BASES Early Career Researcher Awards

Number Offered:  3 each year

Target BASES Membership Categories: Graduate and Professional

Application Closing Date: 30 November

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Results Available: February

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Aim

These awards were established in 2009 to recognise excellence in early career BASES members researching within sport and/or exercise sciences. Three awards are given annually, normally in each of the areas of ‘Physical Activity for Health’, ‘Sport and Performance’, and ‘Education and Professional Development’. The winners will each receive a funded place at the BASES Annual Conference (expenses up to £250 on proof of receipts will be awarded for conference fees and accommodation) where they will present their work in a BASES Early Career Researcher Lecture.

(Previously known as the Emerging Researcher Medal Award)

Award Criteria

1. The applicant must be a member of BASES for at least three years.
2. The applicant must be within one to five years of graduating with a PhD.
3. The applicant must have a record of successful research and publications.
4. The applicant must submit a completed application form.
5. The applicant’s proposer (typically a colleague familiar with the applicant’s work) must submit an e-mail to the BASES Office (jbairstow@bases.org.uk) by the closing date with the following statement: I certify that I support the applicant’s application for a BASES Early Career Researcher Award.
6. Applications will be reviewed and judged on a record of academic publications and contributions at conferences, evidence of developing and leading innovative research projects, evidence of impact of research, evidence of awards and grants to support research, and evidence of esteem indicators.
7. Applications not adhering to the award criteria will not be marked.
8. The decision is final in all cases and no correspondence will be entered into.
9. These awards will not be made in the absence of submissions of sufficient merit.
10. The applicant must submit 1 electronic copy of the required documents to the BASES Office by the closing date.