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Upcoming Events
Funder Initiatives to Foster Investigator and Community Research Partnerships [Spring 2025 HRA Members Meeting]
3/10/25 12-1:30PM ET
This session will provide lessons learned from the development of funding initiatives to promote and support investigator and community partnerships. Speakers will discuss specific tips for developing funding opportunities, novel programmatic elements, how to foster equal and mutually beneficial partnerships, and where feasible, the results of the partnerships. The session…
Navigating Change: Preparing for Policy Shifts and Their Impact on Research Funding [Spring 2025 HRA Members Meeting]
3/10/25 3-4PM ET
Please note: due to the nature of this topic, the recording of this session will not be posted. Instead, a written summary of the session will be posted as a members-only download. Changes that result from new administrations present an opportunity to assess, strengthen, or rethink approaches in support of…
Professional Development in the Nonprofit Sphere: How to Advance and Grow in Your Position [Spring 2025 HRA Members Meeting]
3/11/25 2-3PM ET
Engage with other HRA members and learn from your peers strategies for moving up in your organization! This session will feature panelists at various career stages and different professional backgrounds such as HR representatives and government officials. In this session, we plan to discuss how you can navigate the promotion…
Learning Community Open House [Spring 2025 HRA Members Meeting]
3/11/25 3:30 - 4PM ET
All members are invited to join HRA for this informal session to hear about HRA’s learning communities and their goals, meet the community co-chairs and other community members, and discuss what is in store for these groups in 2025. We’ll open the session with a quick overview of HRA’s 9…
Upcoming Meetings
Spring 2025 HRA Members Meeting
Monday, March 10 - Thursday, March 13
The Spring 2025 HRA Members Meeting will be held entirely virtually! Sessions will be scheduled across multiple days during the week of March 10, 2025. Session Topics Please register for each session individually. Click on the session titles to access session materials and registration links. Welcome Funder Initiatives to Foster Investigator…
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 Therapeutic Development Learning Community session explored balancing the drive for open science with the need to protect key aspects of a scientist’s work if the goal is one day to have developed a new therapeutic, diagnostic or medical device. Therapeutic Development Community Co-Chairs Maaike Everts, PhD, Executive Director,…
In biomedical research, race and ethnicity are used to track health disparities or to recruit diverse groups of participants. However, they can also be used in ways that reinforce harmful assumptions or stereotypes. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine were tasked with establishing an ad hoc committee to…
This Grants Administration Community open mic included a discussion around post-award monitoring and issues, such as handling change requests—including rebudgeting, institution transfers, and more—and reporting requirements and difficulties (such as late reports and policies around this).
Recent News
HRA 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, 2023HRA Happenings – February 16, 2023
Dear HRA members, We have a few exciting announcements before listing Upcoming Events and Member Resources. Welcome to HRA’s newest staff member – Jenna Hicks! Jenna is our new Inclusive Grantmaking Initiative Project Lead and Civic Science Associate. We thank the Doris Duke Foundation and the Rita Allen Foundation for…
February 16, 2023Exploring the Value of Open (EVO) Program
Hi HRA Members, I hope you are all as excited about OSTP’s recently issued memorandum on Increasing Equitable Access to Federally Funded Research Results as I am! There is definitely growing momentum in support of research sharing, and HRA is here to help you capitalize on that momentum. Our new…
September 6, 20222022 Impact Report
Dear HRA Members, I hope that 2023 is off to a great start. It definitely is for HRA, and follows a very productive 2022! Please explore HRA’s 2022 Impact Report (or the interactive version below) to learn about all the valuable things HRA and HRA members accomplished in 2022. As…
January 17, 2023COVID-19 Impact on Biomedical Research Funding Organizations
COVID-19 Impact on Biomedical Research Funding Organizations A Survey of the Health Research Alliance Membership The COVID-19 pandemic has and continues to create a disruptive and measurable imprint on nonprofit organizations. In addition to disrupting the health and safety of the workforce, the pandemic challenges the fundamental ways nonprofits are…
January 19, 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.