Research and Career Development Awards

Research and Career Development Awards

Overview: The AASLD Foundation's primary research funding program supporting innovative liver disease research and career development for hepatologists and researchers.

Funder: AASLD Foundation - the largest medical society supporter of liver disease research in the United States

Geographic Scope: United States

Focus Areas:

Liver disease research and treatment

Career development for early-career investigators

Advanced hepatology training

Topics including:

- Healthcare Disparities for Liver Patients
- Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease
- Liver Cancer
- Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)/Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
- Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH)
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
- Pediatric liver disease
- Transplant hepatology

Award Types:

Pinnacle Research Award in Liver Diseases

Clinical, Translational, and Outcomes Research Award in Liver Diseases

Bridge Award

Pilot Research Awards (disease-specific)

Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Awards

Anna S. Lok Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Award

Joseph R. Bloomer Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Award

Funding History:

2020: $2.2 million total (24 researchers and clinicians)

2022: $1.5 million total (21 researchers and clinicians)

2023: $2 million total (nearly 150 grant recipients)

2024: Over $2.6 million (150 grantees)

Since 2000: Over $63 million awarded to 2,150+ grantees

Eligibility: Researchers and clinicians interested in liver disease

Contact: For more information visit aasldfoundation.org

Mission: To invest in innovative hepatology research and in the people who study and treat liver disease