work which has competed unsuccessfully for the Medawar Medal may be entered for the Roy Calne Award at the following meeting and vice versa. However, the same piece of work cannot win both awards.

The judging panel will be chaired by the Secretary of the Society and usually consists of at least 4 Members of the Council. The 4 members of the panel will be chosen by the executive to provide a broad area of expertise.

The executive may, at their discretion, choose members of the panel from outside the Council if this is necessary to obtain the required breadth of expertise. However, no member of the judging panel may have a direct interest in any of the papers submitted for the competition. If the Secretary has such an interest, he or she will nominate a Member of the Council to act as Chairman. The decision of the panel will be final.

The award will be a certificate and £500. The certificate will include all the authors, their affiliation/institution, and the title and journal reference of the winning paper. The winner will be notified at least 2 weeks prior to the Annual meeting/Congress.