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Congratulations to the 2021 Research Grant winners!

The Hague, 2 June 2021 –EHA congratulates nine talented researchers in hematology on their receipt of the EHA Research Grants 2021 after a rigorous selection process. They join a network of over 110 distinguished researchers who have received EHA Research Funding in the past.

EHA Research Grants support talented early career researchers in advancing their career towards becoming leaders of research groups. These grants are intended for basic and translational lab-based research in hematology. Novel and relevant translational parts of a clinical trial can also be funded in compelling circumstances.

EHA continues to support hematology researchers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recognising the unprecedented challenging research environment characterised by an acute shortage of hematology research funding due to the ongoing pandemic, EHA increased the number of grants in 2021 from six to nine. In addition, the Junior Research Grant has been expanded to €150.000 for 3 years. The 2021 Awardees are in institutes in Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

“It was the blend of both clinical and laboratory work that attracted many of us to hematology and we know that advances in treatment for our patients come from fuller understanding of the pathophysiology of these diseases. Therefore, almost nothing is more important to us at EHA than ensuring the advancement of the next generation of clinicians and scientists in our field. The early steps of a career in research are often the most difficult ones and it is for this reason that we have invested in mentoring programs for our young scientists and clinician scientists, and we are delighted to have increased our grant funding to be able to make a larger contribution towards supporting early career development. I am therefore delighted to be able to congratulate these award winners for their successful application and be able to help their careers in steps towards independence.  We fully expect these very talented individuals to go on to become leaders in their field and also to present their work at future EHA congresses.’’ says EHA President John Gribben, MD DSc FRCP FRCPath FMedSci.

Photo	Name	Category	Project Title	Institute
	Antonella Fidanza	Advanced Research Grant	The Role of Mechanosignaling in the Embryonic Development of the Human Hematopoietic Tissue	University of Edinburgh, UK
	Antonella Nai	Advanced Research Grant	Unravelling the Mechanisms of Erythropoiesis Regulation by TFR2 and its Therapeutic Targeting	Ospedale San Raffaele, IT
	Christian Di Buduo	Advanced Research Grant	A New Approach to Understanding the Pathogenesis of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms by Shaping the Endoplasmic Reticulum/Mitochondria Calcium Toolkit Dynamic in Megakaryopoiesis	University of Pavia, IT
	Ana Rio-Machin	Junior Research Grant	Uncovering the Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Vulnerabilities of T(6;9)-Driven Acute Myeloid Leukaemia	Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, UK
	Cecile Lopez	Junior Research Grant	Gene Regulatory Complexes and Networks Regulated by the ERG Oncogene	University of Cambridge, UK
	Els Mansell	Junior Research Grant	Uncovering and Exploiting the Metabolic Basis for HSC Fate Availability	Lund University, SE
	Ferran Nadeu	Junior Research Grant	Tracking the Origin of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Progression and Transformation Through its Genomic and Transcriptomic Footprints	Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), ES
	Giulio Cavalli	Physician Scientists’ Research Grant	Dissecting Paracrine Mechanisms in the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Erdheim-Chester Disease	Ospedale San Raffaelle S.R.L., IT
	Mirjam Belderbos	Physician Scientists’ Research Grant	Peripheral Blood or Bone Marrow Stem Cells? Population Dynamics of Blood in Human Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Recipients	Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, NL

Hematology is an exciting, fast-paced medical field in the front-line of an ever-changing world. The speed of change in clinical, molecular, and technological innovations confront hematologists with the need to quickly adapt to new techniques and therapies. The Topics-in-Focus program was launched by EHA to support hematologists in this rapidly developing scenario, aiming to raise awareness, provide education, further research, and build a network of experts in specific fast-growing areas. In line with this, EHA is spotlighting research in Immunotherapy and Hemoglobinopathies. In 2021, EHA awarded two Topics-in-Focus grants meant for quality basic or translational research projects. The talented recipients of these grants are from institutes in Greece and Belgium.

The next call for applications for Research Grants will open in the fall of 2021. Information about EHA grants program can be found at https://ehaweb.org/research/grants/  

The European Hematology Association (EHA) promotes excellence in patient care, research, and education in hematology. EHA envisions a world without blood disorders by connecting hematologists worldwide, supporting their career development and research, harmonizing hematology education, and advocating the interests of hematology and hematologists in the European arena.