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Upcoming Events
April Misconduct and Ethics Community Call
4/29/24 1-2PM ET
Please join the Misconduct and Ethics Community for their next call on Monday, April 29th from 1-2PM EST. First, we are thrilled to introduce our new community co-chair, Tammy Collins! Tammy is with the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and has a wealth of experience in this space, including at NIH. We…
May DEI Community Call: Promoting Diversity in Clinical Trials
5/1/24 1-2PM ET
Historically, clinical trials did not always recruit participants who represented the individuals most affected by a particular disease, condition, or behavior. This has created gaps in our understanding of disease and can impede the quality of health care. Clinicians and researchers should carefully consider the inclusion or exclusion criteria for…
Professional Development Workshop: Leading Up, Down, and Across
5/22/24, 12:00-1:30PM ET; 6/6/24 2:30-4:00PM ET
As part of HRA’s Professional Development Program, we are excited to announce our upcoming virtual workshop titled “Leading Up, Down, and Across,” led by Molly Grisham, an experienced workshop facilitator and executive coach. This workshop is open to all HRA members at every career level and will be interactive, involving both large and…
May Open Science Community Call
5/29/24 1-2PM ET
The Open Science Learning Community is thrilled to announce a new initiative in collaboration with Greg Tananbaum and Erin McKiernan of the Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA). We heard loud and clear in our recent survey and at the spring member’s meeting open science session that many of our member organizations are grappling with…
Upcoming Meetings
Fall 2024 HRA Members Meeting
Tuesday, October 1 - Wednesday, October 2
The Fall 2024 Health Research Alliance Members Meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 1 – Wednesday, October 2 in Alexandria, VA, hosted at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) offices. The meeting will also be streamed online. More details will be shared here as they are available! HRA…
Our Mission
The Health Research Alliance, a collaborative member organization of nonprofit research funders, is committed to maximizing the impact of biomedical research to improve human health.
BY THE NUMBERS
over 55,000
Awards contained in HRA Analyzer
$17.6
Billion total HRA member funding in HRA Analyzer
$1 Bil
February is Heart Health month. HRA Members provide over 1 billion dollars in support for Cardiovascular Research!
Latest Resources
This Grants Administration Community open mic focused on sharing tools and tricks (including AI and considerations around LLMs) to make our grants admin lives easier. Participants discussed tools like grants administration system features for automation and post-award management, Smartsheet for project management, and various AI tools for use by both funders…
The ORCID US Community team for presented on the benefits of ORCID consortium membership for funders. For example, linking your awards with your awardees’ and reviewers’ ORCID records enables you to: Improve your ability to track the impact of your awards and your awardees, even after the end of the…
This Grants Administration Community open mic discussion was a discussion around PEER REVIEW! We’ve had a lot of pre-and-post-award topic recently and are delighted to revisit one of our favorite and most frequently questioned topics. This can include reducing bias in peer review, best practices for scientific review, the review…
Recent News
HRA Opens Search for New Executive Director
Dear HRA members and community, On behalf of the Health Research Alliance board and the executive search committee, we are excited to share that the job announcement for the position of Executive Director at HRA has been posted. View the full position profile here. We encourage all interested candidates to…
February 21, 20242023 Impact Report
Dear HRA members, In addition to sharing HRA’s 2023 Impact Report to celebrate our year of collective achievements, Jenna and I want to express our sincere appreciation for your on-going support and dedication to the mission of HRA. We could not have made the impact we did without you! We…
January 11, 2024HRA Happenings – November 2, 2023
Dear HRA members, We are packing quite a bit into the last two months of 2023 – hope you can take advantage of the many opportunities listed below. Check it out The new and improved Member Profiles page is live on HRA’s website! This public-facing page displays member organization’s names,…
November 3, 2023HRA Happenings – August 16, 2023
Dear HRA members, I am starting this newsletter with major HRA staff news! Goodbye Annette ☹ After 13 years helping HRA grow to be the fantastic organization it is today, Annette is stepping down to take advantage of other opportunities. I am thrilled for Annette, but of course it’s a…
August 16, 2023HRA Happenings – June 27, 2023
Dear HRA members, Happy Summer! HRA will continue to host events throughout the summer, though with less frequency. Upcoming events are listed below, as are links to new resources. Included in those resources are 3 of our newest types of resources – “Key Ideas.” Check them out! Also – please…
June 27, 2023HRA Happenings – April 13, 2023
Dear HRA members, As you can tell by the VERY long list below – we have been (and will continue to be) quite busy this spring! It was fantastic to see so many of you (both in-person and on zoom) for the Members Meeting hosted by the Arnold and Mabel…
April 13, 2023Featured Platform
HRA Analyzer
Demonstrating the impact of HRA Member funding
The HRA Analyzer is a real time, searchable database of awards made by its 75 members. As of the launch, the database represents $8.9 billion in funding and over 31,000 separate grants from 2006 to the present. Check out Digital Science’s blog post of the HRA-UberResearch partnership.