Eligibility (CRTH)

General criteria

Career stage

Applicants must be trainees or junior faculty members holding an MD or MD/PhD. 

Employment

You must be actively employed in a hematology or hematology-related research environment. 

Mentorship

You must have support from a mentor in your institution, preferably with expertise in both biology and computational fields. A letter of support from your mentor is required. 

EHA membership

You must be an EHA member at the time of application and throughout the program. 

Institution and mentor

  • No more than one applicant will be selected from the same lab, and no more than two from the same institution. 
  • Only one applicant with the same mentor can be chosen. 
  • ‘Institution’ refers to where you will be doing your research during the program, not any past or future institutions. 
  • ‘Mentor’ refers to the person supervising your research at your current institution.

Availability

You must commit to attending all three CRTH meetings. 

You must have full institutional support for this commitment, confirmed by a signature from your manager or the person responsible for scheduling your clinical duties. 

Language

You must be fluent in both spoken and written English. 

Eligibility and life events

In some circumstances, we can extend our eligibility period. For example, we might be able to do this because you have: 

  • Become a parent 
  • Undertaken military service 
  • Been affected by a lab closure 

For full details of what we can consider, see our policy on life events. 

Restrictions

We will not consider applicants whose primary focus is on laboratory research projects. 

If you accept a CRTH program place, you will not be able to apply for some of our other opportunities. For details, see the policy on double awarding. 

 

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