Grants & Awards

CASES Conference Grants aim to assist researchers to present at the CASES Conference. Ten grants are available, five for CASES members (regulated or non-regulated) and five for CASES Student or Graduate members.

The value of the grant is the price of conference registration for both days of the conference. Click here for further details.

How to apply: Members wishing to apply for a CASES Conference Grant must indicate this on their online abstract submission form when submitting an abstract. Members will be asked to provide details of their engagement with CASES and how the conference registration will assist them financially as regards their circumstances.

Grant criteria:

• Professional applicants must be a CASES member and have been for the past two years, i.e. since 1 June 2024.
• Student and Graduate applicants must be a CASES member and have been for the past year, i.e. since 1 June 2025.
• The applicant is the presenting author.
• The applicant has read the Terms and Conditions of the CASES Conference Grants.
• Presenting authors for free communications presentations, Poster and 5 slides in 5 minutes presentations are eligible. 
• The applicant has not received a CASES Conference Grant within the past three years.
• The applicant will need to apply for the grant when submitting the abstract via the on-line submission form. Professional applicants will be asked to detail their engagement with CASES (150 words maximum) and how receiving this grant will support them financially (150 words maximum). Student / Graduate applicants will be asked how presenting at the conference will support them with their employability and personal development (150 words maximum) and how receiving the grant will support them financially (150 words maximum).
• Each application will be assessed by members of the EDI Advisory Group against their engagement with CASES and how they would benefit from a complimentary registration to attend and present at the CASES Conference.

Terms and conditions

• 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.
• This schedule, together with the requirements set out in the application guidelines and any subsequent grant offer letter, constitute the agreement between CASES and the recipient.
• CASES Conference Grants are to cover registration for two days of the Conference. If the author is only able to attend for one day of the conference, then the grant will be pro-rated accordingly.
• The grant recipients are responsible for registering themselves for the CASES Conference and to then claim back their registration fee.
• CASES reserves the right to publish winning abstracts in The Sport and Exercise Scientist. The grant awarded shall not be used for any purpose other than that stated in the grant offer letter.
• Recipients of a grant can only apply for a grant every three years.
• The grants are awarded by the CASES EDI Advisory Group.
• The decision is final in all cases and no correspondence will be entered into.
• Grants will not be made in the absence of application of sufficient merit / worth.
• To receive the grant, recipients of a grant shall within four weeks of the grant award letter submit a claim form, including proof of conference registration, to enquiries@cases.org.uk.
• If a claim form is not received within four weeks of the grant award letter, recipients will not receive the grant and will be ineligible for funding again.
• The payment of a grant is subject, at all times, to CASES 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 CASES.

The CASES Conference awards seek to reward outstanding contributions to sport and exercise sciences by conference delegates. Awards are presented for presentations (Free Communication, 5 Slides in 5 Minutes, and Poster) within Student, Early Career Researcher, and Professional categories.

All abstracts will be automatically considered for a relevant award. The Awards Panel will shortlist presentations for these awards based on the scientific merit of the abstracts.

Awards will be presented at the closing address of the Conference.

Summary of Awards:

• Student Free Communication Presentation Award
• Student 5 Slides in 5 Minutes Free Communication Presentation Award
• Student Poster Presentation Award
• Early Career Researcher Free Communication Presentation Award, sponsored by Sport Education Solutions Limited
• Early Career Researcher 5 Slides in 5 Minutes Free Communication Presentation Award
• Sport and Exercise Science Free Communication Presentation Award
• Sport and Exercise Science 5 Slides in 5 Minutes Free Communication Presentation Award
• Sport and Exercise Science Poster Presentation Award