Applied Practitioner Award

Number Offered: 1 each year
Target BASES Membership Category: Accredited
Application Closing Date: 30 November
Apply for this award: Click here  to download the application form
Results Available: Within 8 weeks of the application closing date
Previous winners: Click here

Aim of award

The award acknowledges outstanding and innovative service delivery in sport and/or exercise science by BASES Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientists. The award is £400.

Award criteria

• The applicant must be a Professional member of BASES for at least three years.
• The applicant must be a BASES Accredited Sport and Exercise Scientist.
• The applicant must submit the BASES Applied Practitioner Award application form. Only information contained within the application form will be considered.
• Each application is assessed against the following criteria: Qualifications; employment and experience; work philosophy; problem solving and interdisciplinarity, communications, self-evaluation, and continuing professional development.
• Applications not adhering to the award criteria will not be marked.
• The decision is final in all cases and no correspondence will be entered into.
• This award will not be made in the absence of submissions of sufficient merit.
• The applicant must submit 1 electronic copy of the required documents to the BASES Office by the closing date.
• Within two months of receiving the award letter, the recipient of the award shall submit an article (1,500 words maximum) for consideration for The Sport and Exercise Scientist or host a BASES webinar. The emphasis of the article or webinar should be on contributing to the continuing professional development of sport and exercise scientists by promoting evidence-based practice.