To invest in innovative hepatology research and in the people who study and treat liver disease, with the vision to prevent and cure liver disease.
The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Foundation directs its largest recent awards to multi-year research in hepatology, including a $350,000 grant to Mayo Clinic Rochester for the Pinnacle Research Award and the AASLD Foundation Gupta Family Pilot Research Award in PSC Research. That pattern shows a funder built around investigator support rather than public-facing service grants. In the recent grant list, several awards sit at $300,000, including support for Baylor College of Medicine, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, City of Hope, Tulane, and the University of Illinois system. The foundation also funds lower-dollar pilot and bridge awards, travel support, and career-development programs for trainees and early-career clinicians. Its stated purpose is to invest in innovative hepatology research and in the people who study and treat liver disease, with a vision to prevent and cure liver disease. The recent grants point to a portfolio that includes basic science, clinical research, translational work, outcomes research, and targeted support for autoimmune liver disease, primary sclerosing cholangitis, hepatic encephalopathy, and transplant hepatology. Multiple awards are structured for junior faculty, fellows, residents, and advanced practice providers, alongside research awards for institutions across the country.
Within hepatology research, the foundation backs both broad and disease-specific work. The Clinical, Translational and Outcomes Research Award in Liver Diseases supported the Regents of the University of California San Francisco with $250,000, and also went to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, University of California San Diego, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, University of Utah, and The Ohio State University. For pilot-stage work, the Frank J. Tusa Pilot Award for Research in Hepatic Encephalopathy appears in the active programs, with recent support at the University of California San Francisco. The foundation also funds autoimmune liver disease research: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center received $20,000 for an Autoimmune Liver Diseases Exploratory Research Award, and The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York received $20,000 for an Autoimmune Liver Diseases Pilot Research Award. Primary sclerosing cholangitis is another named area, reflected in the Gupta Family Pilot Research Award in PSC Research.
$4.9M
$39.5M
$24.3M
$4.1M
Most grants fall between $50K and $300K, with a median of $200K.
25th Percentile
$50K
Median
$200K
75th Percentile
$300K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in PA.
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The foundation’s typical grant size is $50,000 at the 25th percentile, $200,000 at the median, and $300,000 at the 75th percentile. Recent grants show repeated use of named award lines rather than a single one-off style, with the same award programs appearing in multiple years across different institutions. It funds organizations, not individuals, and it does not make program-related investments. The active portfolio includes competitive research awards, bridge funding, pilot awards, and travel or career-development awards, and the grant list shows unsolicited applications are accepted for active programs. The pattern is a mix of larger institutional research grants and smaller professional-development awards.
The grant record is national, with all recent grants going to U.S. recipients. Pennsylvania appears most often as the top state by grant count, and Philadelphia recipients include the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania. Other frequently appearing cities include New York, San Francisco, La Jolla, Cincinnati, and Columbus. Recent grants also reached Rochester, Houston, Chicago, New Orleans, Dallas, Salt Lake City, Seattle, Boston, and Ann Arbor. No grants in the recent list went to recipients in Virginia.
It supports hepatology research and career development, including basic science, clinical, translational, and outcomes research. The focus also includes liver diseases such as autoimmune liver disease, primary sclerosing cholangitis, hepatic encephalopathy, and transplant hepatology, along with travel and training awards for trainees and early-career clinicians.
The typical grant size is $50,000 at the 25th percentile, $200,000 at the median, and $300,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent record also includes smaller travel awards around $1,000 to $2,500 and career-development awards at $400 and $4,000.
Yes. Several active programs are marked as accepting unsolicited applications, including Abstract Awards, Named Travel Awards, Emerging Liver Scholars Program, Research & Career Development Awards, and the Clinical, Translational and Outcomes Research Award in Liver Diseases.
The travel and career-development awards are aimed at specific career stages: trainees and early-career investigators for abstract and named travel awards, medical residents for the Emerging Liver Scholars Program, advanced practice providers for ELAPP, and GI fellows entering transplant hepatology or dual certification training for the Advanced/Transplant Hepatology Fellow Award.
Its giving is national, but Pennsylvania is the top state by grant count. Recent Pennsylvania recipients include the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and the geographic record shows all recent grants went to U.S. recipients.
