About American College of Gastroenterology
Advance the science and practice of gastroenterology through education, research, clinical guidelines, professional development and public policy.
Focus Areas
gastroenterologyclinical researchmedical educationtraining and fellowshipspractice managementpublic policy/advocacy
Who They Fund
junior faculty (early-career investigators)medical residentsmedical studentsestablished investigators needing bridge supportclinical researchers / clinician-scientistsprofessional societies (joint society awards)
About American College of Gastroenterology
The American College of Gastroenterology funds investigator development across gastroenterology, and its largest recent awards show a strong emphasis on building clinical research careers. A 2025 Junior Faculty Development Award of $450,000 went to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, followed by a $350,000 Junior Faculty Development Grant to UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas in 2023. Those awards sit alongside a broader portfolio that includes bridge support for established investigators, resident research, medical student research, and health equity research. The foundation’s grantmaking is tied to the field’s training and research pipeline rather than to a single institution or region. Recent awards have supported junior faculty, residents, medical students, and established investigators, with grant language repeatedly centered on protected time, clinical research, and fellowships. Its active programs also include international training grants, leadership development, and award-based recognition in addition to research funding. Multiple grants in the recent list were combined awards, such as a 2024 award to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston that paired junior faculty development with health equity research, and a 2025 award to Stanford University in Redwood that paired medical resident research with bridge funding. That pattern shows the foundation using grants to support overlapping stages of academic development within gastroenterology and hepatology.
What American College of Gastroenterology Funds
A central theme in the American College of Gastroenterology’s giving is early-career investigator support. The 2025 Junior Faculty Development Award to the University of California Los Angeles in Los Angeles supported junior faculty work in gastroenterology research, and the 2025 award to Duke University in Durham did the same for another early-career investigator. The foundation also funds clinical research at multiple training levels. The 2023 Clinical Research Award to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York supported scholarly research in the field, while the 2024 Clinical Research Award to the University of California Davis in Davis continued that emphasis. Health equity appears as a defined research lane. In 2023, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle received a Health Equity Research Award, and in 2024 Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston received a combined Junior Faculty Development Grant and Health Equity Research Award. Resident and student training also appear in the portfolio through the Medical Resident Research Award and the Medical Student Research Award.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.2M
Total Assets
$316.9M
Total Revenue
$29M
Total Expenses
$22.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $15K and $150K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$150K
Geographic Reach
National20 states funded
About 2% of grants go to recipients in MA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
BRADLEY STILLMAN
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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