The European Hematology Association (EHA)

Research

EHA Innovation Grant

The call for applications will close on January 14, 2025, at 15:00 (CET). Apply now

EHA Innovation Grants encourage and support the:

  • Creation of consortia
  • Generation of preliminary data that can then be used to apply for larger funding opportunities

An EHA Innovation Grant:

  • Lasts for a period of two years
  • Provides a total award of up to €300,000 for the whole consortium

General eligibility criteria

You must be an EHA member to apply for an EHA Innovation Grant.

You can be of any nationality, but all institutes must be:

  • Academic research centers or proven equivalents
  • Located in Europe

In all cases, your application must:

  • Have the support of an academic department and institute
  • Relate to high-quality clinical or translational research in hematology

Specific eligibility criteria

  • All Principal Investigators (PIs) must be conducting high-quality clinical or translational research. Basic and/or translational researchers can also be included, but the general focus of the project must remain clinical and translational.
  • All PIs must be independent researchers or group leaders and have full appointments at academic institutes or proven equivalents.
  • Each consortium must include at least three PIs operating in at least three different countries in Europe.
  • At least one of the PIs must be operating in of the following countries: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Türkiye, Ukraine.
  • At least one of the PIs must be a junior independent group leader, within five years of conducting independent research.
  • The outcomes of the innovative project proposed by the consortium must serve as the basis for applying to larger research projects (e.g. HORIZON EUROPE, EIC ACCELERATOR). For this reason, you must indicate in your research proposal what funding opportunity you'll target using the data from your grant-supported project.
  • The connection with one or more EHA specialized working groups (SWGs) must be stated in the application. For example, as part of your application you might indicate that PIs are members of an EHA SWG or include a letter of endorsement from an EHA SWG Chair.
  • The consortium must be newly formed within maximum of one year from initially acquired funding.

If you'll receive funding in addition to the requested EHA support, you must specify this in your project proposal. This additional funding is:

  • Acceptable from public or philanthropic institutions
  • Not acceptable from industry or for-profit entities

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

What the grant covers

For guidance on what you can you do with the funds, read our page about how you can use an EHA Innovation Grant.

How to apply

If you want to submit an application, read our EHA Innovation Grant application guidance.