- Applications and application components (including attachments) must be submitted in English.
- Applications and all required documents must be submitted prior to the deadline via the Grants Management System for consideration.
- No emailed or mailed proposals will be accepted.
- Current members of the CHEST Board of Regents and the CHEST Foundation Board are not permitted to write letters of support.
Application components to be addressed within the Grants Management System:
- Background/vision (≤500 words for each question below)
- Provide a description of where your project is located (city, province/region, country).
- List if the project is: (1) the continuation of an existing project; (2) the expansion of an existing project; or (3) the development of a new project.
- Describe the history of the organization and your role within it.
- Describe the desired outcomes of your proposal.
- Personal experience related to the project (≤500 words for each question below)
- Describe your role in the project – Do you volunteer your personal time and/or resources? What specific duties do you perform? How much time do you dedicate to this program or the organization? Provide other information that you would like to have considered.
- Detailed project description (≤500 words for each question below)
- Describe the project or organization’s mission (eg, this clinic provides free outpatient health services to the homeless or poor, etc).
- Identify which population(s) your project serves by describing the geographic location, economic status, age group, sex, ethnicity, and other relevant demographics.
- Estimate how many patients/families are served by your project and what impact your project has had on the patients and/or community.
- Describe how your project will be replicable/sustainable once the grant funding has been utilized.
Required document uploads:
- Budget (download the budget template)
- Current curriculum vitae – NIH biosketch or general CV accepted
- One letter of support from a person or group who has benefited, or will benefit, from the project
- Organization’s mission statement
- Please note the CHEST Foundation does not provide support to political or religious organizations.
- Summary of finances for grant-receiving organization’s most recent annual report
- Current W9 for your organization or equivalent international W8BEN