Research Workforce & Early Career Development Learning Community Open Mic Discussion [Fall 2025 Members Meeting]
As the Fall HRA Members Meeting comes to a close, this open mic session invites attendees to reflect on the insights, strategies, and challenges discussed over the past two days—particularly those impacting the biomedical research workforce and early career development. Rather than focusing on a single theme, this session will…
2025 CEO Roundtables
HRA will be hosting roundtables giving CEOs (including Presidents, Executive Directors, etc) of HRA Member organizations the opportunity to network and learn from their peers. Previous roundtable discussions have covered strategic planning and human resource issues such as remote and hybrid work, compensation, and expanding programs under increasing expense constraints,…
October Grants Administration Community Open Mic
The next Grants Administration Community open mic is on Wednesday, October 22nd from 2:00-3:00 pm ET. This session will focus on non-compliance (e.g. not submitting reports to closeout, returning unspent funds, research misconduct, etc.) and how different organizations handle such issues. We encourage attendees to come ready with questions around this and other…
Program Evaluation Community Call – Introducing RAiD: A Persistent Identifier for Research Projects
In this session, participants will learn about RAiD (Research Activity Identifier), a Persistent Identifier (PID) for research projects that is recognized as the ISO 23527:2022 international standard. Established in 2022 as an international standard for identifying, tracking, and recognizing research projects, RAiD is a new PID that can be used…
Getting the Most Out of Your HRA Membership
Please join Health Research Alliance (HRA) staff to learn more about activities and resources available to HRA members! These sessions are for new member organizations, new staff at existing members, or ANYONE who wants to learn about HRA’s many activities. Please register yourself or encourage your team to register to…
HRA Federal Policy Series: How Researchers, Funders, and Nonprofits are Joining Forces in an Unprecedented Threat Landscape: Finding a Path Forward
The pressures facing biomedical research and nonprofit funders have never been greater. Many members of the HRA community have been working to determine methods for responding to these challenges. Join HRA and Protect Democracy on October 29, 2025 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM for a critical conversation on how researchers, funders, and…
Fall 2025 HRA Members Meeting
Registration is OPEN! Register by October 17 to attend the Members Meeting in-person. The Fall 2025 Health Research Alliance Members Meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 19 – Thursday, November 20 in Alexandria, VA, hosted at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) offices and sponsored by Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation, the Alzheimer’s Association, BrightFocus Foundation, Burroughs Wellcome Fund,…
Navigating Shifts: Impact of Federal Policy Changes on the Biomedical Workforce [Fall 2025 Members Meeting]
Federal policy decisions shape the landscape of biomedical research and profoundly influence the careers, stability, and diversity of the scientific workforce. Ongoing shifts are particularly consequential for early career researchers and workforce development programs, which often serve as the entry points into scientific careers. Understanding and anticipating the effects of…
Lessons in Rare Disease: Funding, Review, and Sustaining Efforts [Fall 2025 HRA Members Meeting]
Rare disease research faces unique funding challenges—limited donor pools, few established researchers, and persistent gaps in scientific knowledge.This session explores creative funding strategies, from forging partnerships to leveraging non-traditional donors, insights into the proposal review process, and examines how to catalyze progress in under-resourced fields. We’ll discuss how to support…
Therapeutic Development Community Session – Not Just Funders: Nonprofits as Ecosystem Builders [Fall 2025 HRA Members Meeting]
Bringing medical breakthroughs from labs to patients takes more than funding — it requires intentional strategies to build supportive communities, provide access to the right tools, and connect innovators with the resources they need. This session will explore how nonprofits are stepping into this broader role: protecting ideas, sparking connections,…
Why are we here and what impact can we have? A reflection of and vision for biomedical research funding and philanthropic and non-profit involvement [Fall 2025 Members Meeting]
This session explores a historical view of how the biomedical research enterprise has been funded and how philanthropic and non-profit organizations fit into this enterprise. Speakers will address the advent of government support for science and its infrastructure in the United States along with how that research funding intertwines with…
What’s the Story? Making Science Funding Meaningful to the Public [Fall 2025 Members Meeting]
In today’s rapidly shifting federal funding landscape, it is critical to be able to clearly articulate the importance of the need to fund innovative and transformative research, from basic science to translational and clinical research. Building public trust is one tool that may help enable more support for scientific research…
Professional Development Workshop: Storytelling for Impact [Fall 2025 Members Meeting]
In this interactive workshop, a professional facilitator will introduce participants to a robust framework for how to narrate and illustrate impact effectively. This framework will help participants how to develop compelling narratives for their specific audiences, craft an effective story arc, and understand the importance of ethical and asset-based storytelling….