EHA Research Grants
The call for applications is open! Apply before December 15, 2022 at 12:00 (noon) CET. Apply here.
EHA Research Grants support talented junior researchers in advancing their career, e.g. towards becoming the leader of a research group.
If you have ambition for advancing your career and you have the support of your department and institute, welcome to the homepage for EHA Research Grants!
Please note that the EHA Research Grants are intended for basic and translational lab-based research in hematology. Purely clinical research projects will not be eligible, nor projects in health economics or other non-lab-based research. An exception can be the translational part of a clinical trial, although it must be relevant and novel.
Applicants may be of any nationality, but the home or host institute must be an academic research center or proven equivalent, and one of them must be in located in Europe.
At the time of application, the applicant should be a member of EHA or EHA Guest.
Which category of EHA Research Grants is for me?
Junior Research Grant: €50.000 - per year, for 3 years
Eligibility criteria:
For researchers doing basic research within 4 years of their PhD graduation. The month of graduation must be less than 4 years before the closing date of the application. Exceptions must be justified.
EHA’s Policy on life Events & Eligibility
• For each child/pregnancy, a mother can add 18 months to the time since graduation and a father can add 3 months.
• Other life events, e.g., military service, disease or lab closure can also extend the period of eligibility but must be justified at the time of application.
All applicants with questions about eligibility should contact the EHA Grants Manager at grants@ehaweb.org before submitting an application.
How can the grant be used?
• Personnel costs (applicant or other research staff, such as a post doc or research assistant, bioinformatician etc that are working directly on the project);
• Lab Consumables;
• Small equipment (if properly justified);
• Other miscellaneous expenses such as publication of the project results;
• Mandatory: Max €2000 for attendance of EHA congress for each year of your grant during the project year (includes travel, registration, accommodation).
• Mandatory: Max € 2000 for final project financial audit costs.
What is not supported via this grant?
• Overhead costs
• Excessive travel costs, other than to the EHA Congress as indicated above.
More details can be found in the Guidelines for the EHA Research Grant application.
Advanced Research Grant: €80.000 - per year, for 3 years
For researchers doing basic research 4-8 years after their PhD graduation. This is the time interval between the month of graduation and the closing date of the application. Exceptions must be justified.
EHA’s Policy on life Events & Eligibility
• For each child/pregnancy, a mother can add 18 months to the time since graduation and a father can add 3 months.
• Other life events, e.g., military service, disease or lab closure can also extend the period of eligibility but must be justified at the time of application.
All applicants with questions about eligibility should contact the EHA Grants Manager at grants@ehaweb.org before submitting an application.
How can the grant be used?
• Personnel costs (applicant or other research staff, such as a post doc or research assistant, bioinformatician etc that are working directly on the project);
• Lab Consumables;
• Small equipment (if properly justified);
• Other miscellaneous expenses such as publication of the project results;
• Mandatory: Max €2000 for attendance of EHA congress for each year of your grant during the project year (includes travel, registration, accommodation).
• Mandatory: Max € 2000 for final project financial audit costs.
What is not supported via this grant?
• Overhead costs
• Excessive travel costs, other than to the EHA Congress as indicated above.
More details can be found in the Guidelines for the EHA Research Grant application.
Physician Scientist Research Grant: €80.000 - per year, for 3 years
For physician scientists who are involved in patient care and:
• Are MD or equivalent
• Are within 4 years after PhD graduation OR MD graduation OR hematology training (or equivalent), whatever comes last at the closing date of the application. Exceptions must be justified.
• Have a proven track record in research by publications
• Must have at least 50% protected time for performing the research project, to be justified in the letter of support by the Head of Department where the research will be performed.
• It is highly preferred that the topic of research is related to the specialty in the clinic. (e.g. LAB: developing a mouse model in MPN, CLINIC: treating MPN)
MDs currently enrolled in a PhD program are not eligible to apply for this grant.
EHA’s Policy on life Events & Eligibility
•For each child/pregnancy, a mother can add 18 months to the time since graduation and a father can add 3 months.
•Other life events, e.g., military service, disease or lab closure can also extend the period of eligibility but must be justified at the time of application.
All applicants with questions about eligibility should contact the EHA Grants Manager at grants@ehaweb.org before submitting an application.
How can the grant be used?
• Personnel costs (applicant or other research staff, such as a post doc or research assistant, bioinformatician etc that are working directly on the project);
• Lab Consumables;
• Small equipment (if properly justified);
• Other miscellaneous expenses such as publication of the project results;•
• Mandatory: Max €2000 for attendance of EHA congress for each year of your grant during the project year (includes travel, registration, accommodation).
• Mandatory: Max € 2000 for final project financial audit costs.
What is not supported via this grant?
- Overhead costs
- Excessive travel costs, other than to the EHA Congress as indicated above.
More details can be found in the Guidelines for the EHA Research Grant application.
IMPORTANT! If your project is in hemoglobinopathies, be sure to select the Topic-in-Focus version of your category! EHA has earmarked 2 grants for research in Hemoglobinopathies, with a focus on Sickle Cell Disease.
EHA’s Fellowships & Grants Committee selects the winners, with the help of external reviewers and the support of the EHA office.
How to apply?
Read the Step by Step Research Grant guide for detailed information on eligibility, the application process and what to expect as a winner.
Read the Guidelines for EHA Grant Management system to ensure your application is processed correctly.
Do not forget to review EHA Terms and Conditions and EHA policy on double awarding.
For any remaining questions regarding the funding scheme or the process, please contact the Talent Accelerator department at grants@ehaweb.org
Research Grants process explained
Applying, reviewing and selection process explained in detail.
Research Grants Guide
Open the Step-by-step Guide for detailed information on eligibility, the application process and what to expect as a winner.
The application system
Guidelines for the EHA Research Grant application system, explained step-by-step.
Terms & conditions
Read the fine print carefully before applying for an EHA Research Grant.
EHA's policy on double awarding
Read this if you are applying for more than one EHA opportunity.
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