The BAS Conference Support Fund (CSF) offers two types of support:
BAS Events Grants
Applicants to this fund do not have to be BAS members at the time of application, but will be required to join as part of the process of registering for the event.
Non-BAS Events Grants
Applicants to this fund must have been BAS members for at least 1 year at the time of application.
The BAS Committee considers applications twice a year – see below for deadlines. The total number of awards made and the amount of each award are at the discretion of the BAS Committee. The Society also retains the right not to award any money in a given year.
Applications CANNOT be made after you have attended an event.
See below for full details and a link to the application form for each grant type (BAS Therapy Symposium; BAS Biennial International Conference; Non-BAS event).
From 2014 onwards, each grant type has a separate form – please use the correct one.
BAS Events Grants
- Normally, up to ten places will be sponsored at each BAS Biennial International Conference or BAS Therapy Symposium.
- Normally, applicants may apply for sponsorship up to a maximum of £200. Applicants for the BAS Conference are usually asked to select a specific package of support (e.g. 3-day registration; 1-day registration plus travel up to a maximum amount). See the application form for details.
- Applications CANNOT be made after you have attended an event.
- Please fill in the application form electronically and email it to the CSF Officer (details at the end of the form). There is no need to post a hard copy. Your email will be taken in lieu of a signature – the time and date on the email MUST be before the deadline.
Click here to download the guidelines and application form for a BAS Events Grant to attend a
BAS Therapy Symposium.
Click here to download the guidelines and application form for a BAS Events Grant to attend the
BAS Biennial International Conference.
Non-BAS Events Grants
- People who have been BAS members for at least 1 year may apply to this fund to support attendance at conferences, symposia and workshops relevant to the interests of the BAS, but not run by BAS.
- Those who have previously received support from this fund may not re-apply for a minimum of 2 years.
- UK members may apply to attend both UK and overseas conferences.
- Overseas members may only apply to attend conferences in the UK.
- A total of £1600 per annum is usually available for non-BAS Events grants – awards to individual applicants will not exceed £400.
- This fund may not be used to support attendance at the BAS Conference or Therapy Symposium (see BAS Events Grants).
- Applications CANNOT be made after you have attended an event.
- Please fill in the application form electronically and email it to the CSF Officer (details at the end of the form). There is no need to post a hard copy. Your email will be taken in lieu of a signature – the time and date on the email MUST be before the deadline.
Click here to download the guidelines and application form for a Non-BAS Events Grant
Successful applicants are required to provide a report of the funded event which will be published on this website. You can view examples of previous funding reports here:
Rose-Hilton-International-Aphasia-Rehabilitation-Conference-The-Hague-2014.docx.
and here:
Helen-Day-International-Aphasia-Rehabilitation-Conference-The-Hague-2014.docx
Application deadlines
The application deadlines for 2019 are (midnight) March 1st 2019 and July 1st 2019.
To contact the CSF Officer with queries about either funding opportunity, email conference-support-fund@bas.org.uk