Clinical Research Awards 2008 CHEST Foundation Clinical Research Awards
The CHEST Foundation knows how important research is and how difficult it can be to secure funding for it. The CHEST Foundation has awarded over $3 million, since 1997, to ACCP members to foster significant research that can make an impact at the bedside and provide new treatment options for patients around the world. The Foundation has offered research awards in such areas as critical care, respiratory health, lung cancer, lung transplantation, and geriatrics. Through The CHEST Foundation’s support of clinical research, ACCP members have made and are making significant improvements in the fields of pulmonary and critical care medicine.
Alpha-1 Foundation/CHEST Foundation Clinical Research Award in COPD and Alpha-1 Antitrypsin (AAT) Deficiency
NEW for 2008: ACCP members who have research projects primarily in usual COPD (not associated with AAT deficiency) are allowed to apply for this award in 2008. See updated qualifications and requirements in the application. The main objective of this award, which is co-sponsored by Alpha-1 Foundation and The CHEST Foundation, is to support a physician who proposes an outstanding research project that will improve the health and quality of life of people living with COPD and/or AAT deficiency. A clinical research award of $25,000 will be granted for research over a period of 1 year, from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.
Applications are now closed. DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2008.
The Association of Specialty Professors/CHEST Foundation of the American College of Chest Physicians Geriatric Development Research Award
In its seventh year, this award opportunity represents the valuable partnership between The CHEST Foundation and the Association of Specialty Professors. Granting $50,000 each year for 2 years, this award is given to physicians in the first 4 years of faculty appointment to develop and implement a basic, clinical, or health services project focused on a geriatric aspect of chest medicine. The intent of this award is to provide the impetus required for long-term career development focused on integrating geriatrics into the subspecialties of internal medicine. To fulfill an important requirement of the award application, the successful applicant needs to assemble a mentorship team, comprised of a research mentor, a member of his medicine subspecialty, a geriatrician, and one other member.
Applications are now closed. DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2008.
The CHEST Foundation/LUNGevity Foundation Clinical Research
Award in Lung Cancer
Going into its seventh successful year, The CHEST Foundation and the LUNGevity Foundation have jointly sponsored a research award in lung cancer that is offered to ACCP members who are involved in lung cancer research. The goal of this clinical research award is, ultimately, to save the lives of those people afflicted with lung cancer. NEW for 2008: this research award is open to US, Canadian, and international members involved in lung cancer research who meet the qualifications and requirements listed on the first two pages of the application. The clinical research award of $75,000 will be granted to a single award recipient for clinical research in lung cancer over a period of 2 years, from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2010. The amount of $37,500 will be granted after July 1, 2007. Upon receipt of the Progress Report received before July 15, 2009 that shows satisfactory progress, the remaining $37,500 will be granted.
Applications are now closed. DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2008.
The American Society of Transplantation/CHEST Foundation Clinical Research Award in Lung Transplantation
NEW AWARD AMOUNT FOR 2008: The American Society of Transplantation (AST) has partnered with The CHEST Foundation to sponsor a two-year clinical research award in lung transplantation that is open to current members of ACCP or AST who work in Canada, Mexico, or the United States. See NEW “Applicant Qualifications” on application. Membership in ACCP or AST is required, and membership in both organizations is encouraged. This two-year (July 2008 – June 2010) research award will fund research and/or new medical/surgical treatment to improve care of the lung transplant patient. The amount of $40,000 will be granted after July 1, 2008. The second-year amount of $40,000 will be granted upon receipt of the required Progress Report that shows satisfactory progress.
Applications are now closed. DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2008.
The CHEST Foundation 2008 Award for Clinical Research in Women’s Health
One Clinical Research Award of $10,000 will be granted for clinical research in women’s health. The grant is made directly to the institution on behalf of the winning applicant. Subjects relating to women’s health may include proposed research in studying gender differences in various diseases states, such as lung or heart disease, COPD, or lung cancer, among others. This award opportunity is open to all levels of ACCP members, and will fund a research project for 1 year, from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.
Applications are now closed. DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2008.
NEW AWARD: The CHEST Foundation California Chapter Clinical Research/Medical Education Award - 2008
OPEN TO ACCP MEMBERS LIVING IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
This award was created in 2007 by The CHEST Foundation Awards Committee and directs funds from the past California chapter account to one award recipient each year for the next 7 years. The amount of $5,000 will be awarded to an ACCP member who submits an outstanding research or education project in chest medicine that can be completed from July 2008 through June 2009. The successful applicant will be required to complete a Progress Report due January 15, 2009 and a Final Report due before July 15, 2009.
Applications are now closed. DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2008.
Scientific Abstract Awards
The scientific abstract-related awards comprise three different types of awards, which include the Best Poster Awards, the Alfred Soffer Research Awards, and the Young Investigator Awards. Applicants submitting abstracts of their original investigative work to the CHEST annual scientific assembly of the ACCP are judged by the Scientific Presentations and Awards Committee. Finalists present their studies to the chest and critical care medicine specialists attending CHEST 2008. The CHEST Foundation will confer $21,550 in abstract-related awards in 2008.
Applications are now closed. DEADLINE: APRIL 30, 2008.
The CHEST Foundation 2007 Clinical Research Award Winners
The CHEST Foundation 2006 Clinical Research Award Winners
The CHEST Foundation 2005 Clinical Research Award Winners