24.02.2003

CALL FOR APPLICATION

YOUNG INVESTIGATOR JOSÉ CARRERAS FOUNDATION - EHA

FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

 

Eligibility and objective

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 fellowships are sponsored through the society via unrestricted educational grants from the José Carreras Foundation.

The applicant must be a MD or PhD and EHA member who, at the time of application, is in training in a hematology sub-speciality, post-graduate training program and is not older than 38 years. The applicant should be working in a research laboratory or hematology clinical department. The sponsoring facility must be an academic institution. An institutional commitment at the time of the grant is required. The primary preceptor must be in the candidate’s proposed research field and must assume responsibility and provide guidance for the research.

Submission

Applicants should submit a scientific proposal in 10-fold that includes descriptions of background of the proposed project, specific aims of the project and plan of investigation, relevant literature (in total, no more than 6 pages, double-spaced), a budget proposal, a biographical sketch of the applicant, and a letter of agreement signed by the chairman of the department of the institution. Applications should be mailed to:

EHA Executive Office

“De Blaker” Building

Westblaak 11p

3012 KC ROTTERDAM

The Netherlands

Phone: +31 10 4361760

Fax: +31 10 4361817

E-mail: executive.office@ehaweb.org

before March 31, 2003

For further information see www.ehaweb.org

Funding

The grant is for a two-year period, starting in January 2004. The successful fellow will receive a total of EU 37,500 per annum, of which the institution receives EU 2,500 to help defray the costs for administering the project.

The grant funds are directed to the sponsoring institution and may provide support for salary, supplies, equipment, travel, etc. necessary for the pursuit of the recipient’s research project. Funds are provided by one of the José Carreras foundations established in Europe:

• José Carreras International Leukaemia Foundation

• Foundation José Carreras pour la lutte contre la leucèmie, Genève

• Deutsche José Carreras Leukämie Stiftung e.V.

It is both permissible and encouraged for a José Carreras Foundation – EHA grant recipient or applicant to seek additional funding concurrent with the EHA grant. Additional funding should be disclosed to EHA in writing.

Reporting and public acknowledgement

At the conclusion of the grant period, a final report is required highlighting the project’s progress and summarizing the use of the funds. In accordance with the goals of the EHA to assist with the careers of young investigators, the recipient is required to respond to the association’s requests for information on their career progress following the active grant. Grant recipients are responsible for presenting their research findings in an oral presentation or poster at the annual meeting within two years following the conclusion of the grant period. All scientific publications, oral presentations, press releases, or other information emanating from the project financed by the fellowship must include a statement as follows: “This research was funded partly by the fellowship (number or code) awarded by the José Carreras Foundation and the European Hematology Association”.