HIP Resident Award Key Information

Program Benefits

Participants receive a $5,000 honorarium to support their research project, $1,000 for attending the ASH annual meeting, $1,000 after the meeting for presenting their research at the annual meeting, and complimentary ASH membership throughout residency.

Eligibility Requirements

At the time of application, the applicant must:

• Provide a response to the HIP question articulating how the applicant advances the goals of the initiative.
• Be an ASH member in good standing or have a membership application pending. To verify your membership status, please log in to your ASH account. Not an ASH member yet? Take the first step. Submit your membership application at least three weeks prior to the HONORS Award application deadline to allow sufficient time for processing.
• Have an MD/DO or MD/DO-PhD or equivalent and be actively enrolled in an internal medicine, pathology, or pediatric residency program in the United States, Canada, or Mexico.
• Be working on a hematology project (e.g., adult hematology, pediatric hematology/oncology, hematopathology, blood banking/transfusion medicine) in either laboratory research or clinical investigation.
• Have a research mentor at the institution where the research is being performed who is an ASH member in good standing. The mentor may be at the applicant’s home institution or from a different institution. The research mentor will assist in completing the program application, oversee the award recipient’s work, aid the recipient in his/her research, and ensure that the recipient meets all deadlines. A co-mentor is also allowed and only one mentor needs to be an ASH member.
• Have at least 12 continuous months left before completion of their residency at the time of award activation.
• Any visa, citizenship, and/or U.S. work authorization restrictions applicable to receiving the ASH Award are the responsibility of the applicant.

Eligible applicants may not hold other ASH awards during the HIP Resident Award term.

Please note: Conducting your research at an institution other than your home institution may involve a "visiting researcher fee." Be sure to discuss this potential fee with your research mentor to understand it fully and to arrange a plan for covering this expense if needed.

Supported Research

Applicants must submit proposals to conduct research in blood sciences. Proposals that fall within any of the below categories are encouraged:

• Basic Research
• Translational Research
• Patient-Oriented Clinical Research
• Outcomes-Based Research

For additional details on eligible research categories, please consult the Research Definitions page.

Program Mentorship

Each HIP Resident Award applicant must have a research mentor who is an ASH member in good standing. Once accepted to the program, participants are paired with a career development mentor.

Research Mentors

Research mentors are ASH members who assume the responsibilities of overseeing a participant's work and progress. Research mentors will receive a $2,000 allowance for research supplies and a $1,000 travel honorarium to attend the ASH annual meeting with the student the year the work is presented at the HIP Presentations and Reception Event.

The research mentor's responsibilities are primarily to:

• Assist the applicant with the completion of the program application
• Support the participant in the establishment of his/her research experience following honorarium
• Complete and submit an evaluation form describing the research experience and providing suggestions regarding program enhancements
• Assist in the preparation of a short presentation of the participant's research which the participant will present at the ASH annual meeting
• Attend the ASH annual meeting and the participant's presentation in the year of the participant's research experience
• Encourage the student to continue to explore hematology as a career option

Career-Development Mentors

HIP Resident Award career-development mentors are ASH members available to provide professional guidance, career development, and positive role modeling to participants for the program's duration through training and completion of residency..

Career-development mentors receive a $1,000 travel honorarium to attend the ASH annual meeting with the student. The mentor receives this honorarium each year that they travel to the ASH annual meeting with the student during the student's remaining years of medical school and residency.

Volunteer to Be an Award Mentor

ASH is seeking members to serve as research and career-development mentors for the HIP Resident Award Program. To sign up to be an award mentor visit our Get Involved page.

Need Help Finding a Mentor?

ASH knows that trainees, especially medical students and residents, are navigating a lot of new challenges. Finding a mentor shouldn't be one of them, especially given how important these figures are in the early stages of a hematology education and career.

The HIP Medical Student Award and HIP Resident Award each offer applicants who are interested in conducting a hematology-focused research project the option to be matched with a mentor if they have not already established that relationship. Applicants can apply to be student participants in one of several preestablished mentored research projects. Awardees receive honorariums to conduct blood science research under the guidance of their research mentor. In addition, these awardees recipients are paired with a career development mentor who provides sustained career development guidance and support through training and residency.

Explore these awards' pages for full details or contact awards@hematology.org for more information about these and all HIP programs.

Application Process and Required Materials

The HIP Resident Award application is part of ASH's universal application process. This application, along with all supporting documents outlined below, must be submitted through the ASH online awards system. Full application details can be found here.

