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AASLD Autoimmune Liver Diseases Pilot Research Award
Organization
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
1001 N Fairfax St., 4th Fl.
Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone Number (703)299-9766
Emails aasld@aasld.org
education@aasld.org
membership@aasld.org
Level of Study Graduate Degree
Professional Development
Award Type Grant
Prize
Purpose To provide supplementary funding during the pilot phase of basic, translational or clinical research projects in autoimmune liver disease (e.g. autoimmune hepatitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, primary biliary cholangitis) in preparation for future grant applications by the recipient.
Focus Health sciences; Medicine.
Qualifications Applicants must have a faculty appointment at or below the rank of Associate Professor; junior Faculty must be at least three years from their first appointment at the start date of the award (faculty start date must be July 1, 2021 or earlier); be a member of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) at the time of award application and maintain active membership for the duration of the award period; be able to devote at least 20% effort to the research project on which this application is based; individuals employed at the NIH, FDA, and CDC are not eligible to apply; mentors are not required for Associate Professor level applicants or equivalent; not hold federal funding unless they are able to justify the following in their application: the project is truly completely distinct and non-overlapping from existing funding, the proposed work cannot be completed using existing funds; proposed project not be an established project with alternate funding and must be clearly different than existing research portfolio of the PI; be hypothesis based; include only 1-2 aims that can be completed within the one-year award term; if the project is Clinical/Translational/Outcomes Research, intervention must involve a direct clinical interaction with patients, patient clinical data or patient samples; No clinical interaction is required for Basic Research proposals; be conducted at the sponsoring institution within the United States, Canada, or Mexico.
Criteria Candidates will be evaluated based upon their background, their commitment to a research career, the strength of their research project and the environment in which they will conduct the project. Applications will be reviewed based on the written materials submitted. Incomplete applications and applications that fail to adhere strictly to the instructions (including the submission deadline and page limitations) will not be reviewed. All decisions are final.
Funds $20,000
Duration Annual.
Number of Awards 1.
To Apply Applicants must be submit use pages 5-6 of this application as cover pages, include only the required documents and provide signatures; include a header at the upper right corner of each page with your name (last name, first name) and award name; use half-inch margins. Do not use lettering smaller than 10 point; adhere to page limits and complete all sections, applications that do not meet the requirements, in content or format, will not be reviewed; the completed application, letters of support or commitment, and other documents as applicable must be combined in the order listed in the Required Documents section (pages 3-4) and submitted as one PDF document; submit the application via online.
Deadline December 5.
Contact Email: awards@aasld.org.
For more information http://www.aasld.org