EHA Partner Fellowship
As part of the Career Development Program, the EHA Partner Fellowship Program is dedicated to junior hematologists from new accession and European Union candidate countries and developing countries.
The EHA Partner Fellowship facilitates the development of a collaborative network between hematology institutes in Western Europe and new accession and candidate countries of the EU and developing countries.
EHA’s Partner Fellowship Program supports the career development of young scientists who are involved in basic and clinical research in hematology by facilitating opportunities to work at host institutes in Western Europe.
Funding
A maximum of two awards will be granted. Funding is for a maximum of three years at € 50.000 per year, which includes:
- € 10.000 per year to the host institute to cover administrative, facilities, supplies, travel and/or housing costs related to the recipient’s project.
- A salary of € 40.000 per year for the recipient, to be paid through the home institute.
Guidelines
- Applicants must reside in a new accession or candidate country of the EU or a developing country as listed. Click here to view the list of New accession and EU candidate countries.
- Applicants must hold an MD or PhD or equivalent and be engaged in clinical or biological research in hematology.
- MD graduation may be no more than 12 years ago or the applicant may have no more than 8 years of post-doc experience after PhD graduation.
- Applicants must be, or become, members of EHA upon submitting their application.
- Home and host institutes must be academic research or clinical hematology centers.
- The host institute must provide all facilities for the applicant’s project.
- The head of the applicant’s host department/institute and applicant must agree to be responsible to EHA regarding project development, implementation and budgeting.
- The head of the applicant’s home department/institute must agree to be responsible to EHA regarding payment of salary to the recipient.
- The host institute must provide the fellow with the opportunity to attend the EHA Annual Congress.
- Applicants are encouraged to return to their home country after the fellowship.
- The applicant may not have any other career development funding provided by EHA at the time of application.
Reporting
An interim report highlighting the project's progress and summarizing the use of funds is required at the end of the first year. A final report is required at the end of the second year.
Recipients are required to respond to EHA's requests for information related to their career progress following the active grant.
Recipients are encouraged to present their research findings in an oral presentation or poster at the Annual Congress of EHA within two years following the end of the grant period.
Recipients are strongly encouraged to submit a paper to Haematologica/The Hematology Journal, the official journal of EHA.
All scientific and oral presentations, press releases and other information coming out of the project financed by the grant must include the following statement: "This research was funded partly by the Grant (number or code) awarded by the European Hematology Association."
Selection
Applications will be reviewed by the Fellowships & Grants Committee who will select the final awardees. An interview of shortlisted applications will be part of the selection process.
How to Apply
Submit the required documents of your research proposal (as detailed below) to fellowships.grants@ehaweb.org. All required documents must be collated and submitted as one single pdf file. The file should be named as follows: LastName_FirstName-PartnerFellowship2012.pdf.
Application for 2013 program is closed.
Required Documents
Applicant’s project proposal should be in English and include:
- Scientific Proposal
- Financial/Budget Plan
- A biographical sketch (CV) of the applicant
- A specification of the home institution, laboratory and contact person/supervisor for the development of the project and a description of the host institution and laboratory where the project will be conducted.
- A letter of recommendation, signed by the head of the applicant’s department
- A letter of agreement, signed by the home and host institutes and the applicant, describing their:
- mutual collaboration and the way in which the project will benefit a longer term relationship between the institutes,
- willingness to facilitate the exchange/hosting of the applicant, and
- responsibility for successful performance of the research project.
- A specification of any additional funding obtained by the applicant.