• NIH Biographical Sketch of the applicant (SciENcv)
• Applicant Research Proposal
• Applicant Personal Statement
• Applicant Career Development Statement
• NIH Biographical Sketch of the research mentor(s) (SciENcv)
• Letter of recommendation submitted on official letterhead from mentor
• Letter of recommendation on official letterhead from co-mentor (if applicable)
• Institutional Commitment Letter

ASH-Roland B. Scott HIP Resident Award

The ASH-Roland B. Scott Award, named for the late Roland B. Scott, MD, is an award that honors Dr. Scott’s legacy and pioneering contribution to sickle cell disease research.

Roland B. Scott, MD, was an American pediatrician and internationally known researcher known for his work on Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and his advocacy on behalf of patients impacted by the illness. Despite not being a hematologist, in 1948 Dr. Scott published a report on the incidence of red cell sickling in newborn infants which helped to change the modern understanding of the disease and would eventually lead to the implementation of newborn screening tests that are now standard practice.

In addition to conducting research and treating patients, Dr. Scott led other physicians in lobbying Congress to pass the Sickle Cell Anemia Control Act of 1971, which provides federal funding for research and treatment of the disease. After the Act’s passage, Dr. Scott opened the Howard University Center for Sickle Cell Disease in 1972 and remained its Director until his retirement in 1990. Until his death in 2002, Dr. Scott was frequently cited as the premier authority on sickle cell diseases.

The ASH-Roland B. Scott Award recognizes the highest-scoring HIP Resident award recipient whose research project is focused on Sickle Cell Disease. The award provides a $16,000 honorarium to support their research, $2,000 for mentor research supplies, and an additional $2,000 for travel to the annual meeting.

Evaluation, Selection, and Notification

Commitment to Hematology / Interest 

• Explain your interest in hematology related research and why you want to engage in this project.

Mentorship & Support

• The mentor should describe the mentoring structure that will support the applicant’s success, including the primary and/or secondary mentor’s relevant experience, approach to mentorship, and planned meeting cadence.
• The institutional letter of support should demonstrate that appropriate resources are available to support the student’s success.

Educational Value / Skills Development 

• Briefly describe what you expect to learn through this project, including the hematology knowledge, practical skills, and experiences you will develop.
• Explain how the project is structured to support your learning and how it aligns with your current career interests or exploration goals.

Feasibility and Project Value

• The research proposal should address, as appropriate: background, significance, originality or innovation, hypothesis and specific aims, preliminary data (if available), research methods and feasibility (particularly with respect to the proposed timeline) and anticipated results and future directions.

Accepted applicants and their mentors will receive official notification of acceptance by April/May. 

There is no limit to the number of applications that an institution and its affiliates may submit. For purpose of fairness and balance, institutions will be limited in the number of awards granted. For this purpose, ASH’s definition of “medical school” encompasses all affiliate institutions (e.g., University of Washington would include the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Children's Hospital, etc.).

While there is no limit on the number of applications on which an individual may be listed as a mentor, this factor will be considered throughout the review process. In general, only one application involving the same mentor will be funded per level/category of similar awards (one funded in HIP Medical Student Flex, one in HIP Resident, one in HONORS Medical Student, and one in HONORS Resident).

Terms and Conditions

All awards will be activated on July 1 and will conclude on June 30 of the following year. Funds are paid directly to the awardee and are non-transferable. If the funding needs to be sent to your institution for visa or institutional rules, an exception can be requested.

As a condition of acceptance of the HIP Resident Award, it is required that:

• All funds must be used to provide the award recipient with an honorarium. Indirect costs (e.g., facilities and administrative costs) are not allowed. Violation will result in the revocation of the award funds.
• The recipient must arrange for their own health insurance either through their institution or independently.
• Any visa, citizenship and/or U.S. work authorization restrictions applicable to receiving the ASH Award are the responsibility of the applicant.
• The recipient must attend the ASH annual meeting, including Hematology Inclusion Pathway specific events (luncheon, presentation, and reception) and present their research.
• The recipient must cite support from the American Society of Hematology in any publication or poster describing research conducted during the award period.
• The recipient must respond to all requests from the Society for information about their career progress following the award period.

Changing Mentors
Please contact awards@hematology.org if you need to change primary mentors. This must be approved by the chair of the ASH subcommittee.

Final Report
After the award period, recipients must complete a final report and survey about their award experience. The report should include a summary of research, manuscript submissions during the award period related to the funded research, presentations (locally and nationally) of the funded research during the award period, educational goals met, and a summary of the usage of funds.  

Extensions
A no-cost extension may be requested, if needed. To request an extension, the award recipient’s mentor should submit a letter to the ASH Awards Department at awards@hematology.org.

Have a Question?

If you have any questions, please contact awards@hematology.org.