Fellowship Program 2008

Program 2008

In addition to the already existing EHA-José Carreras Young Investigator Fellowship EHA has established EHA Fellowships to support young researchers in their career development as investigator. Each grant in the 2008 program is for a two-year period. Awards will be made at the 13th EHA Congress in Copenhagen, June 12-15, 2008 and will be payable from January 2009.

Eligible

Research fellowships are intended supporting junior investigators and so are restricted to applicants within 15 years of graduation or with less than 10 years of post-doc experience. All applicants must be, or become, members of EHA when submitting their application. EHA fellowships are also open for members from non-European countries.

Submission

Summission has been closed from February 25, 2008.
A Scientific Jury chaired by Prof. Cristina Mecucci will select the awardees.

EHA - José Carreras Young Investigator Fellowship

The José Carreras Foundation – EHA Young Investigator Fellowship program provides seed grant funds to promising young investigators to encourage and promote quality research in hematology. The fellowship is sponsored through the EHA via unrestricted educational grants from the three European José Carreras Foundations: José Carreras International Leukemia Foundation, Fondation José Carreras pour la lutte contre la leucèmie, Genève and Deutsche José Carreras Leukämie Stiftung e.V.

Funding

The grant is for a two-year period, starting January 1, 2009.

The recipient will receive a total of EUR 84.000 which will be provided in two annual portions of EUR 42.000 to be transferred to the host institution.

From the total grant of EUR 42.000 per year, a maximum of EUR 3.000 per year is paid to the institution for institutional overheads to help defray the costs of administering the project

The remainder of the grant (EUR 39.000 per year) is designed to mainly cover salary expenses up to a maximum of EUR 30.000 per year, including fringe benefits; a maximum of EUR 9.000 per year can be used for expenses (e.g. consumables, travel, equipment) necessary for pursuit of the research project.

EHA Research Fellowships

The EHA research fellowships which are fully sponsored by the EHA, are aimed at promoting high quality European hematological research by junior basic and clinical researchers in the fields of malignant and non-malignant hematological diseases.

Funding

Each grant is for a two-year period, starting January 1, 2009.

The recipient will receive a total of EUR 72,000 which will be provided in two annual portions of EUR 36,000 to be transferred to the host institution.

The grant is designed to mainly cover salary and other expenses (e.g. supplies, equipment and travel) which are necessary for pursuit of the recipient’s research project.

Guidelines

Applicants must be, or become, a member of EHA when submitting their application

Applicants can be a MD or PhD

Applicants with an MD must be in training in a hematology sub-specialty or in a post-graduate training program.

Applicants with a PhD must be working in a hematology research laboratory or hematology department.

Applicants should be within 15 years since graduation or 10 years since PhD achievement.

The sponsoring facility must be an Academic Institution. An institutional commitment is required when the application is submitted and must include a description of institute’s policy regarding institutional overhead costs for externally funded projects.

The primary preceptor must be in the candidate's proposed research field and must assume responsibility and provide guidance for the research

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 highlighting the project’s results and summarizing the use of funds is required at the end of the second year.

The recipient is required to respond to the Association’s request for information on their career progress following the active grant.

Recipients are responsible for presenting their research findings in an oral presentation or poster at the Annual EHA Congress within two years following the ending of the grant period.

Recipients are also strongly encouraged to submit a paper to Haematologica/The Hematology Journal; the official Journal of the EHA.

All scientific publications, oral presentations, press releases or other information emanating from the project financed by the Fellowship must include the following statement: “This research was funded partly by the Grant (number or code) awarded by the European Hematology Association”.

EHA FELLOWSHIP WINNERS 2007

On June 8, Idoya Lahortiga (Belgium) was granted the EHA-José Carreras Young Investigator Fellowship of 42.000 Euro for het study "Investigation of MYB as a target for therapy in T-cell acute lumphoblastic leukemia".

An EHA Research Fellowhip was granted to Michael Milyavsky (Canada), Gaël Roué (Spain), Ulrich Keller (Germany), Michael Heuser (Germany).

The EHA Research Fellowship represents an amount of 36.000 Euro per annum for a period of two years.