BASES Annual Conference Grants

Number Offered: 6 each year

Target BASES Membership Category: Professional (for the past two years)

Application Closing Date: 1 July

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Results Available: Within a month of the application closing date

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Aim

The BASES Annual Conference Grants aim to assist researchers to present at the BASES Annual Conference. Six grants for up to a total of £500 are available.

 Grant Criteria

• The applicant is a Professional Member of BASES for the past two years.
• The applicant is the presenting author.
• The applicant has read the Terms and Conditions of the BASES Annual Conference Grants.
• The applicant can certify at the time of application that the abstract has been accepted as a presentation at the BASES Annual Conference.
• The applicant has not submitted a BASES Annual Conference Grant application within the past year.
• The applicant has not received a BASES Annual Conference Grant within the past 3 years.
• The applicant must submit the BASES Annual Conference Grant application form. Only information contained within the application form will be considered.
• Each application is assessed against the following criteria: The impact and interest of the abstract; the applicant’s service to BASES.

 Terms and Conditions

1. In making an application for a grant, the applicant agrees to abide by each of the terms and conditions contained within this schedule, upon and following any award of a grant.
2. This schedule, together with the requirements set out in the application guidelines and any subsequent grant offer letter, constitute the agreement between BASES and the recipient.
3. BASES Annual Conference Grants are to cover early bird conference registration, travel and conference accommodation costs only.
4. The grant awarded shall not be used for any purpose other than that stated in the grant offer letter.
5. Only one submission per applicant is permissible in a year. Recipients of a grant can only apply for a grant every 3 years.
6. The decision is final in all cases.
7. Grants will not be made in the absence of submissions of sufficient merit.
8. Presenters shall use the BASES PowerPoint Title Slide.
9. To receive the grant, recipients of a grant shall within four weeks of the BASES Annual Conference submit by post an expense claim form, including all receipts to Jane Bairstow, BASES, Leeds Metropolitan University, Fairfax Hall, Beckett Park, Leeds, LS6 3QT.
10. If an expense claim form is not received within four weeks of the conference, recipients will not receive the grant and will be ineligible for funding again.
11. The payment of a grant is subject, at all times, to BASES being satisfied that all these conditions are being complied with. Failure to do so may result in grant entitlements being rescinded, and grant payments having to be refunded to BASES.