American Liver Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships Grant

The American Liver Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship supports early-career researchers in liver biology and disease. This award provides financial assistance for living expenses, allowing recipients to concentrate on their research. Eligible candidates are recent MD or PhD graduates who have completed their training within the last five years. The fellowship aims to enhance the career development of promising researchers while encouraging diversity in the biomedical workforce.

The objective of the Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award is to support the development of promising research trainees and their basic or translational research in the liver field. The Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award encourages the career development of individuals with research potential who require additional research training and experience. The award provides a supplementary stipend to support trainees with living expenses and allow them to focus on their investigational work on liver biology and disease and their transition to a career in independent research.
Funding is a supplement to NIH or non-federal postdoctoral fellowship stipends. Funding is provided directly to the applicant, not the institution.

Eligibility

In order to be eligible for a Liver Scholar Award, the applicant must:Be sponsored by a public or private non-profit institution accredited in the United States and engaged in health care and health-related research.Hold an MD and/or PhD (or equivalent degree) by the start date of this award.Be a postdoctoral or clinical research fellow who has completed their most recent doctoral degree or medical residency within the past five (5) years at the start of the award.ALF is sensitive to personal matters that impact career trajectories. An appropriately documented leave of absence (e.g, parental leave, medical leave, long-term care of a parent/spouse/child/dependent) will not be counted toward the above five-year eligibility criteria. Applicants in this situation must reach out to ALF staff at least three weeks before the application deadline to ask for an exemption.Applicants who are outside of the eligibility time frame because of other exceptional circumstances or because they have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic may also request to be considered for an exemption.Applicants requesting an exemption must reach out to ALF staff via email (research@liverfoundation.org) at least three weeks before the application deadline to ask for an exemption. Exemptions will be provided on a case-by-case basis and must be included in the application package.Be sponsored by a research mentor.Be the recipient of a primary source of federal or non-federal postdoctoral fellowship stipends or other types of salary support (eg, percent effort on mentor’s grant). Be able to guarantee at least 50% protected research time for the duration of the award. Not apply for more than one award offered by the American Liver Foundation.