Become a Member

Welcome! The Health Research Alliance (HRA) is a coalition of member institutions comprising over 100 nonprofit, nongovernmental funders of biomedical and health research. Our members are united by the collective mission of maximizing the impact of research to improve human health. When an organization joins this collaborative and diverse group of funders, its entire staff gains direct access to HRA member communications, events, and resources.

Please choose the path below that best fits your needs:

🏢 For Organizations

My organization is NOT an HRA member yet, and we want to apply for institutional membership. This institutional membership includes all staff within the organization.

To be eligible for membership, organizations must be:

  • Non-governmental
  • Not-for-profit
  • Fund biomedically relevant research and/or training
  • Select award recipients based on transparent, documented, objective scientific merit using a rigorous scientific review.* Please refer to these merit review guidelines.
  • Make a list of awarded grants freely available to the public through publication of an annual report, publishing the list of grants on the organization’s website, or via the organization’s 990
  • Aligned with HRA’s mission

*HRA recognizes that organizations who could most benefit from our resources might not yet be implementing “best practices” with respect to scientific review, for instance. We have created a two-year introductory membership for those organizations. Please Contact Us to inquire about this possibility.

Apply as an Organization

👤 For Staff & Employees

My organization IS already an HRA member, and I need a personal account to access member benefits.

If your employer is already an HRA member (see Member List here), you are eligible for a Staff Account to access webinars, communications, and member-only content on the website. There is no limit to the number of staff accounts a member organization can have.

Create My Staff Account

Are you an unaffiliated individual or researcher?

HRA is an organization-based coalition; we do not offer personal individual  memberships. To stay connected with our community and public updates, we invite you to follow HRA on LinkedIn.