Applications for 2026 Early-Career Scientific Research Grants Due Dec. 1

The AABB Foundation is accepting applications for its Early-Career Scientific Research Grants Program’s 2026 cycle. The application deadline is Dec. 1.

Recipients of an AABB Foundation Early-Career Scientific Research Grant receive an award of up to $100,000 to advance a one- or two year investigator-initiated, original research project in blood banking, transfusion medicine or biotherapies.

Since 1983, the AABB Foundation has awarded more than $12 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.