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The American Digestive Health Foundation ([ADHF], Web site: www.gastro.org/adhf.html) was established in 1995, as the unified voice of three leading gastroenterology and hepatology societies: the American Gastroenterological Association, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. ADHF’s mission is to provide financial support for research and education in the cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure of digestive and liver diseases. The ADHF offers research awards that are directed toward furthering the understanding of the development of malignancies of the gastrointestinal tract as well as nonmalignant diseases. These grants support a broad spectrum of research ranging from basic science to purely clinical projects.
The R. Robert & Sally D. Funderburg Research Scholar Award in Gastric Biology Related to Cancer is offered to established investigators working on novel approaches to the understanding and treatment of gastric cancer. Awards are provided at $25,000 per year for two years for salary support, equipment, and supplies. Finalists will be selected and interviewed by a selection committee.
The Astra Fellowship/Faculty Transition Award is offered to physicians currently in a gastroenterology-related fellowship who are committed to academic careers and have completed two years of research training at the start of the award. Applicants may not currently hold similar awards. The award consists of $36,000 per year for two years to be used as a salary supplement. Applicants must be sponsored by a member of one of the ADHF organizations. Awardees will be selected by a committee at a study section in February of the year of the award.
The Student Research Fellowship Awards are provided to high school, undergraduate, medical, or graduate students not yet engaged in thesis research who do not have similar salary support from other agencies. Up to 35 awards, ranging from $1,500 to $2,500 each, are offered for students performing research under the direction of a preceptor for a minimum of 12 weeks.
Other awards offered through ADHF include the Research Training and Career Development Awards, Innovative Seed Grants in Basic Research in Liver Diseases, the Jan Albrecht Commitment to Clinical Research Award in Liver Diseases, Sponsored Research Symposium Awards, the Olympus Endoscopic Career Enhancement Awards, the Wilson-Cook Endoscopic Research Career Development Awards, the Miles & Shirley Fiterman Foundation Basic Research Awards, and the Miles & Shirley Fiterman Foundation Clinical Research in Gastroenterology or Hepatology/Nutrition Awards.
Applications for ADHF grants are available at: www.gastro.org/adhf/1999-2000ra.pdf
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