AASLD/LIFER Clinical and Translational Research Fellowship in Liver Diseases Award

AASLD/LIFER Clinical and Translational Research Fellowship in Liver Diseases Award The AASLD/LIFER Clinical and Translational Research Fellowship in Liver Diseases Award is a one-year award of $75,000 intended to foster career development for an individual outside North America to perform clinical research within the United States in a liver-related area and who has shown commitment to excellence at an early stage of his or her research study. The award ensures that a significant portion of a young investigator's time is protected for research, with an overall objective of enabling the investigator to develop an independent and productive research career in liver disease. ELIGIBILITY In order to be eligible for this award, the applicant must adhere to the following guidelines: 1.  Applicant must possess a doctoral degree, either an MD or equivalent and/or a PhD from an      institution outside North America. 2.  At the start of the award period, MD applicants must be within four years of completing clinical         residency or fellowship training (whichever ends more recently), and PhD applicants must be      within four years of the receipt of the degree.      (A parental leave of absence can not be counted towards the four years of eligibility.) 3.  Prior to submission, applicant must identify a sponsoring U.S. institution and...

Source: ScanGrants feed - June 17, 2013 Category: Research Authors: American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Source Type: funding