Awards

IAN and BARBARA MCFARLANE FOUNDATION AWARD - RESEARCH GRANT 2025 - APPLICATIONS OPEN

Drs Ian and Barbara McFarlane were a husband-and-wife team who worked on, and made important contributions to, the basic immunology of autoimmune liver disease between 1970 and 2000 at the Liver Unit King’s College Hospital.  Later, in collaboration with clinical colleagues they contributed to the establishment of what was to become the standard approach to treatment of autoimmune hepatitis with corticosteroids and azathioprine, as published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1995.  Ian was to found the International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group in1992 and became, until his retirement in 2006, Senior Scientist on the Liver Unit. 

An Obituary for Drs Ian and Barbara McFarlane was published in May 2022 in the Journal of Hepatology, read more > Here.

The McFarlane family now wish to make an annual grant of £8,000 to support research into liver disease in memory of Ian and Barbara.

The grant is open to all healthcare professionals who are BASL members and based in the UK and although preference may be given to research related to autoimmune liver disease any area of research into liver disease will be considered.

Applications will be reviewed, awarded and administered by the British Association for the Study of the Liver (BASL).

The Awardee will be expected to attend the BASL Annual Meeting in 2025 to receive the award and also attend and provide a 15 minute presentation (allow 3 minutes for questions) at the following year’s BASL Annual Meeting (2026), in one of the oral sessions.  A photograph may be taken at the meeting and used afterwards on the BASL website, in the Newsletter and on social media platforms.

The grant is intended to fully or part fund a period of research for up to one year.  This may be a stand-alone project or part of a longer term project.

Eligibility
The grant is open to all healthcare professionals trying to develop their career and although preference may be given to research related to autoimmune liver disease any area of research into liver disease will be considered.

• Applications are open across the BASL membership from; HCP’s in training, Nurses, Pharmacists, Scientists and AHP’s.
• Grant applicants will only be accepted from BASL/BLNA/BHPG/BAAL members who are based in the UK.

How to apply
Applicants should complete the short application form.  A letter of support from your line manager is also required, one page maximum.  Both documents should be emailed to the BASL Secretariat, admin@basl.org.uk by 09:00hrs on Wednesday 14th May 2025.  Any queries may be addressed to admin@basl.org.uk .

Application Documents:
Download the full Applicant Guide > HERE
Download an Application Form > HERE 
OR contact admin@basl.org.uk and request a word version of the application form via email.

Grant applications will only be accepted on the application form.

Closing date: 09:00hrs Wednesday 14th May 2025

Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

DR FALK PHARMA BASL BRITISH LIVER TRUST AWARDS 2025 - APPLICATIONS OPENING SOON

Details to follow

DAME SHEILA SHERLOCK RESEARCH PRIZE 2025 - APPLICATIONS OPENING APRIL/MAY

Each year BASL presents the Dame Sheila Sherlock research prize, one of the highlights of the annual meeting. This prize is awarded annually to recognise the enormous contribution of Dame Sheila Sherlock to the development of Hepatology as a discipline in its own right.

Dame Sheila was involved in the foundation of the British Liver Club in 1961, which subsequently evolved into The British Association for the Study of the Liver (BASL). She was one of our past presidents and the first recipient of the BASL Distinguished Service Awards.

Eligibility
In keeping with Dame Sheila’s enthusiasm for fostering young researchers, this eponymous research prize is awarded to young investigators without substantive posts in either medicine or science for their research contributions in the field of hepatology.

The winner will receive free registration to the meeting, an award and a prize of £1,000 and an invite to deliver the prize lecture and present their research at the BASL Annual Meeting.

To apply, please send one A4 sheet outlining your research and another A4 sheet listing up to 5 related publications.

NB: one person cannot win the Dame Sheila Sherlock Research Prize and Andy Burroughs Young Investigator Award in the same year.  Nor can they win a second award with the same body of work as the first.

You must be a BASL member to apply.

BASL is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of its work. It is actively promoting equal opportunities and access for all our members regardless of their background.

ANDY BURROUGHS YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD 2025 - APPLICATIONS OPENING APRIL/MAY

Applications closed for 2024

The Andy Burroughs Young Investigator Award was set up in honour of the late Professor Andrew Burroughs.

Professor Burroughs was an eminent and world renowned Professor of Hepatology and Consultant Physician/Hepatologist and among his many achievements including his wide area of expertise in cirrhosis and portal hypertension and significant contribution to liver Transplantation.

Eligibility
This prize is awarded to young investigators who have contributed to clinical or translational research related to liver disorders who are in a training non-substantive post. This year the winner will receive free registration to the meeting, an award and a prize of £1,000 and an invite to deliver the prize lecture and present their research at the BLTG Annual Meeting.

To apply, please send one A4 sheet outlining the research and another A4 sheet listing up to 5 related publications.

NB: one person cannot win the Andy Burroughs Young Investigator Award and the Dame Sheila Sherlock Research Prize in the same year.  Nor can they win a second award with the same body of work as the first.

You must be a BASL member to apply.

BASL is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of its work. It is actively promoting equal opportunities and access for all our members regardless of their background.

BASL DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD 2025

More information to follow when available