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UK Barrett’s Oesophagus Registry (UKBOR) Prize was introduced in 2022 and created to support further research into this important area of gastroenterology. The award will recognise an up-and-coming researcher and provide them with expenses to allow them to travel to the Digestive Diseases Week (DDW) meeting in the USA with an appropriate medal or similar award to recognise their achievement.

The prize will be awarded annually at the BSG Annual Meeting, recognising the best presentation in the field of Barrett’s oesophagus by an early career researcher.

Award Background

The UK National Barrett’s Registry (UKBOR) is a database that contains information on many thousands of patients with Barrett’s Oesophagus, registered by Gastroenterologists throughout the UK. The Registry was established in 1996 as a joint initiative of the Oesophageal Section of the British Society of Gastroenterology and the European Cancer Prevention Organisation.

UKBOR has been enormously successful and has achieved an international reputation by virtue of the 36 studies it has performed, resulting in 56 presentations at national and international conferences and 42 publications in international peer-reviewed journals.

What will the award comprise?

An expenses-paid trip to attend USA Digestive Diseases Week, including:

• Transport to the DDW meeting in the US (economy class)
• Fees for attending the DDW
• Reasonably priced accommodation – usually that associated with the Conference, but agreed at the discretion of the BSG

This year’s winner will:

• June 2025 – BSG 2025 Annual Meeting Presentation by the Chair of the BSG Oesophageal Section and the BSG President of an engraved medal and a bound booklet containing a brief history of UKBOR and its supporting charity, BOUK and a list of UKBOR’s publications and presentations together with an abstract of each
• May 2026 – attend DDW 2026 in the US
• June 2026 – attend the BSG 2026 Annual Meeting to give a brief presentation at the BSG Annual Meeting following their attendance at DDW highlighting the most exciting presentations on Barrett’s at this world-class meeting

Eligibility

The Prize is primarily aimed at research into Barrett’s oesophagus, but that into closely related conditions will be considered.

The Prize will be open to applications from Trainees, including those in the first two years of consultancy and open to those on LTFT. The Prize will be open to clinicians and clinical scientists up to the level of Post Doc.

Applications will be scored independently by a panel of judges and will review the following:

• The originality of work undertaken
• Author’s contribution to the work
• Contribution to the advancement of Barrett’s Oesophagus

How to apply

Below are the fields you’ll need to complete.

• Name and contact information
• Current Post Held
• Outline of your work into Barrett’s Oesophagus research (500 words)

This award is reserved for BSG members.

Judging information

All candidates will be scored across the following categories, with the decision to be made by a representative from Guts UK and the BSG Oesophageal Section Committee Chair:

• Personal research skills (Score 1-5 –0= no evidence to 5 demonstrated a significant amount of research) e.g. individuality of concepts and ideas, contribution to attributable academic achievements
• Contributions to the wider field (Score 1-5 –0= no evidence to 5 significant examples) Relevant positions held, grant applications, grant & journal reviewing, book chapters, articles, papers, teaching, presentations and course development.
• Research innovations for benefit of patients (Score 1-5 –0= not evidenced to 5 demonstrated a significant benefit to patients) Provide details of your innovation in research for the benefit of patients
• Interest in international research (Score 1-5 –0= no evidence to 5 significant interest in international research) Provide evidence of looking towards best practice from outside your own centre nationally & internationally