IAS Prize Competitions

All competitions are open to members and non-members of the IAS. All competition entries will be displayed during the annual Autumn Scientific Meeting. Competition 2025 entry submissions are now open and will remain open until Tuesday 23:59pm the 6th of August 2025. Good luck everyone!

The winners and merits of each category will be announced during the meeting and they will be published in the IAS News Magazine edition and on the IAS website. Here is a list of prizewinners for past competitions, and a potted history of the categories. Here you can see competition gallery with some of the winners across categories.

All category winners will receive a a personalised certificate and an engraved crystal plaque bearing their name, the name of the category and IAS logo. Good luck everyone!

Competition Categories

Marjorie England Dissection Prize

An opportunity for IAS members and non-members to produce a dissection for consideration by a panel of experienced Anatomists. The dissection itself must be the sole work of the entrant and may be of an animal or a human specimen. The specimen will be judged against published criteria, technical and intellectual complexity and usefulness as a teaching aid.

Terrence Williamson Museum Prize

The museum preparation may be either single or multiple specimens, which together form a specific museum display. Examples of museum preparations for this category include:

1. Osteological preparation – either dry or fluid mounted
2. Dissection/pathological specimen mounted in a sealed museum display jar
3. Specimens which have been plastinated, air-dried, freeze-dried, plastic or resin embedded
4. Corrosion casts/models (anatomical/ pathological)

IAS Open Competition

This category gives entrants the opportunity to display any type of work which they have carried out which does not fit into another competition category. Examples of previous entries include:

1. A series of histological slides
2. Anatomical drawings, paintings or sculptures
3. Construction of a poster as a teaching aid
4. A publication or chapter in a book
5. Construction of a display stand for anatomical specimens
6. The development of a computer program
7. Production of a video or film

IAS Student Dissection Prize

An opportunity for a student (or group of students) to produce a dissection that will be judged by a panel of experienced Anatomists. The dissection may be of an animal or a human specimen, and will be judged against published criteria, technical and intellectual complexity and usefulness as a teaching aid.

Become a Member

Membership is open to persons in any discipline which recognises the need for anatomical training in their profession and to those who are sympathetic to the aims of the Institute.