LAM Research Funding
The LAM Foundation is the largest funder of LAM research, outside the National Institutes of Health, committing the majority of the $10.7 million raised to support 79 research projects for the study of LAM. In the first five years of funding LAM research, LAM Foundation scientists reported three major discoveries, including evidence that LAM is genetic, the identification of a LAM gene, and a molecular explanation for abnormal smooth muscle cell growth in LAM. This data resulted in the identification of potential therapy for LAM called sirolimus, or rapamycin, which is currently being tested through clinical trials.
LAM Foundation research awards include Post Doctoral Fellowships, Established Investigator Awards, and Pilot Project Awards. The LAM Foundation also partners with the American Thoracic Society (ATS) to co-fund LAM-related research projects. Proposals are submitted to the ATS and reviewed by the ATS Review Board. All scientists who wish to apply for LAM funding must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI).
Click here for Letter of Intent Form
Click here for Description of Awards
Click here for Application Deadlines
Click here for Application Form
Click here for Terms and Conditions
Click here for LAM Foundation Policy on Indirect Costs
To learn more about LAM Foundation research awards contact:
Francis X. McCormack, MD
Chairman, LAM Foundation Scientific Board
Director, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Department of Medicine
MSB Room 6053 231 Albert Sabin Way
Cincinnati, OH 45267-0564
P: 513-558-4831
F: 513-558-4858
Email: frank.mccormack@uc.edu
To learn more about ATS LAM funding contact:
Monica Simeonava
Director, ATS Research Program and PAR
American Thoracic Society
61 Broadway, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10006-2755
(212) 315-8696
msimon@thoracic.org
The deadline for LAM applications is September 30th. Applicants will be notified by December 30th. Funding begins January 15th of the following year.
LAM applications should be completed online and sent electronically to sbyrnes@thelamfoundation.org.
How you can get involved:
- Raise awareness of LAM in the scientific community
- Encourage other scientists to go to our website to learn more about how to apply for research funding
- Write your congressman to promote increased federal funding for research, treatment and educational programming for LAM
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