Sponsoring a colleague

Sponsoring a colleague

Every day, blood transfusion and cellular therapy professionals around the world work tirelessly to keep donors and patients safe. However, annual membership fees remain out of reach for many colleagues. By sponsoring a member, you connect a colleague directly to vital global research, educational resources, working party collaboration, and the ISBT community, to name but a few benefits.

How recipients are chosen

ISBT runs an established Exempt Membership program where professionals in financial need can receive a free one-year individual membership. Statutory requirements limits the program to 5% of the total individual membership. Sponsorships will be used for applicants qualifying for Exempt Membership but who could not be accommodated.

Professionals who are actively working in the field of blood transfusion and:

living in low-, lower-middle- or upper-middle-income countries (as defined by the World Bank Index), or

in high-income countries under special circumstances, such as refugees.

How to support

You can help sponsor a colleague in need with a donation starting at just €10. To put this into perspective, our lowest individual membership tier begins at €30 per year.

Every contribution helps welcome a new colleague into the ISBT community.