CSL Behring Encouragement Grant in haemostasis & thrombosis

In collaboration with the BSTH, CSL is pleased to announce the donation of an Encouragement Grant of 10.000€.

The goal of this Encouragement Grant is to provide support for physicians, basic research scientists and other healthcare professionals active in the field of Haemostasis and Thrombosis, to advance their expertise in this field. Project selection will be broad and may include in principle every (sub)project, internship abroad, educational purpose in the domain of Haemostasis and Thrombosis.

In all cases, the Encouragement Grant intends to allow clinicians, nurses, research scientists and other HCPs to extend their expertise and achieve cutting-edge results.

Submission criteria and guidelines

Application:

Application form
Deadline: 31 October 2026 (23:59h)
Only electronic submission* is accepted at secretariat@bsth.be

Jury:

BSTH Board

Francois Delvoye, CHU Liège

Microvascular Thrombo-inflammation after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage related to Aneursym Rupture: a Novel Approach to Treat Delayed Cerebral Ischemia

Quintijn Bonnez, KU Leuven Campus Kulak

Prime editing: Towards precise correction of dominant mutations from congenital TTP patients

Mandy Grootaert, UC Louvain

Revisiting LOX-1 as a promising therapeutic target for atherosclerosis: Impact of LOX-1 inhibition on platelet activation and bleeding risk

Sarah Vandelanotte, KU Leuven Campus Kulak

Endothelial cell targeted gene therapy as a long-term treatment of von Willebrand disease

Kymentie Ferdinande, UZ Gent

On Haemostasis in Chronic Liver Disease

Senna Staessens, KU Leuven Campus Kulak

Towards improving thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke: an interdisciplinary approach combining computer systems biology with novel therapeutic targets

Matthias Engelen, KU Leuven

For his research: Contact activation in atrial fibrillation and ischemic heart disease – from pathophysiology to new therapeutic strategies

Charlotte Dekimpe, KU Leuven Campus Kulak

For her research project on gene therapy for TTP: Gene therapy for congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura using adenovirus/Sleeping Beauty transposon hybrids

Christophe Vandenbriele, KU Leuven

On his research project 'The role of the contact activation pathway in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)'

Elien Roose, KU Leuven Campus Kulak

To work for three months with Dr. Mihaela Delcea at the Centre for Innovation Competence - Humoral Immune Reactions in Cardiovascular Diseases (ZIK HIKE, University of Greifswald, Germany) on the elucidation of the unfolding of ADAMTS13 using ITC and AFM.

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CSL Encouragement Grant in Haemostasis & Thrombosis

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