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Upcoming Events
Grants Administration Community Call: Grants Management Systems
5/15/25 3-4PM ET
The next Grants Administration Community open mic is on Thursday, May 15th from 3:00-4:00 pm ET. This session will focus on grants management systems (GMS). As a follow-up to the result of the GMS survey last year, we will have small breakout groups to share ideas and tips on how our…
May Misconduct & Ethics Community Call
5/16/25 12-1PM ET
The upcoming Misconduct and Ethics call will serve as a critical touchpoint to reinvigorate the conversation around the community-developed theory of change from 2024. We will guide a discussion centered on the rapidly-evolving contextual factors that are shaping the landscape of ethics and accountability today. Participants will be invited to…
2025 CEO Roundtables
5/21/25 1-2PM ET
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,…
Open Science 201: Training Techniques for Awardees
6/11/25 1-2PM ET
Join the Health Research Alliance Open Science Learning Community to learn about training opportunities, repositories, and techniques to train your awardees on how to be in compliance with open data policies. There will also be a review of consultative services available while establishing your open data and licensing policies. Presenters: Representatives…
Upcoming Meetings
Spring 2025 HRA Members Meeting
Monday, March 10 - Thursday, March 13
The Spring 2025 HRA Members Meeting was held entirely virtually! Sessions were scheduled across multiple days during the week of March 10, 2025. Session Topics Click on the session titles to access session materials and recordings. Welcome Funder Initiatives to Foster Investigator and Community Research Partnerships Monday, March 10, 12…
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 Program Evaluation Community webinar explored different approaches to assessing the long-term impact of funding with fellow members Diane Bovenkamp (VP, Scientific Affairs at BrightFocus Foundation), Brent Dolezalek (VP of Operations, JSMF), and Jen Mortensen (National Director, Program Evaluation, American Heart Association). The discussion covered a range of methodologies, from…
This Grants Administration Open Mic began with a discussion around the competitive LOI process, which you might have seen on the listserv as an active discussion topic with a follow-up survey. Eryn Marchiolo from the Rheumatology Research Foundation joined us to present the survey results, and a robust discussion followed….
The Health Research Alliance (HRA) held a call about the impacts of federal policies and events on nonprofit funders and biomedical science. During this session, we shared data collected in a recent survey of HRA members’ priorities and actions (in aggregate; no identifying information was be shared). We also provided…
Recent News
2021 Impact Report
Dear HRA Members, Once again, HRA and HRA member organizations were challenged with uncertainty and anxiety about what we should be doing in the “here and now,” but also how to prepare for the future. But once again, we all rose to the challenge. We collected data, provided resources and…
January 13, 2022HRA Happenings – June 23rd, 2022
Dear HRA members, Congratulations to HRA and HRA members for being a major part of the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s lead story “Push for Diversity Among Biomedical Grant Makers Gains New Momentum”! Also, help me welcome our newest HRA member organizations! Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation Hearing Health Foundation If you are counting…
June 23, 2022HRA Happenings – May 26th, 2022
Dear HRA members, We have quite a few events planned for this summer, including two to foster professional development for staff of HRA members. Hopefully this is one more perk you can offer to help retain your awesome employees! The event list is long so remember to scroll down to…
May 26, 2022HRA Happenings – April 28th, 2022
Dear HRA members, Congratulations to the Program Committee for putting on another very valuable meeting! Below are the links to the resource page for each session. There you can find the recording, the speaker’s slides, and (for the Open Science and DEI sessions) a document consolidating speakers’ links/resources. The entire…
April 28, 2022HRA Happenings – April 14th, 2022
Dear HRA members, Please help me welcome our newest HRA member organizations! CARRA National Scleroderma Foundation Robertson Foundation Russell Berrie Foundation (FYI – That puts the total number of HRA members at 107!!) HRA Spring Members Meetings (April 20 and 21) *NEW* We have added 2 Networking Sessions at the…
April 14, 2022HRA Happenings – March 17, 2022
Dear HRA members, Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Resources: We have had quite a few webinars in the past few weeks. Links to the slide decks and recordings can always be found on the Resources tab. Misconduct and Ethics Community call This webinar was a first step in helping funders…
March 17, 2022Featured 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.