EHA-ASH Research Exchange Award

The intent of the program is to give both clinical and laboratory-based researchers an opportunity to establish new collaborations and experience research in a different environment.

This program will benefit not only the individual participants, but also each host institution, as it will build stronger ties between the North American and European scientific community.

New Increased Award Amount

The award amount - EURO 75,000 - will be paid in one lump sum to the home institution to be spent in accordance with the budget submitted with the application. The award money should cover supplies, travel, housing, and a per diem.

Indirect costs will not be covered.

ASH and EHA will pay for the award recipients to attend either the ASH or EHA annual meeting in the year in which they conduct research abroad. Additional funding will cover airline travel, registration fees, and hotel accommodations for up to four nights

Eligibility

As of the letter-of-intent deadline:

• Applicants must be an active member of either ASH or EHA.
• Applicants must hold a doctoral degree (for example, MD, PhD, DO).
• Applicants must be in a post-graduate hematology training program or actively engaged in laboratory or clinical research
• It is the applicant’s responsibility to secure a host institution, one home institution mentor, and one host institution mentor (mentors are not required to be members of ASH and/or EHA), and to secure the necessary visa for conducting the research experience
• If the applicant is from Europe, the host institution must be in North America, and if the applicant is from North America, the host institution must be in Europe.
• Award period is a maximum of two years.
  • A minimum of 10 months must actually be spent at the host institution participating in the research experience.
• The host institution and host mentor must serve as a resource for the award recipient in relocating and finding temporary housing; this support will not be a part of the award.
• Awards will not be made two years in a row to the same host/home institutions.

If a researcher is interested in applying but does not have a host institution arranged, the researcher may request to be matched with an institution by ASH staff.

For more information about the EHA-ASH Research Exchange Award, please contact Elisa Shea, ASH Awards Manager, via e-mail or by phone at 202-776-0544.