Medical Granting Agencies

B.C. Lung Association

OPERATING GRANTS

Brief Description:
The British Columbia Lung Association provides financial support for investigators working in the field of respiratory health. Generally speaking, investigators holding an academic appointment in a British Columbia university are eligible to apply. Health-related research proposals submitted by investigators in university faculties outside the health sciences will be given consideration only if the relevance to a human health problem is clear and direct. Investigators in British Columbia who do not hold an academic appointment in a university, and who wish to submit a proposal to the British Columbia Lung Association for support of their research, should first write to the Association giving a brief outline of the project, indicating the facilities available for its conduct, and naming the institution through which the funds would be administered.

Period of Support:
Grants are awarded on an annual basis and may be renewed indefinitely. For grant renewals, investigators must provide a detailed progress report.

Applicaton Deadlines:
April 1, with the grant becoming tenable the following October 1. All applications are externally reviewed. Application forms are available from the British Columbia Lung Association, 906 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1K7.

EQUIPMENT GRANTS

Brief Description:
The Lung Association will only consider applications for equipment if the equipment's primary purpose is for research purposes.

Application Deadline:
Applicants for equipment grants should provide the Association with details of research grants presently held or applied for by the applicant, proposed applications for the equipment requested, and information regarding applications made to other granting bodies for support for the equipment. The application deadline is April 1, with the grant becoming tenable in July of the following year.

RESEARCH SCHOLARS

Brief Description
The British Columbia Lung Association, in collaboration with the Medical Research Council of Canada, offers two Scholarships annually.

Eligibility
Applicants must be post-doctoral, and be proposed by the director of an existing research program. The proposed field of research by the applicant must add a new dimension to the work already being conducted in the established research program.

Period of Support
Each Scholarship provides $50,000 a year for a period of five years.

Application Deadline
Letters of intent must be received by the British Columbia Lung Association by June 1 of each year. Applicants will be selected by the British Columbia Lung Association to be invited to submit an application for this Scholarship to the Medical Research Council of Canada for review in their normal Scholarship review process.

FELLOWSHIPS

Brief Description
The British Columbia Lung Association annually provides seven Fellowships at the University of British Columbia. Three are awarded in the Division of Respiratory Medicine; one in the Division of Thoracic Surgery; one in the Department of Pathology; one in the Department of Radiology; and one is available to applicants from any faculty at the university, providing the applicant will be working in a field closely related to pulmonary medicine.

Eligibility
All applicants for all Fellowship awards must be post-doctoral or M.D.

Period of Support
The annual Fellowship award is $27,500.

Application Deadline
The application deadline is October 1, with the grant becoming tenable July of the following year. All other fellowships are awarded annually.

WORKSHOP SUPPORT

Brief Description
The Executive Committee of the British Columbia Lung Association will consider applications for support of workshops on a request by request basis. The workshop proposed must have specific relevance to respiratory health.

Application Deadline
Upon request.

CONFERENCE SUPPORT

Brief Description
The British Columbia Lung Association will consider applications for financial assistance with conferences providing those conferences have specific relevance to respiratory health.

Application Deadline
Upon request.

OTHER

Brief Description
The Lung Association will consider requests from departments/divisions within the Faculty of Medicine to provide support (salary) for individuals whose field of expertise or training would complement already existing activities related to respiratory health.

Period of Support
The maximum award is $20,000 a year for a two year maximum period.

Application Deadline
Grants are awarded throughout the year upon request.

CONTINUING EDUCATION IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES

The British Columbia Lung Association provides an annual award of approximately $30,000 to the Division of Continuing Education in the Health Sciences at the University of British Columbia to provide British Columbia health professionals with a variety of educational and training opportunities in respiratory health.

BURSARY

The Lung Association provides a $1,000 bursary to each School of Nursing in the province. This bursary is available to any second-year nursing student who is in good academic standing and in financial need. Awards are made by the respective School of Nursing Financial Aid Departments.

Contact B.C. Lung Association, 2675 Oak Street, Vancouver, B.C., V6H 2K2
Ph: 731-5864 or Fax: 731-5810
Email: 74044.2160@Compuserve.com