The British Society of Paediatric Dentistry encourages the highest quality of child-related oral health research, audit and evidence-based clinical practice. To recognise excellence amongst members, the Society awards six categories of prizes on an annual basis. These comprise: the Max Horsnell travel award; National Student Elective Award; Research prize; Clinical prize, Poster prize and Audit prize. Entrants for these prizes are sought from members who have not yet attained senior clinical or academic posts. Specific details relating to each of the prizes and the selection process are detailed below. Members may apply for a travel award and any one of the other prizes in a given 12-month period. However, the abstracts must relate to different pieces of work. Furthermore, no entry should have been presented previously at a scientific meeting or have been published.