July 12, 2023
The AABB Foundation recently announced the recipients of the 2023 Early-Career Scientific Research Grants.
Tessa Barrett, BSc (Hons), PhD; Elliott J. Hagedorn, PhD; Erika Marques de Menezes, PhD; Shang-Chuen Wu, PhD; Julia Z. Xu, MD, MScGH; and Patricia E. Zerra, MD, will each receive a grant of up to $75,000 to further a one- or two-year research project. These are the latest researchers to receive funding from the AABB Foundation, which has fueled research in the fields of transfusion medicine and biotherapies since 1983.
“On behalf of the Scientific Research Grants Review Committee, I want to congratulate the 2023 grant recipients on their tremendous accomplishments,” said chair Jim Gorham, MD, PhD. “We are thrilled to welcome a new cohort of promising investigators to a prestigious group of researchers whose Foundation-funded research has unlocked breakthrough after breakthrough in transfusion medicine.”
The 2023 grants will fund research in the following areas:
Additionally, the application period for the 2024 cycle of the Early-Career Scientific Research Grants Program opened Saturday, July 1. The AABB Foundation awards grants to scientists engaged in original research in an area related to blood banking, transfusion medicine, biotherapies or patient blood management.
The AABB Foundation Scientific Research Grants Review Committee evaluates grant applications on scientific merit, focus and appropriateness to the scope of funding, and likelihood of yielding meaningful data. Additional information about the eligibility criteria, application process and previous recipients is available on the Early-Career Scientific Research Grants Program web page.
The application deadline is Dec. 1. AABB encourages researchers worldwide to apply.