National — AASLD Foundation 2027 Clinical, Translational and Outcomes Research Award in Liver Diseases ($200,000; December 7)

AASLD Foundation 2027 CTORA program: $200,000 fixed one institutional career-development research award over 2 years ($100,000/year. Applicant and institutional eligibility defined in official 2027 RFA. Applications due December 7, 2026, 11:59 p.m. Eastern.

Funding$200,000 fixed one institutional career-development research award over 2 years ($100,000/year; $25,000 quarterly installments) July 2027–June 2029. Not the overall program pool. Annual continuation conditional on reporting and eligibility. PI salary, technical support, non-capital laboratory supplies, and up to $2,000 travel only in final year for The Liver Meeting permitted. No general indirect costs, conference-registration fees or other travel costs. Additional institutional support expected but no fixed mandatory match percent.

DeadlineApplication deadline December 7, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), per official 2027 RFA; award term specified in grant description.

Last verified2026-11-02

Required next actionReview original current 2027 award notice https://www.aasldfoundation.org/awards-programs/clinical-translational-and-outcomes-research-award-ctora and controlling Request for Applications the controlling 2027 RFA PDF linked from the funder's official program page; verify applicant academic appointment date, AASLD membership, eligible sponsoring institution, research project scope, effort requirement, mentor commitments and exclusion of conflicting award support; assemble exact forms, research components, signed letters and IRB/IACUC disclosures in a flat unlocked PDF, then submit via liverresearchawards.org before December 7, 2026, 11:59 p.m. ET.

Broad Eligibility

Current AASLD-member investigator within first five years of first faculty appointment, including overseas positions, as of July 1 2027 (first appointment July 1 2022 or later), or firm chair commitment to faculty appointment by grant start, sustained through term; 50% effort, AASLD mentor in good standing, and accredited nonprofit USA/Canada/Mexico institution; NIH/FDA/CDC employees ineligible, prior/current comparable early-career salary awards disqualifying. Must pursue clinical, translational or outcomes liver research.

Atlas Analysis

2027 AASLD Foundation Clinical, Translational and Outcomes Research Award in Liver Diseases (CTORA)

This competitive applicant-facing institutional research award of $200,000 over two years ($100,000 per year) supports early-career investigators conducting clinical, translational, or patient-outcomes research relating to liver diseases. Applications must be received by December 7, 2026, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. The award runs July 1, 2027 through June 30, 2029, with $25,000 quarterly disbursements and annual continuation subject to required progress and financial reporting.

Who qualifies

Applicants must be AASLD members and within five years of first faculty appointment when the award starts (first appointment no earlier than July 1, 2022, including outside North America), or have a formal department-chair commitment to a faculty position by the July 1, 2027 start and throughout the grant. Researchers must devote at least 50% effort and have an AASLD-member mentor/co-mentor. Sponsoring hosts must be accredited nonprofit health-related research institutions in the United States, Canada or Mexico. NIH, FDA and CDC employees are ineligible. Applicants who previously held comparable early-career salary awards, including many NIH R/P/K mechanisms, are excluded; review the Foundation’s official prior-grant eligibility list. Limit one AASLD Foundation research-award application per individual annually, with no more than one winner per institutional department.

Program scope, restrictions and payment

Support is for liver-related clinical research involving patients, translational projects involving patient specimens, or patient-centered/epidemiologic/health-services outcomes research, not exclusively basic laboratory science. Health-disparities projects are encouraged and meritorious transplant-related research may receive program priority. Allowable award expenses include PI compensation, technical support, and noncapital laboratory supplies. Capital equipment, indirect expenses, registration fees and ordinary travel costs are prohibited; an exception permits up to $2,000 for the PI’s travel to The Liver Meeting in the second/final grant year to provide a progress update. The Foundation does not require or approve a detailed project budget for this category; the institution must ensure allowable use of funds. Additional institutional research support is expected, but no fixed mandatory cash-match percentage is stated.

How to apply

Read the official 2027 CTORA announcement and controlling nine-page 2027 Request for Applications. Include required signed covers and checklist, abstract, NIH-style biosketches, research goals and plan, facilities and other research support, applicant statement, department-chair letter documenting 50% effort and appointment status, mentor letter and applicable human-subjects regulatory requirements. Use the RFA’s required sequence and page limits. Submit the single flattened, unlocked application PDF via liverresearchawards.org before December 7, 2026, 11:59 p.m. ET. This is financial assistance for qualifying nonprofit institutions, not procurement. Official requirements checked November 2, 2026.