2025 ACG Junior Faculty Development Grant
The ACG Junior Faculty Development Award is a three-year award of $450,000, designed to support a junior faculty member of outstanding promise to establish an independent, productive career in gastroenterology or hepatology. This award of $150,000 per year for each of three years provides salary support for protected time to young investigators at critical points in their career development.
Cleveland Clinic
Alternatives to Endoscopic Biopsies in Eosinophilic Esophagitis
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Safety and Effectiveness of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Women with Crohn’s Disease
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
A Multiorgan Radiomic Approach Towards Precision Medicine in Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis
2025 ACG Established Investigator Bridge Funding Award
The ACG Established Investigator Bridge Funding Award is a two-year award supporting 30% protected time as bridge funding for established investigators. This bridge funding grant of $150,000 per year for 2 years is designed to support researchers principally focused on digestive or liver diseases, and to sustain their competitive, patient-oriented research programs during a gap in federal program funding.
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Optimizing Colorectal Cancer Prevention Through Population-Based Investigation of Serrated Polyps
University of California, Los Angeles
Microbiome Endophenotypes Over Time in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
2025 ACG Leonidas Berry Health Equity Research Award
The Leonidas Berry Health Equity Research Award (HERA) was re-named in honor of the life and legacy of Leonidas H. Berry, MD, MACG, ACG’s first African American member (1946) and champion of social change to de-segregate hospitals and medical schools. This award is a two-year award with funding up to $75,000 ($50,000 year-one, $25,000 year-two based on progress) to support actionable science that will translate to reducing health and/or healthcare disparities, thereby promoting health equity.
University of California, San Diego
Advancing Health Equity for Hispanic Adults With MASLD Through Patient-Focused, Stakeholder-Informed, Tailored, Non-Invasive Screening, Risk Stratification, and Treatment
2025 ACG/ASGE Epidemiologic Research Award
in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
The joint ACG/ASGE Epidemiologic Research Award in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy supports up to $50,000 for research projects involving the use and outcomes of gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy using the GI Quality Improvement Consortium (GIQuIC).
University of Massachusetts Chan School of Medicine
Adenoma Detection Rate, Patient Sex, and Endoscopist Gender: Understanding the Interplay and Implications for Colonoscopy Quality Assessment
2025 ACG Clinical Research Awards
Each year, the Institute offers Clinical Research Awards, in the amount of $50,000 for original clinical research. In 2025, 4 investigators were funded.
Washington University in St. Louis
Type 2 Immunity in Predicting Response to Dupilumab in Patients With Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Exploring Predictors of Relapse in Microscopic Colitis
University of Utah
Microbial Metabolites for Eosinophilic Esophagitis
University of Southern California
Crowdsourced Culturally Tailored Education to Enhance Steatotic Liver Disease Knowledge and Care Seeking
2025 ACG Clinical Research Award Pilot Grant Recipients
Each year, the Institute offers Clinical Research Pilot Awards, in the amount of $15,000 for original clinical research. In 2025, 2 investigators were funded.
Children’s National Hospital
The Role of Oral Bacteria in the Gut of Children With Newly Diagnosed Crohn’s Disease
University of Pennsylvania
Characterization of the Cellular Landscape of Esophageal Lichen Planus
2025 Medical Resident Clinical Research Award
The ACG Medical Resident Clinical Research Award is a one-year award in the amount of $10,000 for original clinical research. For 2025, 3 investigators were funded. This award separately supports travel to the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.
Georgetown University/MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Neutrophil–Lymphocyte Ratio as a Marker of Anti-TNF Therapy Response in IBD Using the SPARC Dataset
Massachusetts General Hospital
Investigating the Impact of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Risk Using a Protein-Based Prognostic Liver Signature
University of Toronto
Exploring Perceptions of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Care Among Immigrant Women of Reproductive Age: A Focus Group Study *
* ACG/J&J Medical Resident Clinical Research Award
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has provided unrestricted support to the ACG Institute for Clinical Research and Education. In recognition, the ACG/J&J Medical Resident Clinical Research Award is designated after the ACG Research Committee has made its grant decisions and the awardees have accepted.
2025 Medical Student Research Award
The ACG Medical Student Research Award is an award for first, second, or third-year medical students, of up to $5,000 for a 6-10 week summer research project in gastroenterology or hepatology. For 2025, 3 medical students were funded. This award separately supports travel to the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Measuring the Association Between Pre-Operative Pelvic Floor Dysfunction on Anorectal Manometry and Inflammatory Complications of the Pouch in Patients With Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis: A Retrospective Chart Review
University of California, Davis
Analyzing the Effects of Dietary Fatty Acids on Sex-Specific Changes in Colorectal Cancer Pathways After Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Investigating the Role of Crohn’s Disease Genetic Risk in Shaping Host Response to Gut Microbial Exposures