ACG Bridge Funding Required Pre-Qualification Application

Eligibility for the ACG Established Investigator Bridge Funding Award

For fastest consideration, please submit this form by November 3, 2025 (you may submit after this date), it is required as part of the application process for the ACG Established Investigators Bridge Funding Award. ACG’s approval letter is required for inclusion in your application through ACG’s grant portal www.gi.org/research-awards (the grant submission deadline is December 1, 2025).

Applicant Information

Name of Applicant*

First Last

Email*

Name of Institution*

Are you an ACG Member?*

Full ACG membership in good standing is required. Applicants must have an approved ACG membership no later than October 2025 (Applications are due by September 19, 2025)

Are you a U.S. or Canadian based physician (MD or DO)?*

Will you have 30% protected time for this project?*

Are you between 8 to 15 years out of fellowship or a terminal training program (fellowship or terminal training completed between 2010 and 2017)?*

Do you have a faculty position (60% or more academic appointment) at a university, medical school or other healthcare institution primarily in the department of gastroenterology or hepatology at time of application?*

Prior Funding Requirement

Do you have evidence of a recently concluded federal clinical or translational research award within the last three years, in gastroenterology or hepatology, such as NIH R01, K-award, or VA Merit Award? National Science Awards, DoD, CIHR multi-year project grant awards of equivalency will be considered.*

Was your role for the recently concluded federal clinical or translational research award in gastroenterology or hepatology as the PI?*

Additionally, applicants must demonstrate evidence of ongoing application for renewal for federal funding (provide institutional evidence of application to federal agency [i.e., eRA commons routing information] or letter of intent from Institutional grants award office)*

Please describe PI's current funding, including total funds received and when your grant(s) will expire:*

Please describe what proportion of the PI time is already supported by research funding (list the awards, start/end dates, and role):*

Required Upload

Upload Project Description (2-pages max.)*

Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, Max. file size: 50 MB.

Include title of your project, specific aims, brief research plan outline, current funding status. Limited to two pages.

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