BASEM Travelling Fellowship
- Prize: £5,000
- Term: Annual
- Availability: All members working part-time or full-time in sports and exercise medicine
The BASEM Travelling Fellowship is awarded on annual basis to enable a BASEM member to travel at home, or overseas, to study a specific sports or exercise medicine issue at one or more centres of excellence with a purpose of gaining further experience, knowledge, and skills.Â
The monetary award is worth up to £5,000. There is 1 award available per annum.
The deadline to receive applications for this award is now closed.
Any enquiries regarding this award should be made to awards@basem.co.uk in the first instance.
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All applications are submitted, reviewed and tracked through Good Grants. Follow the link below to apply for this award.
For any enquiries about the application process/system, please email awards@basem.co.ukÂ
Please read through the below important information about the BASEM Travelling Fellowship Award.
- The applicant should be a member of BASEM in good standing.
- The applicant must have been a member of BASEM for 2 consecutive years immediately preceding the deadline date.
- Retrospective requests for this award will not be considered and travel must have taken place within the award year.
- The award money should be used to support the individual applicant only.
- Reimbursement of the award money will be made for standard rate travel/accommodation and course/conference costs only
- The award money may not be used for any other purpose that that submitted in the application.
The recipient of the award will confirm in writing (signed contract) their acceptance of the award, that they agree to the following terms and conditions and to BASEM’s Privacy Policy:-
- Travel and accommodation should be booked by the recipient and will be reimbursed upon successful completion of a report for BASEM Today (BASEMs quarterly newsletter magazine). The applicant must ensure that travel and accommodation are as economical as possible. Copies of itemised receipts must be provided by the recipient.
- The award money may not be used for any other purpose than that submitted in the application.
- The recipient of the award will provide a written report for a future issue of BASEM Today. This report should highlight the overall experience at the event including additional knowledge and skills gained and how these will be used in future practice.
- The recipient of the award agrees to their image, a short biography and written report being featured in BASEM publications, BASEM website, social media, and future marketing of the BASEM Travelling Fellowship and Development Sponsorship.
- The recipient agrees to complete their course/conference within the award year. Should this not happen, BASEM reserves the right to rescind the award.
- The recipient of the award agrees to maintain membership of BASEM for at least 2 consecutive years post award.
- By accepting the award and for any reason the award recipient is unable to complete the course/conference, the recipient agrees to return any money reimbursed back to BASEM with a 3% interest charge.
- BASEM requests that the Association be credited regarding any completed research and for any future research/articles written because of receiving this monetary award.
Click the ‘APPLY TODAY’ button to be taken to BASEMs page on the Good Grants platform.Â
If this is your first time applying for a BASEM Award, you will need to create an account. If you have applied for a BASEM award previously using Good Grants, you can log in using your existing details.Â
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.Â
Once the closing date has passed, the Awards team check all applications to ensure anonymity before forwarding to the Awards Committee.Â
As part of the application, applicants will be asked to provide:
- An introduction explaining the research (max 500 words)
- Your educational Aims & Objectives (max 500 words)
- A statements on how your project meets the objectives of BASEM (max 250 words)
- A statement on how the course/conference will support your future practice (max 250 words)
- An anonymised CV
- Confirmation from your host supervisor.Â
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.
All applications are submitted via the Good Grants platform. Once the application window is closed, applications are checked to ensure anonymity by the Awards team. before being forwarded to the BASEM Awards Committee. Each member of the committee will review the applications against a standard marking template and scores will be collated. The application with the highest marks will be awarded.
The judge’s decision is final.Â
Feedback will be available upon request.
The recommendation(s) of the Awards Committee will be ratified by the BASEM Non Executive Board.
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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