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Unrestricted Grants

Award cycles for the ATS Research Program unrestricted, diversity, and partner grants have recently been updated to align with the calendar year. Please review the timeline below for further details.

Applicants to 2024-2025 grants will be notified of award decisions in March 2025.

  • All grants are targeted towards early-career investigators, unless stated otherwise. 
  • You will be required to take an eligibility quiz to gain access to the letter of intent.
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  • Questions? Review the FAQs.
  • If your question is not answered there, contact the ATS Research Program.
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 Timeline

Grant Portfolio Opens January 21, 2025
Letters of Intent Due March 12, 2025, 11:59 PM ET 
Invitations to Applicants May 2025
Full Applications Due July 1, 2025, 11:59 PM ET
Award Notification September 2025
Grant Start Date January 2026

 

Unrestricted Research Grants

Five grants available
$40,000 for one year

Target audience: Early-career investigators interested in basic science, translational, or clinical research in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine

Unrestricted grants support early-career investigators conducting research that advances the knowledge and understanding of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. A primary goal of the ATS Research Program is to enable early-career investigators to transition to independent research careers.

The Research Program encourages applications in basic, patient-oriented, and public health topics. In the area of public health, the Research Program is particularly interested in funding projects that will inform health policy decisions. These include projects that explore the quality and safety of a specific treatment and compare the effectiveness of different therapies. 

The ATS Research Program will award up to five unrestricted research grants for $40,000 for one year for salaries, supplies, or a combination of these two. Indirect costs will not be paid to the sponsoring institution. 

The Research Program will award one grant to the top scores in each of the three society pillars: pulmonary, critical care, and sleep.* The remaining grants will be awarded to the top scores regardless of the category of submission. 

Award-specific eligibility:
• Early-career investigators (as defined here)
• Must meet eligibility requirements for all grants found here


*While it is intended that there be one award in each pillar (pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine), the ATS Scientific Grant Review Committee (SGRC) reserves the right to alter this distribution dependent upon the significant scientific merit of applications.

Learn more about the grant review process here.

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The American Thoracic Society improves global health by advancing research, patient care, and public health in pulmonary disease, critical illness, and sleep disorders. Founded in 1905 to combat TB, the ATS has grown to tackle asthma, COPD, lung cancer, sepsis, acute respiratory distress, and sleep apnea, among other diseases.

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