The American Thoracic Society is pleased to announce the grant and award recipients for the 2025 grant cycle. The support of our members, donors, and partners make these awards possible—thank you!
Partner Grants
The ATS Research Program partners with other nonprofit organizations and pharmaceutical companies to maximize the number of grants we can support. The ATS reviews all grants and assumes all costs associated with administrating the grants.
Henry Brems, MD
Johns Hopkins University
ALA/ATS/CHEST Respiratory Health Equity Research Award - $200,000
Addressing Inequities from Before Medically Advised Discharges after Asthma Exacerbation
Martin Kang, PhD
Medical University of South Carolina
ATS/ALA Commemorative 120th Anniversary Joint Research Award - $120,000
Redosing AAV Gene Therapy in The Lungs of a Pediatric Mouse Model of Surfactant Protein-B Deficiency
Shah Hussain, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
ATS/Alpha-1 Foundation Young Investigator Grant in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency - $50,000
Characterizing RASCs in AAT-Deficient Ferrets: Implications for COPD and Distal Airway Remodeling
Dipayan Chaudhuri, MD MSc FRCPC
McMaster University
ATS/Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Research Grant in Nasal High Flow - $50,000
Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure and High Flow Nasal Cannula (HyperFlow): A pilot randomized trial
Mark Mallozzi, MD
National Jewish Health
ATS/Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research Grant - $100,000
Association of PM2.5 Exposure with Sarcoidosis Outcomes at Baseline and Longitudinal Follow-Up
Robert Reklow, PhD
University of British Columbia
ATS/Margaret W. Leigh/PCD Foundation Early Career Investigator Award - $60,000
AID-PCD: Assessing Immunofluorescence for Diagnosis of Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
ATS Diversity Grant
($40,000)
The ATS is committed to supporting diversity in the next generation of researchers and clinicians. This award recognizes an outstanding investigator working in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine that is from a population underrepresented in the U.S. research enterprise, as defined by the NIH.
Gonzalo Labarca, MD
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Sleep Apnea Physiological Burdens and Pulmonary Function in the Hispanic/Latino Community
ATS Unrestricted Research Grants
($40,000/ea)
The ATS funds unrestricted research grants representing the three pillars of the American Thoracic Society: pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. Awards span basic, clinical, and translational research in adult and pediatric medicine. Applicants consider how their research will provide novel approaches to challenging lung diseases, foster health care equality, and improve patient outcomes.
Chaofan Li, PhD
University of Virginia
Molecular Regulation of Respiratory Immune Response Driving Lung Sequelae Post COVID-19
Monica Liu, MD, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Validating Patient-Derived Organoid Models of Acute Lung Transplant Rejection
Luciana Padua Taveres, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital - Harvard Medical School
15-Lipoxygenase-Expressing Neutrophils Reprogram Macrophages to Promote Resolution Of ARDS
Richard Ramonell, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Pathogenic Potential of CD8+ Effector Memory T Cells Re-Expressing CD45RA in Severe Asthma
B. Shoshana Zha, MD, PhD
The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco
MAC-BeNTM: Macrophage Response in Bronchiectasis and Pulmonary NTM Disease
Early Career Investigator Award in Pulmonary Vascular Disease
($100,000/ea)
The Early-Career Investigator Award in Pulmonary Vascular Disease supports scientists conducting research on the basic mechanisms and/or vascular biology of pulmonary vascular disease. This award is generously sponsored by Johnson & Johnson.
Gabriel Altit, MD
McGill University Health Centre - Research Institute / Montreal Children's Hospital
NORDIC-FU: Neonatal Outcomes Related to Early Discovery of Impaired Cardiac Function at Follow-Up
John Park, MD, PhD
The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles
Emerging role of LOXL2 in Right Heart Failure due to Pulmonary Hypertension: Novel Druggable Target
Michael Smith, MD
The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco
Adaptive Right Ventricular Development in Congenital Heart Disease-Pulmonary Hypertension
Bingqiang Wen, PhD
The Regents of the University of Arizona
Identify Mouse Lung Endothelial Cell Specific DNA Regulatory Regions in the Foxf1 Enhancer
