INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL for STANDARDIZATION in HAEMATOLOGY
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2026 SCHOLARSHIPS
The ICSH offers two Scholarships: the Carol Briggs-Smalley Scholarship and the Sam Machin Scholarship.
Applications for both ICSH Scholarships are now open.
(Applications will close on Sunday 30th August 2026 at 23:59 BST)
PREVIOUS SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS
2025
2025 ICSH SAM MACHIN SCHOLARSHIP
Dr Aditya Tedjaseputra from the United Kingdom
Standardisation and validation of fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 internal tandem duplication (FLT3-ITD) measurable residual disease (MRD) by ultra-sensitive next generation sequencing (NGS)
2025 ICSH CAROL BRIGGS SMALLEY SCHOLARSHIP
Ms Zo Ee Wong from Australia
Evaluation of CAR T cell quantification methods for monitoring therapy success
2024
2024 ICSH SAM MACHIN SCHOLARSHIP
Dr Razan Zulkeflee from Malaysia
Detection of Latent Iron Deficiency (LID) and Iron Deficiency Anaemia (IDA) using extended Red Blood Cell parameters among pregnant woman
2024 ICSH CAROL BRIGGS SMALLEY SCHOLARSHIP
Mr Niki Lee from Australia
Improving feto-maternal haemorrhage (FMH) quantitation
2023
2023 ICSH SAM MACHIN SCHOLARSHIP
Dr Zi Yun Ng from the United Kingdom
Standardisation of JAK2 p.(Val617Phe) Variant Allele Frequency Testing to
Monitor Disease Status and Treatment Response in Myeloproliferative
Neoplasms (MPN)
2023 ICSH CAROL BRIGGS SMALLEY SCHOLARSHIP
Ms Tara Talebi from Australia
Development of a hydrogel cell mimic of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL)
Mr Shing Sugawara from Japan
Establishment of consensus rules using a novel approach that unifies the
individual subjective interpretation of features for the morphological identification
of schistocytes in accordance with ICSH Recommendations 2021
2022
2022 ICSH SAM MACHIN SCHOLARSHIP
Dr Shao Tneh from the Royal Pert Hospital in Perth WA Australia
Project title: Genetic profiling and Disease Monitoring Using Plasma Cell-Free DNA in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
2022 ICSH CAROL BRIGGS SMALLEY SCHOLARSHIP
Ms Carly Olafson from Canadian Blood Services in Canada
Project title: Standardization of Hemolysis Measurement in Red Cell Concentrates
2021
2021 ICSH CAROL BRIGGS SMALLEY SCHOLARSHIP
Ms Sarah Clarke - Perth WA Australia
Project title: The utility of flow cytometry for detection of IGH translocations in plasma cell myeloma
2020
2020 ICSH CAROL BRIGGS SMALLEY SCHOLARSHIP
Mr Martin Kenny - Dublin, Ireland
Project title: Validation of a new reference method for measuring MPV
2019 ICSH CAROL BRIGGS SMALLEY SCHOLARSHIP
No scholarship allocated
2018 ICSH CAROL BRIGGS SMALLEY SCHOLARSHIP
Mr Vuong Nguyen - Melbourne, Australia
WBC Candidate Flow Reference
2017 ICSH CAROL BRIGGS SMALLEY SCHOLARSHIP
Ms Heather Williams - London, United Kingdom
Characterization of JAK2 Gain of Function GOF mutations using Fluorescence in situ Hybridization FISH in JAK2V617F-negative patients with Myeloproliferative Neoplasms (MPNs)
2016 ICSH CAROL BRIGGS SMALLEY SCHOLARSHIP
Ms Lauren Cavanagh - Sydney, Australia
Quantification of Neutrophil Extracellular Traps in patients with thrombosis and sepsis
2015 ICSH CAROL BRIGGS SMALLEY SCHOLARSHIP
Ms Laura Puigvi Fernandez Barcelona Spain
Analysis of the most relevant quantitative features for the automatic differentiation of normal, reactive abnormal lymphoid and blast cell images from peripheral blood