AGA Fellowship-to-Faculty Transition Award (sponsor-named annually, e.g. AGA-Torrey Coast Foundation Award in Upper GI Cancer)

Funding: $130,000 total ($65,000 per year for two years). Who can apply: MD, PhD or equivalent in a clinical or postdoctoral fellow position at an institution in the US, Canada or Mexico; clinical fellows in final year of training (or the year after); postdoctoral fellows with 4 to under 6 years of postdoctoral research; AGA member with AGA member mentor; at least 50 percent effort; research topic varies by sponsor-named version (2026: upper GI cancer). Length: 2 years. Funds may cover the fellow's or other personnel salary and benefits, biostatistics or bioinformatics support, supplies and other direct research costs; mentor salary, travel and indirect costs excluded. Field: Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research. Deadline: Annual, typically mid-September (2026 cycle: 2026-09-15, closed).