Are you ready to propel your digestive disease and function research forward? Whether you’re investigating the early detection of digestive cancer, exploring breakthroughs in gastric cancer research, or advancing understanding of autoimmune conditions like celiac disease, our specialty and pilot awards offer robust funding to support your goals. With awards totaling up to $100,000, AGA provides crucial resources to help turn ideas that heal into impactful discoveries.
From early career investigators to established researchers, AGA’s funding programs are designed to support a wide range of projects across digestive disease and function. Specific awards will support projects into digestive cancer, gastric cancer, and celiac disease. No matter what your career state, there’s an opportunity to secure support and elevate your contributions to the field of digestive health.
Explore these funding opportunities then apply by Sept. 18, 2025.
- Funding: $100,000 spread over a two-year term ($50,000 annually).
- Eligibility: Established investigators working on novel approaches in gastric cancer research.
- Purpose: Supports novel approaches to enhance understanding and treatment of gastric cancer.
- Funding: $40,000 for a one-year term.
- Eligibility: Early-career investigators with a current career development award and conducting research in digestive cancer.
- Purpose: Provides supplemental funding to advance research in pathogenesis, prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of digestive cancer.
- Funding: $40,000 for a one-year term.
- Eligibility: Early career investigators establishing their research careers, and established investigators transitioning to new research areas.
- Purpose: Provides seed funding for projects that generate data leading to subsequent, more substantial grants.
- Funding: $40,000 for a one-year term.
- Eligibility: Early career investigators establishing their research careers, and established investigators transitioning to new research areas.
- Purpose: Provides seed funding for projects that generate data leading to subsequent, more substantial grants.
Not only do the awards provide financial support for your investigations, but they also offer recognition within the gastroenterology communities, opportunities for professional growth, and the potential to impact patient care through scientific discovery.
Together, we can bring your research to life. But hurry, applications are due Sept. 18, 2025.
