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Awards 

Clinical and Translational Research Awards  
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 Award Description

The Clinical and Translational Research Awards in Liver Diseases are two-year awards of $150,000 ($75,000/year) intended to foster career development for individuals performing clinical and/or translational research in a liver-related area and who have shown commitment to excellence at an early stage of their research study. The awards ensure that a significant portion of young investigator's time is protected for research, with an overall objective of enabling young investigators to develop independent and productive research careers in liver disease.

 

 Award Information

 Dates to Remember

Submission Deadline:  December 5
Award Notification:  April 2013


 

 Detailed Award Information

DESCRIPTION

The purpose of this award is to foster career development for individuals performing clinical research and/or translational research in a liver-related area and who have shown commitment to excellence at an early stage of their research study. The award is intended to ensure that a significant portion of young investigators' time is protected for research, with an overall objective of enabling young investigators to develop independent and productive research careers in liver disease.

ELIGIBILITY

In order to be eligible for this award, the applicant must adhere to the following guidelines:

1. Project is clinical. "Clinical Research" is defined as studies related to patients or disease
    processes having direct contact between the principal investigator and humans. Clinical research
    includes epidemiology and clinical trials in liver disease. AND/OR:
2. Project is translational. "Translational Research" is defined as clinical research with a substantial
    component of laboratory investigation using serum or tissue specimens from patients with liver
    disease.
3. Applicant is currently in transition to becoming a junior faculty member, or has recently been
    appointed as a junior faculty member, with an appointment at the time of the award.
4. Applicant does not hold other similar research awards. Applicants who hold other research awards 
    are not eligible. (Partial list on application)
5. A single sponsoring institution may submit up to one application per distinct department within each
    institutional training site.
6. Applicant must be an AASLD member in good standing by the award start date and maintain active 
    membership for the duration of the award period.
7. Applicant must have a sponsor or co-sponsor who is an AASLD member in good standing.
8. Applicant may only apply for one(1) AASLD award or fellowship.

AWARD DETAILS

Award Period:  July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2015

One award of $150,000 will be provided over two years ($75,000 per year). Funds may only be used for salary support or for technical support/laboratory supplies for the recipient. No indirect costs are provided. It is expected that additional funds are available to the investigator in order to carry out the proposed research.

Funds will be issued to the recipient’s institution and are not transferable to another recipient or another institution. AASLD must approve any award transfer to an institution other than the sponsoring institution listed on the application.

Recipients must acknowledge the award in all publications resulting from research performed during the tenure of this award. Abstracts, manuscripts, or other articles that reflect research funded by this award must acknowledge support from AASLD.   

Progress/Financial Reports
Scientific progress and financial reports must be sent to AASLD at the end of the first award year and within 60 days of completion of the award. Funding of the second year of the award is contingent upon receipt of first year reports. 

The Liver Meeting®
The award recipient is strongly encouraged to both attend and present their work at The Liver Meeting®.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Applicants 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 this 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.

INSTRUCTIONS

1.  Use the provided cover page. Print or type responses.
2.  Include required documents and provide signatures as requested.
3.  Put your name (last name, first name) and the name of the award in the upperright-hand corner of
     each page.
4.  Use one-inch margins. Do not use lettering smaller than 10 point.
5.  Assemble the application package in the order listed in the Required Documents section of
     the application.
6.  Be sure to adhere to page limits and complete all sections. Applications that do not meet the
     requirements, in content or format, will not be reviewed.
7.  The completed application, letters of support or commitment, and other documents as applicable
     must be combined into and submitted as one PDF document. Name the PDF file as follows:
     Last name, first initial – Award name (Example: Smith, J – CTRA)

SUBMISSION 

The application deadline for this fellowship is 11:59 pm, December 5, 2012. 
Applications received after the deadline will not be reviewed.

Submit your application at https://liverresearchawards.org/ctra/.  You will be sent an email confirmation that the PDF was received. If an email confirmation is not received within 2 business days, please contact awards@aasld.org to confirm receipt. 

One(1) hard copy should be mailed to: AASLD/CTRA, 1001 N. Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. 

Applications will be available Summer 2012
**** Applicants may only submit for one (1) AASLD award or fellowship per year.****

Questions may be sent to awards@aasld.org.