| IMPORTANT NOTE: |
| Please be informed non-selected projects from previous years may be resubmitted if they meet the eligibility criteria. |
Please make sure to check the eligibility criteria before submitting your project!
Project Submission page
Submit your project through the online submission tool available here below. We recommend to use Google Chrome when uploading your project.
Please be informed you will need to create a user profile before being able to submit your project. Once you have created your user profile, you will be able to submit your project.
Useful tip!
You will be able to start and save your project and submit it a a later stage when your project is totally finalised.
Deadline
- Project Submission Deadline: 4 December 2023, midnight (CET)
Participation requirements PACE Award: PAtient CEntricity 2024
Who can apply?
The candidate must fulfill all criteria below:
- be a natural person
- be a member of the BHS
- may not be an employee of the parmaceutical industry
The BHS encourages projects that:
- involves a multidisciplinary team: the project must be supervised by a hematologist but the project leader can be one paramedical professional practicing in a hospital setting (ie. nurse, social worker, pharmacist, physiotherapist)
- consults patients or patient organisations
Which projects are eligible?
- Clinical projects focused on the optimisation of care for patients with blood disorders, both in hospital or outpatient setting (but with a link to the hospital)
- the project must not fall within the definition of clinical research and may not be directly or indirectly linked to the use of a specific pharmaceutical speciality
- the project must be carried out in compliance with the Protection of Privacy Law.
Please make sure to check the eligibility criteria before submitting your project!
Application requirements?
The application must preferably be written in English** and must consist of :
- an information form containing the different project members and including the curriculum vitae of the applicant
- a summary in abstract format with a maximum of 2500 characters (including spaces) for possible publication in the Belgian Journal of Hematology
- a detailed project form with a maximum of 3 pages including a budget estimate
* templates are available on the website: https://bhs.be/practice/pace-award
** applications in French or Dutch are acceptable, but the abstract/summary must be in English
Evaluation criteria:
- relevance and impact of the project in the improvement of patient care (25%)
- feasibility of the project (25%)
- originality of the project in terms of the proposed theme (25%)
- multidisciplinarity aspect of the project (10%)
- Consultation of patients or patient organisations (10%)
- relevance of the budgetary estimate (5%)
Only submission through the online form is possible. Submissions sent by e-mail will not be considered.
PACE Award
A total cash prize award of 20.000 euros will be given to a maximum of 2 winners.
Please note, the prize money cannot be allocated to fund a salary, but it can cover activity and material costs.
The results of the PACE Award will be announced during the 2024 General Annual Meeting of the BHS.
The BHS PACE award has been made possible with an unrestricted grant from the industry.
