Each year the Society supports hundreds of haematology professionals to attend international conferences, undertake research and advance haematology education.
Member-only grants are available to all member categories, including our free Associate members. See our membership page for more information.
The Early Careers Forum has created the following two documents, giving hints and tips on how to write a successful grant application or abstract submission.
Help to write your Abstract document
Help to write your Grant application document
We strive to promote the work of our members as they advance the practice of haematology. Read stories from our previous grant recipients.
RCPath and RCP also have information on grants that may be useful.
Travel support
Travel Scholarships: support for members to attend international conferences to present their work or for educational purposes.
ASH-BSH Abstract Achievement Award: a joint award for high-scoring abstracts, available to BSH members who are professionals in training.
Global Haematology Scholarships: supports members undertaking short-term educational UK-to-LMIC or LMIC-to-UK trips to gain experience in a different field, learn new research, and/or help establish and strengthen international links.
Research support
BSH genomics grants are designed to support members of the Society who wish to pursue a research or service development project directly relevant to the application of genomics within haematology.
Early-Stage Research Start-up Grants: covers project expenses for early data collection that may lead to full grant proposals.
Cohort Study Grant: a pilot programme supporting the development of UK-based cohort studies of well-defined rare patient populations, generating valuable datasets relating to patient phenotypes, outcome data and research data such as genetic data.
Meeting support
Meeting Support Grant: to help members run small, focused UK-based meetings.
We also help promote meetings and courses through our events programme. Other ways we can help to promote your event.
Medical and undergraduate student support
Student Elective Scholarships: to support members who are UK-based undergraduates who are undertaking electives in the field of haematology.
Additionally, medical and undergraduate students are eligible for our free Associate membership which includes access to all our member-only grants. See our membership page for more information.
External funding
We are regularly notified of funding opportunities from other organisations. Check out the Awards and Prizes page for more details. Sign up to our grants and awards ebulletins via My BSH.
Any questions?
If you have a general query about grants, our frequently asked questions may answer it. Alternatively, you can contact us at [email protected], and we will be happy to help.