Vivien Jane Margaret Lane began her medical career after leaving school in 1969. She attended the Middlesex Hospital and London University, where she first trained as a nurse, going on to obtain a diploma as a nursing sister before being persuaded to continue on to a medical degree. She was initially awarded a place on a nurse tutor course, but opted instead to attend the University of Sheffield in 1974. Upon graduating in Sheffield with her degree, and working as a GP for a few months, Vivien eventually joined the Ministry of Defence with the RAF Medical service where she tended to servicemen and their families.

Alongside these achievements, Vivien always had a keen interest in the world of competitive sports; winning various medals for the likes of synchronised swimming and athletics in her early life as well as throughout her school career. As such, when it came to studying medicine at University, Vivien chose to combine her two favourite interests and focus on sports medicine as her area of expertise.

After gaining qualifications as an AAA and BAF Technical Official in Track & Field, and as an ASA Technical Official in Judging and Timekeeping, Vivien was asked to officiate at many sporting events throughout England; for example, acting as an Official in the BBC series ‘The Games’ in 2004. In October 1987, Vivien was awarded the Smith & Nephew Scholarship to enter full time post-graduate study for a diploma in Sports Medicine, graduating with an overall merit and a distinction for her thesis on common injuries in gymnasts – a sport in which Vivien took particular delight, as both audience and official.

Vivien then went on to have several articles published, including two features in ‘The Practitioner’ magazine: ‘Non-Accidental Injury: The Role of the General Practitioner’ in 1988, and ‘Gymnastics: Special Report’ in 1990. Needless to say, it comes with no surprise that the legacy Vivien Lane chose to leave behind was one that combined her two lifelong passions; hoping to find and help unique individuals to hone their own skills and interests in the fields that she so enjoyed.

You can find out more about Dr Vivien Lane here: Home – Dr Vivien Lane

• Be an early-career professional (up to five years post-qualification) working in SEM (including doctors, physiotherapists, researchers, or allied health professionals).
• Be a BASEM member in good standing for at least one year prior to the application closing date.
• A maximum of 1 application per member per annum will be awarded. Applicants may re-apply if unsuccessful in previous years, but previous recipients are not eligible.
• Retrospective requests for this award will not be considered and proposed activity must have taken place within the award year (12 months from confirmation of receiving the award).
• The award money should be used to support the individual applicant only.

• The recipient will have 12 months to complete the funded project, including a six-month interim progress report and a final report on outcomes and expenditure.
• The awardee will be invited to present their findings at the BASEM Annual Conference and contribute an article to BASEM Today.
• Applications will be reviewed by the BASEM Awards Committee, with a representative of the Dr Vivien Lane Foundation acting as a guest reviewer. The Chair of the Awards Committee will have final decision-making authority.
• Funding will be provided by the Dr Vivien Lane Foundation and must be used exclusively for the approved project budget.
• BASEM reserves the right to publicise the award and its outcomes across its platforms.

• The contract will be between BASEM and the awardee (member). The applicant must check with any third parties involved with the project prior to applying to ensure that this will not affect any existing agreements.
• The recipient of the award agrees to maintain membership of BASEM for at least 2 consecutive years post the award term.

• By accepting the award and for any reason the award recipient is unable to complete the project/study, the recipient agrees to return any money reimbursed back to BASEM.
• BASEM requests that the Association be credited regarding any completed research and for any future research/articles written because of receiving this monetary award.

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If this is your first time applying for a BASEM Award, you will need to create an account. 

Once logged into your account you will be able to apply to all of BASEMs Awards open at that time. You are able to save and come back to applications as much as you want prior to the closing date. Any incomplete applications when the application window closes will not be put forward to the Awards Committee. 

Once the closing date has passed, the Awards team check all applications to ensure eligibility and anonymity before forwarding to the Awards Committee. 

Applicants will be able to track the progress of their application(s) via their Good Grants portal. 

Applicants will receive notice of their success or otherwise 8 weeks after the closing date. Notifications will be sent via email.

If you have any questions about this process please contact awards@basem.co.uk in the first instance.

As part of the application, applicants will be asked to:

• Submit a proposal (max 1,250 words) outlining a project that:
  • Demonstrates innovative approaches to SEM education, community outreach, or public health improvement.
  • Prioritises underserved, underrepresented, or marginalised communities.
  • Shows measurable and meaningful outcomes.
• Explain how your project meets the objectives of BASEM along with honouring the legacy of Dr Vivien Lane (max 250 words)
• Provide a detailed budget (up to £5,000)
• An anonymised personal statement (max 500 words)
• An EDI Statement – please see ‘EDI Guide for Applicants’ below (max 200 words)
• An anonymised CV
• An anonymised letter of recommendation.

To support and promote Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity (EDI) in research all authors must include an EDI statement in their submission. This is in line with the EDI statement requirement initially introduced at the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM). Example EDI statements can be found here.

The EDI statement should provide a brief (max 200 word) response to the following areas, tailored as appropriate for the study design, reporting, and author team:

• Describe whether and how diversity in your study population was planned and recruited. For instance, how did the study design address balance and diversity in the recruitment of participants based on gender, race/ethnicity/culture, socioeconomic level, and representation from marginalized* groups?
• Describe whether and how you addressed diversity in the investigator and author team. For instance, is the author team gender balanced and does it include junior researchers, individuals from marginalized backgrounds, and perspectives from multiple disciplines? Please note: It is not necessary to disclose individual backgrounds or identities. Authors should only report on areas they are comfortable in disclosing.
• Describe whether and how your data collection methods were planned to allow for inclusivity. For instance, did the study account for the participants’ accessibility needs, regional geographic differences, education, and socioeconomic levels?
• Describe whether and how your study considered equity in the analysis and interpretation of results. For instance, did the study consider gendered and racialized inequities, socioeconomic disadvantage, and inequities in marginalised communities?

In addition to the points above, we advise authors to:

1. ensure the title specifies the population described and does not generalise,
2. provide detailed participant demographics within the Results, 
3. include comments on the generalisability and limitations of the sample population

The EDI statement must be included in submissions, or the submission may not be considered. The EDI statement will not be marked. 

Marginalised groups include:

• Women and girls
• Black, Indigenous, and people of colour
• People from the LGBTQIA2S+ community
• People with disabilities
• People with complex/chronic illnesses
• People from the Global South or Far North
• People from low- or middle-income countries or contexts
• People from stateless communities
• People displaced from or living in conflict zones

All applications are submitted via the Good Grants platform. Once the application window is closed, applications are checked to ensure eligibility and anonymity by the Awards team before being reviewed. Applications will be reviewed by the BASEM Awards Committee, with a representative of the Dr Vivien Lane Foundation acting as a guest reviewer. The Chair of the Awards Committee will have final decision-making authority. Each application will be reviewed against a standardised marking template and scores will be collated. The application with the highest marks will be awarded.

The judge’s decision is final. 

The recommendation(s) of the Awards Committee will be ratified by the BASEM Non-Executive Board.

Feedback will be available upon request.

The Awards Committee may not make an award if the applications are not of an adequate standard.

The applicants will receive notice of their success or otherwise 8 weeks after the closing date. Notifications will be sent via email.

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