Applications for AABB Foundation 2025 Scientific Research Grants Now Open

The AABB Foundation encourages researchers worldwide to apply now for the Early-Career Scientific Research Grants Program’s 2025 cycle. Applications will be accepted through Dec. 1. Foundation grant recipients each receive an award of up to $100,000 to further investigator-initiated, original research in blood banking, transfusion medicine or biotherapies. 

“Recognizing the increased cost of conducting research, the AABB Foundation Board of Directors approved an increase in the grant amount from $75,000 to $100,000 each,” said AABB Foundation President Jose Cancelas, MD, PhD, CABP. “We are thrilled to provide greater support to the community of researchers in blood and biotherapies thanks to the generosity of many individual and institutional funding partners.”  

The AABB Foundation’s funding partners include American Red Cross, Beckman Coulter, Blood Centers of America, Coastal Blood Foundation, Fresenius Kabi, Grifols, New York Blood Center, QuidelOrtho, Roche, Santa Barbara Foundation, Topeka Community Foundation and Vitalant.  

Since 1983, the AABB Foundation has awarded more than $11 million in grants to fund the research work of more than 200 scientists, many of whom have gone on to become expert leaders in the blood and biotherapies field. For more information about the AABB Foundation grant eligibility criteria and application process, visit the Early-Career Scientific Research Grants Program web page.