2024
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2024.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER | ROCHESTER, MN | $350,000 | 2024 | PINNACLE RESEARCH AWARD, AASLD FOUNDATION GUPTA FAMILY PILOT RESEARCH AWARD IN PSC RESEARCH |
| BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE | HOUSTON, TX | $300,000 | 2024 | PINNACLE RESEARCH AWARD |
| ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND | NEW ORLEANS, LA | $300,000 | 2024 | PINNACLE RESEARCH AWARD |
| WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY | NEW YORK, NY | $300,000 | 2024 | PINNACLE RESEARCH AWARD |
| CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER | CINCINNATI, OH | $300,000 | 2024 | PINNACLE RESEARCH AWARD |
| BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | CHICAGO, IL | $300,000 | 2024 | PINNACLE RESEARCH AWARD |
| THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $250,000 | 2024 | CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES; FRANK J. TUSA PILOT AWARD IN HE RESEARCH |
| THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY - OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS | COLUMBUS, OH | $200,000 | 2024 | CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES |
| THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK | NEW YORK, NY | $200,000 | 2024 | CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES |
| TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $200,000 | 2024 | CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES |
| UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER | DALLAS, TX | $200,000 | 2024 | CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES |
| UNIVERSITY OF UTAH | SALT LAKE CITY, UT | $200,000 | 2024 | CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO | LA JOLLA, CA | $200,000 | 2024 | CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES |
| THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY | REDWOOD CITY, CA | $100,000 | 2024 | BRIDGE AWARD |
| MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL | BOSTON, MA | $100,000 | 2024 | AFDHAL/MCHUTCHINSON LIVER AWARD |
| BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM | MADISON, WI | $50,000 | 2024 | PILOT RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES |
| TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | PHILADELPHIA, PA | $50,000 | 2024 | PILOT RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES |
| YALE UNIVERSITY | NEW HAVEN, CT | $50,000 | 2024 | AASLD FOUNDATION GUPTA FAMILY PILOT RESEARCH AWARD IN PSC RESEARCH |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | ANN ARBOR, MI | $50,000 | 2024 | PILOT RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $26,000 | 2024 | ANA LOK ADVANCE/TRANSPLANT HEPATOLOGY |
| CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER | CINCINNATI, OH | $20,000 | 2024 | AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASES EXPLORATORY RESEARCH AWARD |
| UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH | PITTSBURGH, PA | $20,000 | 2024 | AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASES EXPLORATORY RESEARCH AWARD |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO | LA JOLLA, CA | $300,000 | 2023 | PINNACLE RESEARCH AWARD |
| CITY OF HOPE | DUARTE, CA | $300,000 | 2023 | PINNACLE RESEARCH AWARD |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL | CHAPEL HILL, NC | $200,000 | 2023 | CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES |
| UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | SEATTLE, WA | $200,000 | 2023 | CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS | DAVIS, CA | $100,000 | 2023 | AASLD FOUNDATION BRIDGE AWARD |
| TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY | BLOOMINGTON, IN | $50,000 | 2023 | AASLD FOUNDATION GUPTA FAMILY PILOT RESEARCH AWARD IN PSC RESEARCH |
| THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK | NEW YORK, NY | $20,000 | 2023 | AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASES PILOT RESEARCH AWARD |
MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER
$350,000PINNACLE RESEARCH AWARD, AASLD FOUNDATION GUPTA FAMILY PILOT RESEARCH AWARD IN PSC RESEARCH
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
$300,000PINNACLE RESEARCH AWARD
ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND
$300,000PINNACLE RESEARCH AWARD
WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY
$300,000PINNACLE RESEARCH AWARD
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
$300,000PINNACLE RESEARCH AWARD
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
$300,000PINNACLE RESEARCH AWARD
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO
$250,000CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES; FRANK J. TUSA PILOT AWARD IN HE RESEARCH
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY - OFFICE OF SPONSORED PROGRAMS
$200,000CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
$200,000CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
$200,000CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
$200,000CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH
$200,000CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO
$200,000CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
$100,000BRIDGE AWARD
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
$100,000AFDHAL/MCHUTCHINSON LIVER AWARD
BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM
$50,000PILOT RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES
TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
$50,000PILOT RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES
YALE UNIVERSITY
$50,000AASLD FOUNDATION GUPTA FAMILY PILOT RESEARCH AWARD IN PSC RESEARCH
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
$50,000PILOT RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO
$26,000ANA LOK ADVANCE/TRANSPLANT HEPATOLOGY
CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
$20,000AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASES EXPLORATORY RESEARCH AWARD
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
$20,000AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASES EXPLORATORY RESEARCH AWARD
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO
$300,000PINNACLE RESEARCH AWARD
CITY OF HOPE
$300,000PINNACLE RESEARCH AWARD
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
$200,000CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
$200,000CLINICAL, TRANSLATIONAL, AND OUTCOMES RESEARCH AWARD IN LIVER DISEASES
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS
$100,000AASLD FOUNDATION BRIDGE AWARD
TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY
$50,000AASLD FOUNDATION GUPTA FAMILY PILOT RESEARCH AWARD IN PSC RESEARCH
THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
$20,000AUTOIMMUNE LIVER DISEASES PILOT RESEARCH AWARD