OPEN — AASLD Foundation 2027 Pilot Research Award in Hepatocellular Carcinoma; eligible researchers may apply through December 7, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET. $60,000 fixed award; nonprofit host institution required.
National — AASLD Foundation 2027 Pilot Research Award in Hepatocellular Carcinoma ($60,000; December 7)
AASLD Foundation 2027 HCC Pilot Research Award: a $60,000 one-year applicant grant for eligible nonprofit institutional hepatocellular-carcinoma research teams in the U.S., Canada or Mexico. Applications due December 7, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Funding$60,000 fixed individual institutional 2027 HCC Pilot Research Award for one year; no published total program funding pool. One payment at grant initiation; no indirect costs, conference registration, or travel expenses; equipment >=$5,000 requires advance approval. No mandatory cash match stated.
DeadlineFull application due December 7, 2026, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), as explicitly stated in 2027 AASLD Foundation RFA. Award period July 1, 2027 to June 30, 2028.
Last verified2026-11-02
Required next actionRead the official 2027 ten-page HCC Pilot RFA and program page. Verify AASLD membership, rank and at least three years since first faculty appointment for junior faculty, at least 20% project effort, eligible accredited nonprofit US/Canada/Mexico host, AASLD mentor if below Associate Professor, no overlapping funding. Prepare mandatory application cover, eligibility checklist, abstract, biosketches, one-page aims, three-page plan, NIH budget, facilities, other support, chair commitment and mentor letter as applicable, IRB/IACUC forms, and required signatures. Assemble one flat unlocked PDF in prescribed order and submit through liverresearchawards.org by December 7, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Broad Eligibility
Current AASLD-member faculty investigator at or below Associate Professor; junior faculty first appointment on/before July 1, 2024; at least 20% effort; mentor who is AASLD member if Assistant Professor or below. Institution must be accredited US/Canada/Mexico public/private nonprofit health-research organization; NIH/FDA/CDC employees excluded. Original one-to-two-aim HCC research with no overlapping funds. One AASLD Foundation award application per researcher per calendar year.
Atlas Analysis
2026-11-02 official-source full substantive verification: AASLD Foundation 2027 HCC Pilot grant webpage and controlling ten-page 2027 RFA issued Aug 23, 2026, including application cover, eligibility, forms, allowed expenses, submission procedure, application URL. Fixed applicant-level $60,000, award term July 1 2027–June 30 2028, deadline Dec 7 2026 11:59 PM ET. Accredited nonprofit host US/Canada/Mexico, AASLD faculty member <= Associate Professor, 20% effort, appropriate mentor, research project novel and non-overlapping. $5k+ equipment written preapproval; no indirect costs, travel or conference registration; no published universal match or overall funding pool. One payment at start, final reports due Aug 31 2028. Exact document inconsistency: one sentence in RFA p.4 describes $50k limit, conflicting with cover, use-of-funds and budget instructions which agree $60k; public record explains the isolated typo. Submission through liverresearchawards.org as one flattened unlocked PDF with forms and signatures; IRB/IACUC filing when applicable. Source https://www.aasldfoundation.org/awards-programs/pilot-research-award-hepatocellular-carcinoma ; controlling PDF the official 2027 HCC Pilot RFA linked on the AASLD Foundation program page. Real assistance, not procurement.
AASLD Foundation 2027 Pilot Research Award in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
The AASLD Foundation 2027 Pilot Research Award in Hepatocellular Carcinoma, supported by the Jou Family Memorial Fund, provides $60,000 to an eligible sponsoring nonprofit research institution for one year to test innovative ideas in liver cancer research. Applications are due December 7, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. The award period is July 1, 2027 through June 30, 2028. Proposals with little or no preliminary data are welcome; HCC biomarker research receives additional consideration.
Eligible investigators and institutions
The principal investigator must be a current AASLD member, have a faculty appointment at or below Associate Professor, and devote at least 20% effort to the project. Junior faculty must have first held a faculty appointment by July 1, 2024. Applicants at the Assistant Professor level or below require an AASLD-member mentor or co-mentor in good standing. The sponsoring organization must be an accredited public or private nonprofit health-related research institution in the United States, Canada, or Mexico, where the project will be conducted. NIH, FDA, and CDC employees are excluded. Applicants with existing federal grants must demonstrate that the proposed work is wholly distinct and non-overlapping. One AASLD Foundation research-award application per applicant per calendar year is permitted; only one award per institutional department may be funded in this category.
Eligible research and budget limits
Support is for innovative, hypothesis-based basic, clinical, translational, or outcomes research on hepatocellular carcinoma, using one or two aims feasible within the one-year period. Clinical, outcomes, and translational studies must involve patient interaction, clinical information, or samples as applicable. Funds support appropriate direct project expenditures; equipment purchases costing $5,000 or more require prior written Foundation approval. Indirect costs, conference registration, and travel expenses are not allowable. There is no mandatory cash-matching percentage in the controlling RFA. The Foundation expects to disburse the $60,000 in one payment at award initiation, with unspent funds returned after the term. The application RFA has an isolated outdated $50,000 reference in a narrative sentence; the controlling cover, award details and required budget each explicitly state $60,000.
Required application and submission
Read the official AASLD Foundation program announcement and the controlling 2027 ten-page Request for Applications and included forms. Submit at liverresearchawards.org by December 7, 2026, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Assemble the required completed and signed cover pages and eligibility checklist, project abstract, NIH-format biosketches (five pages each), one-page Specific Aims, three-page Research Plan, NIH PHS 398 detailed budget and justification, research facilities and other support disclosures, one-page candidate statement, department-chair commitment confirming 20% effort, the mentor recommendation where applicable, and the required IRB/IACUC forms. Submit the components as one flattened, unlocked PDF in the required sequence. Apply for IRB/IACUC approval when relevant; verification is required before an award is issued. The application instructions specify page limits and a mandatory filename convention.
Only genuine research-grant applicants are eligible; this is financial assistance, not a procurement opportunity. The Foundation does not publish a universal overall program funding pool or a separate match requirement for this award. Official details verified November 2, 2026.
Source verificationReferenced source · www.aasldfoundation.orgAtlas last verified this record 2026-11-02. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
