National — AASLD Foundation 2027 Bridge Award in Liver Diseases ($100,000; December 7)

2027 AASLD Foundation BRIDGE competitive nonprofit institutional research grant, applicant funding $100,000 fixed individual applicant nonprofit institutional 2027 Bridge Award, July 1 2027–June 30 2028, four $25,000 quarterly installments. PI salary support limited to $20,000. Technical support/non-capital lab supplies eligible. Up to $2,000 PI travel to The Liver Meeting during award term. Apply by December 7, 2026, 11:59 p.m. ET.

Funding$100,000 fixed individual applicant nonprofit institutional 2027 Bridge Award, July 1 2027–June 30 2028, four $25,000 quarterly installments. PI salary support limited to $20,000. Technical support/non-capital lab supplies eligible. Up to $2,000 PI travel to The Liver Meeting during award term; all other travel/registration/indirect costs and capital equipment prohibited. Award supports an unfunded high-scoring federal grant resubmission, and remaining funds must be returned if federal agency later funds it. No fixed universal matching percentage published.

DeadlineOfficial controlling 2027 program RFA: Full application deadline December 7, 2026, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (ET). Funding period July 1, 2027–June 30, 2028.

Last verified2026-11-02

Required next actionReview funder's official 2027 program page and controlling 2027 RFA. Verify all investigator eligibility, host institution and grant history prerequisites, exact applicant grant amount and allowed costs, forms, references and research plan. Prepare the RFA-specific signed cover and eligibility, NIH-format biosketches, relevant budgets or federal study-section review materials as applicable, mentor/chair commitments and IRB/IACUC disclosures. Assemble one unlocked flattened PDF in required order, submit at liverresearchawards.org by December 7 2026 11:59 p.m. Eastern. Official sources: https://www.aasldfoundation.org/BridgeAward and the controlling 2027 RFA PDF linked from the funder's official program page

Broad Eligibility

AASLD-member faculty at/below Associate Professor, >=20% research effort, sponsoring accredited nonprofit health-related research institution in USA/Canada/Mexico; NIH/FDA/CDC employees excluded. Within 18 months of study-section review of highly scored but unfunded NIH R or federal equivalent, must hold summary statements and SF424 application materials and prepare an A1 resubmission. No existing unmentored federal grants or significant other extramural grants >$50,000 during term. One AASLD Foundation research-award application per year.

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2027 AASLD Foundation Bridge Award in Liver Diseases

The AASLD Foundation 2027 Bridge Award provides an eligible nonprofit research institution with $100,000 for one year to support liver-disease investigators strengthening a high-scoring but unfunded NIH R or comparable federal research proposal for resubmission. The deadline is December 7, 2026, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, and the award runs July 1, 2027 through June 30, 2028, disbursed in four $25,000 quarterly payments.

Strict investigator and proposal eligibility

The principal investigator must be AASLD-member faculty at or below Associate Professor with at least 20% research effort and sponsorship by an accredited nonprofit health-related research institution in the United States, Canada or Mexico. NIH, FDA and CDC employees are excluded. The candidate’s highly scored federal research application must have been reviewed by the federal study section within the 18 months preceding the December 7, 2026 deadline and have a competitive score without funding. Required proof includes study-section summary statements and the original SF424 (R&R) application materials. The project must support an actual A1 resubmission; a new proposal derived from an already unfunded resubmission is ineligible. The applicant cannot hold a federally funded non-mentored research grant or other significant extramural funding over $50,000 during the grant period, subject to specified exceptions for institutional or pilot funding. Limit one AASLD Foundation research-award application per individual annually.

Applicant grant amount and allowable costs

The $100,000 is a single award to a qualifying institution, not an overall funder pool. The program permits PI salary support up to $20,000, technical support, and laboratory supplies, excluding capital equipment. It permits up to $2,000 for PI travel to The Liver Meeting to present funded progress. Other travel, registration fees and indirect costs are not allowable. No universal formal cash-match percentage is published. If the federal funder later supports the bridged proposal, the awardee must notify AASLD Foundation and return unspent bridge funds from the start of the federal award.

Application and verified documents

Review the Foundation’s official 2027 Bridge Award announcement and nine-page controlling 2027 Bridge RFA. Applicants must submit the specific RFA forms, signed eligibility/cover documents, prior federal funding application and NIH study section critique and priority score, resubmission plan, NIH-format biosketches, budget documentation and explanations, institutional commitment, research support, and ethics disclosures as specified. Preserve the required page limits and document order. Submit one flattened, unlocked PDF at liverresearchawards.org by December 7, 2026, 11:59 p.m. ET. This is a competitive nonprofit research grant, not procurement. Verified November 2, 2026.