Eligible Donor Benefits
Qualified donors receive meaningful compensation and support at every step — here’s what’s included.
NexGen recruits and qualifies healthy donors whose cells may help support research into future therapies.
Qualified donors receive meaningful compensation and support at every step — here’s what’s included.
Compensation is provided at every step, not just the final visit.
Eligible donors may donate white blood cells up to six times per year.
Earn $50 for every friend who qualifies and donates.
Round-trip transportation is arranged for your collection visit.
Enjoy lunch on us — for you and a companion — during your collection.
*Total compensation varies by donation type and is confirmed during registration and screening.
Qualified donors may be compensated at multiple steps in the process, not only for the donation visit itself. Steps happen in order — the last step depends on which type of donation you’re asked to complete.
Steps 1–3 apply to every donor. Step 4 depends on whether you’re asked to donate white blood cells or blood stem cells. Amounts and time estimates shown are approximate and may vary — final compensation is confirmed during registration.
A quick look at the general criteria NexGen uses to identify potential donors. Begin your journey.
You are between 18 and 40 years of age.
You live in South Florida (between Miami & Jupiter).
You are willing to donate white blood cells.
Final eligibility is confirmed during the screening and health history review.
Recruiting healthy donors to support medical research.
NexGen is a donor recruitment program that identifies and qualifies healthy volunteers whose blood or blood-derived cells may be collected for research use. NexGen is powered by Gift of Life Biologics and Gift of Life Marrow Registry, which brings over 30 years of experience recruiting and screening healthy donors to save lives.
Donated cells help researchers study cell-based therapies and future treatments.
Eligibility is reviewed before any donor moves forward.
The NexGen team explains each step before donation.
Occurred to date, supporting transplantation and ongoing medical research.
Cell and gene therapy research depends on access to donated cells from healthy volunteers.
Read more about our missionQualified NexGen donors may help provide the biological materials researchers need to study new approaches and develop future therapies.
Read more about our mission
“Having donated for research, I feel connected to so many people around the world. I have learned about the meaning of caring for your community.”
“I know my donation will go on to help research that can ultimately find life-saving measures for many patients. It was something so small I could do to help the greater world!”
“I was given first class treatment. It was really comfortable and it was all I could ask for. This is a valuable cause and clearly you are donating to people who need it.”
Start registration or connect with the NexGen team to learn more.
