EHA Advanced Research Grant

The next call for applications will open on 9 June, 2025, at 12:00 (CEST).

The EHA Advanced Research Grant is a type of EHA Research Grant. Successful applicants can receive €80,000 per year for three years.

Like all EHA Research Grants, it’s designed to support the future of hematology by helping talented junior researchers to:

  • Conduct basic or translational lab-based research
  • Gain valuable research and leadership experience
  • Move towards becoming group leaders
  • Advance their careers

Eligibility

General criteria for the EHA Research Grant

You’re eligible if:

  • You’re an EHA member
  • Your institute is an academic research center or proven equivalent in Europe
  • You have the support of an academic department and institute
  • Your application relates to basic and translational lab-based research in hematology

Your application will not be eligible if it relates to:

  • Purely clinical research projects
  • Projects in health economics
  • Other non-lab-based research

However, it may be eligible if it relates to the translational part of a clinical trial. In this case, it must be both relevant and novel.

Specific criteria for the EHA Advanced Research Grant

Our Advanced Research Grant is suitable for researchers who:

  • Are currently carrying out basic or translational lab-based research in hematology
  • Received a PhD (or PharmD) four to eight years before the closing date listed above

If you received your PhD or PharmD outside of this timeframe, please check our policy on life events. If this policy applies to you, you can ask us to extend the period of eligibility.

If you have questions about your eligibility, you can contact us at EHA-Grants@ecorys.com before submitting an application.

What an EHA Advanced Research Grant covers

For information on how you can use this funding, see our page about what an EHA Research Grant covers.

Topic-In-Focus Research Grant

If your research focuses on hemoglobinopathies or precision hematology, you can apply for a version of this grant known as a Topic-In-Focus Research Grant.

Ensuring our whole community benefits

We’ve earmarked up to two grants across all categories for researchers based in specific countries. You can see a full list of these countries on our page about extending the reach of EHA Research Grants.

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