EHA Bilateral Collaborative Grant

EHA Bilateral Collaborative Grants support collaboration between two independent research groups with complementarity of expertise and showing a mutual need to answer a specific research question.

Successful applicants can receive up to €320,000 for two years to be divided equally between the two research groups .   

Eligibility

You’re eligible if:  

• Both principal investigators (PIs) are EHA members
• Both PIs are basic and/or translational researchers  
• Both PIs are independent researchers or group leaders and have full appointments at academic institutes or proven equivalents 
• The PIs conduct their research in two different countries in Europe 
• At least one of the PIs is a junior independent group leader, within five years of conducting independent research  

Note: If an applicant is a physician scientist, at least 50% of their time should be dedicated to lab research   

Unfortunately, you are not eligible if your proposal relates to:  

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

Topics-in-Focus Bilateral Collaborative Grants: If your research focuses on hemoglobinopathies, you will have a competitive advantage in the selection process. Please select the ‘Topics-in-Focus Bilateral Collaborative Grant’ on your application form.

Extending the reach of our grants: If you are operating in a country less-represented among EHA grantees, you will have a competitive advantage in the selection process. ​You can see a full list of these countries on our page about extending the reach of EHA Grants.

If you have questions about your eligibility, you can contact us at [email protected] before submitting an application.

What an EHA Bilateral Collaborative Grant covers

To reflect the collaborative spirit of the grant, the budget must be divided 50:50 between the two PIs. If this is not the case, a justification must be provided. In any case, no more than 70% of the total grant should be allocated to one PI.

You can use your grant for: 

• Personnel costs, including the applicant or the costs of hiring other research staff to work directly on the project 
• Lab consumables 
• Small equipment  
• Miscellaneous expenses, such as publication of your project’s results 

You must use some of your grant to pay for:  

• Attendance at the EHA Congress whilst your project is active (maximum €2,000 per PI per year)  
• A final audit of your project’s financial costs (maximum €2,000 per PI)  

You cannot use your grant to cover: 

• Overhead costs  
• Excessive travel costs 
• Costs that are covered by another fund, even if new funding is acquired during the project, that make all or part of the grant redundant 

If you acquire additional funding, you must email us about this within 30 days of its awarding. You must also tell us how you’ll use the grants together.