1. The British Society for the History of Pharmacy will offer a Bursary of £500 annually to a student at a School of Pharmacy or other higher educational establishment.
    
2. The winner of the Bursary will be required to make a 20 minute presentation to the Annual Spring Conference of the British Society for the History of Pharmacy. This must be based on a piece of original work on a topic on the History of British Pharmacy. The Conference in 2013 will be held between 22nd and 24th March in Liverpool.
    
3. A portion of the Bursary, £250, will be used as a contribution towards the conference fee and will be paid directly to the Conference organiser. The remainder can be used as chosen by the Bursary winner and will be paid to the successful applicant at the conference.
    
4. An applicant for the Bursary shall apply to the Secretary of the British Society for the History of Pharmacy for an application form which will require a brief description of the topic on which the presentation is to be made.
    
5. An application form must be returned by 30th November and the winner will be informed by the 31st December.

Hon Secretary BSHP
Mr Peter Homan
3 The Ridings
Epsom
Surrey KT18 5JQ Phone no: 01372 723001

Biographical Note
Dr Juanita Burnby qualified as a pharmacist from Leicester University and worked in hospital and community pharmacy. She obtained a PhD for a classic study in the history of pharmacy with a thesis on the English Apothecary 1660-1760. She was a founder member of the BSHP becoming President in 1976 and 1977. She was editor of the Pharmaceutical Historian between 1991 and 2000 and in 1995 she was presented with the Leslie Matthews Medal for her work on research into the History of Pharmacy. She was an elected member of the International Academy for the History of Pharmacy.

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