Overview
HFA grant for young investigators and clinicians to undertake heart failure research or training for at least three months at a centre in another ESC member country.
The programme
- Focus
- Heart failure
- Training type
- Research / Training Grant
- Duration
- Minimum 3 months (funding up to 4 months)
- Start
- Exchange must start by May of the year after application
- Positions
- Not stated on official page
- Accreditation
- HFA (ESC); preference for ICARe-HF Accredited Centres
- Department
- Not stated on official page
Eligibility and visa
- Eligibility
- Under 40; HFA member or fellow; MD not yet in a permanent/senior/consultant post with demonstrated HF expertise, or PhD holder; project prepared with host centre
- International applicants
- Training must be outside own country in an ESC member country; citizenship or residence in a low/middle-income country is weighted (20%) in selection
- Visa support
- Grant validation subject to visa approval; fellow arranges visa and paperwork
- Licence requirement
- Not stated on official page
How to apply
- Deadline
- Application period 10 April – 30 September; results in December
- Application method
- Online application with project proposal prepared with the host centre
Funding
- Funding
- €2,500 per month, maximum €10,000