Basic Science Travel Awards
Basic Science Travel Awards support early career researchers with travel to Digestive Disease Week to present accepted basic or translational science abstracts and share their research in person.
Funder: Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Due Dates: December 2, 2026 (General abstract prerequisite) | December 16, 2026 (Applications open) | February 18, 2027 (Award application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to 20 awards of $1,000 each toward attending DDW 2027
Summary: Travel support for early career researchers presenting accepted basic or translational science abstracts in person at DDW 2027.
Key Information: Applicants must be in training or within three years of completing training and must not be previous recipients.
Description
The DDW Basic Science Travel Awards help early career researchers attend Digestive Disease Week (DDW) and present basic or translational science research. Administered by DDW and featured by the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), the program provides travel grants tied to accepted research abstracts rather than funding the research itself. Abstracts submitted to and accepted by any of the four DDW sponsoring societies may qualify.
For the 2027 meeting, selected presenting authors must attend and present their abstracts in person in Washington, D.C., at the time and date specified in their abstract acceptance notification. The awards focus on participation in the meeting and sharing research; clinical science abstracts, late-breaking abstracts, and abstracts selected for ePoster presentation are excluded.
