The British Lung Foundation funds a broad range of grants. Please find them listed below.
Project grants
Research fellowships
Trevor Clay Memorial Grants
Travel awards
Young investigator
Targetted project grants - COPD and respiratory infections
Mick Knighton Fund for Mesothelioms Research Award 2007
TB Funds grants 2008
There is currently one application round per year for clinical, laboratory-based and epidemiological research grants which offer advancement in the understanding of lung disease. The principal applicant or one of the co-applicants should be employed by a recognised research centre within the UK. Grants are generally made for a specified period of up to three years to a maximum of £120,000 and may provide for the salary of postdoctoral, postgraduate or technical assistance, research consumables and essential equipment.
Those submitted by the closing date are reviewed by the Scientific Committee. Short-listed applicants are invited to submit a full proposal and unsuccessful applicants are notified. Unfortunately we are unable to give any feedback to applicants at this stage. The full applications are sent out to external reviewers who submit confidential reports. The Scientific Committee ranks the short-listed applications following detailed discussion in light of the referee's reports at a Committee meeting. Depending on the amount of funding available, awards are made to the highest ranking applications. Extracts from referees' reports are sent to all applicants of full project proposals.
Submission deadline for completed preliminary applications: Friday 22 February 2008.
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British Lung Foundation Research Fellowships are available to fund respiratory research in a UK research institution. They are available to scientists with a PhD, MD or equivalent. Total support requested should not exceed £120,000 and the period of the grant is normally three years. Should an applicant wish to make an application for part-time funding e.g. in the case of ongoing clinical training, it will be the applicant's responsibility to provide a business case and confirmation of any additional source of funding. The BLF will not fund clinical sessions.
Applications submitted by the closing date are reviewed by the Scientific Committee. Short-listed applicants are invited to submit a full proposal and unsuccessful applicants are notified. Unfortunately we are unable to give any feedback to applicants at this stage. The full applications are sent out to external reviewers who submit confidential reports. The Scientific Committee ranks the short-listed applications following detailed discussion in light of the referee's reports and a selection of applicants are invited to attend an interview before funding decisions are made.
Submission deadline for completed preliminary applications: Friday 1 February 2008.
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Grants are available for practical research, the results of which should be immediately applicable and beneficial to people with a lung disease. Applications are particularly welcome from all healthcare professionals for any sum up to £15,000 and may include costs for start-up projects and professional development including funding for MSc and PhDs.
There is currently one grant round a year and applicants are requested to complete a detailed application form which is evaluated by the Scientific Committee and external reviewers.
Closing date for applications: 4 July 2008.
- To download the application form click here
- To download the guidelines click here
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The British Lung Foundation offers travel awards to the British, European and American Respiratory Society Congresses, ten of which are sponsored by Allen and Hanburys. The travel awards are available for young clinical and non-clinical researchers in the respiratory field. They contribute towards the costs of registration, accommodation and travel to enable young researchers in the respiratory field to attend these important meetings.
These awards contribute towards the costs of registration, accommodation and travel to enable young researchers in the respiratory field to attend these important meetings.
American Thoracic Society
Ten Travel Fellowships worth £750 each are available for young clinical and non-clinical researchers in the respiratory field to attend the American Thoracic Society International Conference in Toronto, 16-21 May 2008. In addition, the British Lung Foundation is administrating two ATS travel fellowships on behalf of the British Paediatric Respiratory Society (BPRS). These awards of £750 each are available to scientists who have been a member of the BPRS for a minimum of 12 months.
Closing date for applications: 21 March 2008.
- To download the application form click here
- To download the guidelines click here
European Respiratory Society
Travel Fellowships will also be available to attend the ERS Annual Congress in 2008. Application forms will be available in mid 2008.
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One award of £800 is being offered by the British Lung Foundation in 2007. A runner-up prize of £200 will also be available. Both prizes are designed to help the careers of the most promising young investigators carrying out original research in respiratory medicine and respiratory science during the past year. A selection committee judges the awards based on abstracts presented at the British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting. More information can be found at the British Thoracic Society website.
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In support of "Priorities for Respiratory Research in the UK" published in Thorax January 2007 (Stephen T Holgate on behalf of the UK Respiratory Research Strategy Committee), the British Lung Foundation is inviting preliminary applications for large project grants to be awarded in November 2008. Grants are available for clinical, laboratory and/or epidemiological research into 'COPD' OR 'Respiratory Infections'. Applications may be for any sum of money up to a maximum of £240,000 and may include the costs of personnel, equipment and consumables where appropriate. Grants are for a specified period of up to three years for research carried out in the United Kingdom.
Submission deadline for completed preliminary applications: 22 February 2008.
COPD
Respiratory infections
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The British Lung Foundation is inviting applications for a Research Grant to be awarded in November 2007. The Grant is available either to medically qualified applicants or to post-doctoral scientists for clinical, laboratory and/or epidemiological research into mesothelioma.
Applications may be for any sum of money up to a maximum of £100,000 and the work must be carried out at a research institution in the UK , although we particularly welcome applications form institutions in the North of England. The closing date for applications is 6 July 2007.
Deadline extended to 16 November 2007.
Awards will be made in 2008.
Funding is available for clinical, laboratory, epidemiological and/or qualitative research into the prevention, diagnosis, alleviation, treatment and cure of tuberculosis.
Applications may be for any sum of money up to a maximum of £250,000 and may include the costs of personnel, equipment and consumables where appropriate. Grants are for a specified period of up to three years for research carried out in the United Kingdom.
The closing date for applications is 13 June 2008.
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