An annual award for a stroke research dissertation by a medical student in Edinburgh or Amsterdam.

The Arthur Fonville Fund recognises young researchers in the field of vascular neurology. Established in memory of Arthur Fonville—a promising medical student who passed away in 2014 from heatstroke after the Dam tot Damloop—the annual Arthur Fonville Award honours his legacy. This thesis prize is intended for medical students in Amsterdam and Edinburgh who are dedicated to vascular neurology. 

"The award gives young researchers recognition, boosts their confidence, and opens doors to research institutions. That the award carries Arthur’s name fills us with pride and eases our loss a little."


Catherine en Joost Fonville, Arthur's parents

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Are you willing to support this fund and help promising young researchers advance in their careers? Support the fund with a donation.

With your donation we are able to provide young researchers with  acknowledgement and support for their research into vascular neurology, including stroke. This stimulates enthusiasm for research, boosts selfconfidence, provides direction, and opens doors to research institutions for those students who participate. 

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Foto van Arthur Fonville


Previous winners

2025
  • Maaike Wisse (Amsterdam) - Predicting Reduced Ejection Fraction in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients: A Prediction Model from the Mind the Heart Study.
  • Jonelle Marasigan (Amsterdam) - Beyond ischaemic lesion volume: MRI-derived lesion severity metrics and associations with functional outcome.
2024
  • Abris Mumguoglu (Amsterdam) - Admission blood pressure and clinical outcomes after endovascular thrombectomy in patients with an acute ischemic stroke: an international multicenter cohort study from the EVA TRISP collaboration.
  • Saumya Maheshwari en James Aspden (Edinburgh) - Exploring the mechanisms of action of a novel immunomodulatory cell therapy for the treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage.
2023
  • Abel Sandmann (Amsterdam) - Natural history of cerebral cavernous malformations: a retrospective single-center cohort study.
  • Carlos Rangkuti (Amsterdam) - Effects of intravenous Alteplase in patients with carotid tandem lesions undergoing endovascular treatment for proximal anterior circulation stroke – a post-hoc analysis of the MR CLEAN – NO IV Trial.
  • Liza Chong (Edinburgh) - Retinal vascular changes in relation to brain changes in Mild Stroke Study 3 patients: a one-year follow-up study.
2022
  • Mohshin Syed (Edinburgh) - Selective outcome reporting in randomised controlled trials including participants with stroke or transient ischaemic attack: a systematic review.
  • Serena Baker (Edinburgh) - Are There Sex Differences in Thrombectomy Utilisation in Treatment of Acute Ischaemic Stroke? A systematic review.
2021
  • Yawen Xiang (Edinburgh) - Which pathologies contribute to pre-existing dementia in adults with spontaneous (non-traumatic) intracerebral haemorrhage.
  • Noa van den Bos (Amsterdam) - Patient and proxies’ attitudes towards Deferred Consent in randomised trials of acute treatment for stroke: a qualitative survey.
2020
  • Maritta van Stigt (Amsterdam) - Identification of large vessel occlusions in patients with suspected stroke using ambulant electroencephalography.
  • Brendan Sargent (Edinburgh) - A cohort study of the effects of perihaematomal oedema on long-term outcomes of intracerebral haemorrhage.
2019
  • Laura Cunningham (Edinburgh) - Peri-haematomal oedema after spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) and its association with outcome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  • Leon Rinkel (Amsterdam) - Optimisation of medical monitoring during endovascular thrombectomy.
2018
  • Edward Christopher (Edinburgh) - NRF2 response in humans after intracerebral haemorrhage.
  • Kit van der Eng (Amsterdam) - Safety of reperfusion therapy for acute ischemic stroke in pregnant women and women in their postpartum period – a systematic review
2017
  • Arina Tamborska - Characteristics of randomised trials of stroke due to intracerebral haemorrhage: a systematic review.
  • Jason Chan - Meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trial data: efficacy of endovascular thrombectomy for the treatment of large-volume ischemic stroke.
2016
  • Vhinoth Sivakumaran en Henry Millar - COL4A2 variants are associated with both lacunar ischemic stroke and deep ICH: collaborative meta-analyses of common genetic variation in six rare familial cerebral small vessel disease genes among 21,500 stroke cases and 41,000 controls.
2015
  • Francesca Wright - Psychological associations of post-stroke anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  • Scott Osborne - Confirmation and Sub-classification of Stroke Cases in UK Biobank.
  • Pheng Toh - Radiographic features of intracerebral haemorrhage associated with pathologically-proven cerebral amyloid angiopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.