Critical Care Medicine Research Grant

The Critical Care Medicine Research Grant, funded by the American College of Chest Physicians, offers $150,000 over three years for projects that advance critical care medicine. Eligible applicants include licensed physicians and young investigators focused on health disparities and improving lung health outcomes. Institutional support is encouraged, while active CHEST grantees and certain organizations are ineligible. This grant aims to foster impactful research that addresses significant community health challenges.

Applications must advance the understanding of critical care medicine and be clinically relevant with a focus on implications of health disparities on outcomes from critical illness. Projects must also demonstrate how they will have a positive impact on the lung health of a community.
Grant Amount:

• $150,000 3-year grant: October 1, 2024, through October 31, 2027.

Eligibility

CHEST membership is required at the time of application.Applicants must be licensed physicians. Physicians-in-training (residents or fellows), other health care professionals, or clinical researchers with relevant experience will also be accepted.Although applicants may be at later career stages, special consideration will be given to young investigators and applicants in early stages of their career.“Young Investigators” and “Early Career” are defined as residents/fellows/other health care researchers with relevant experience or practicing physicians who have completed their post-graduate training within the last 7 years.Teams are encouraged to apply but must have a representative to serve as the Principal Investigator (PI) who will apply as an individual and will receive recognition, if awarded.Institutional review board approval must be sought/received for all projects to ensure protection of subjects.Not-for-profit organizations and institutions are eligible to apply.
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Ineligibility

Active CHEST grantees, including those with active no cost extension (NCE) requests.Members of the CHEST Board of Regents or Board of Advisors, as well as their family members. Indirect costs will not be covered.PI salaries will not be supported.Higher-level translational research project preferred (T1-T5); basic (cellular or animal) research projects will not be considered.