BASS Research Fellowship & Travel Grant
BASS offers annually one grant of up to 15.000 euros.
This grant is dedicated to Short-Term Research Fellowship or a Travel program.
You can find the information relative to this grant below, and the application form attached.
1 Introduction
BASS Short-Term Research/travel programs aim to:
- Promote research in the sleep medicine field.
- Support early career researchers who seek to develop new techniques or skills at host institutions (worldwide), gaining access to new infrastructures and expertise or support an original research work/a PhD process to cover salary, material during the study period. The research project may involve basic experimental studies, clinical investigations, epidemiology, applied health service research or any other research area relevant to Sleep medicine.
- Research fellowships can last from 3 months (full time) to 12 months (part time)
- Research fellowships are awarded based on scientific merit, and travel programs are awarded based on the scientific interest of the host institution.
2 Eligibility requirements
- BASS Short-Term Research Fellowship or travel grant are open to applicants of all ages targeting mainly researchers at the earlier stage of their career and therefore established investigators are not eligible (h-Index > 10).
- Candidates should be Belgian residents (or foreign if working under the umbrella of a BASS member in a Belgian clinical or scientific unit) . They should be member of the BASS and actively engaged in the Sleep medicine field. Applicants must be MD or Qualified healthcare professionals (non-MD) working in Sleep medicine (psychologists, nurses, physiotherapists, sleep technologists)
- Candidates should have adequate fluency in the language spoken at the host institution.
3 Application
a. The application form (available on the BASS website) must be completed and
sent by mail to the BASS President (dries.testelmans@uzleuven.be), together
with all supporting documents, including a motivation letter.
b. The deadline to submit application is 30 june 2025.
c. BASS will notify successful candidates mid-October and grants will be delivered during Autumn Meeting 2025.
d. Fellowship recipients have 1 year to start their fellowship/travel
e. Applications with missing files or documents that do not respect the set limitations will not be processed for selection
f. The following documents will need to be completed and sent:
- A scanned copy of the candidate’s highest degree
- A scanned copy of the applicant’s ID card or passport.
- For travel grants: a Host Supervisor Acceptance letter and the completed travel grant form
- For Research projects: the completed research project form including the project aim, the objectives, the hypothesis, the methods and Institutional Acceptance letter confirming the feasibility of the project in the institution.
- For both grants: a detailed cost calculation form (living costs, material, travel costs, salary,..)
The time frame and work schedule (part-time/full time) should be explained. A clear and realistic work plan with a scope achievable within a set timeframe must be provided. Candidates are required to upload one page of figures (charts, diagrams, etc.) and one page of literature review (references).
4 Selection
BASS board will proceed to projects selection. If the quality of projects are considered as insufficient, the board may decide not to award any grants. The amount of the grant will be decided according to the cost calculation form submitted by the applicant, with a maximum amount of 15.000 euros.
5 Reporting and publication
- For travel grant: the recipient and the host supervisor are required to submit an end-of-project report within 2 months after the end of the fellowship
- For research grant: the fellowship recipient is required to submit an end-of-project report within 2 months after the end of the fellowship. In addition, the recipient will be asked to present the work at the next BASS autumn meeting as a free communication. This grant will be paid in two parts: first part (7500 euros) at selection and the remaining part after the presentation during BASS autumn meeting.
Publications
a. Publications are encouraged.
b. BASS fellowships should be acknowledged by including the following sentence in the acknowledgement section of the publication in the following way
“We acknowledge the financial support of the Belgian Association for Sleep research and Sleep medicine via a Short-Term Research Fellowship 2025”.
Annexes.
- travel grant form
- research project form
- end-of-project report form
- cost calculation form