CHEST Equitable Community Health Impact Grant

• CHEST membership is required at the time of application.
• A multiprofessional core team of two to three members, including at least one Community Partner, is required. A Principal Investigator (PI) must be identified. The PI will apply as an individual and will receive recognition, if awarded. The PI is also expected to complete all award reporting and follow-up. PIs may assemble a team, either from across affiliations or all from within a single institution, at their discretion. Affiliations with either nonprofits or for-profit organizations (except tobacco companies) or private practices are all acceptable.
• Institutional review board approval must be sought/received for all projects to ensure protection of subjects.
• Applicants can propose a new project or apply for support for an existing project.

The following individuals are not eligible to apply for CHEST-supported grants:

• 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

• Applications and application components (including attachments) must be submitted in English.
• Application components must be developed with direct input from the Community Partner.
• 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 or Board of Advisors are not permitted to write letters of support.

Application components to be addressed within the Grants Management System:

• Project plan (≤750 words for each question and component below)
  • Background/Importance
  • Goals/Aims
  • Project Approach – include methods, strategies, protocols, expected outcomes, evaluation plan, theory, or framework (if applicable) statistical analysis
  • Project Team Sketch – include biosketch for all members of the core team (If there are additional ancillary members of the project, please indicate their involvement as such.)
  • Challenges and Solutions – include challenges to sustainability and challenges in geographic location
  • Community Sketch – description of community(ies) population and lung health gaps, opportunities, and needs
  • Community Partner Engagement Plan – scope of work, meeting cadence, reporting, data collection and dissemination plan, key stakeholders, and desired outcomes (Plan must fully describe the extent of the Community Partner collaboration and describe if this is a new or well-established relationship.)
  • Sustainability Plan
• Letter from Community Partner detailing the PI’s engagement and relationship with the organization and the impacted community and affirming their direct involvement in the shaping of the grant application
• Project timeline (≤750 words)
• Lay abstract (≤300 words)

Required document uploads:

• Bibliography supporting project research
• Budget (download the budget template)
• Current curriculum vitae – National Institutes of Health biosketch or general CV accepted
• Three support letters
  • Note: Current members of the CHEST Board of Regents or Board of Advisors are not permitted to write letters of support.
  • One from your institution
  • Young Investigator or Early Career – One from your supervisor or mentor
    • “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 seven years.
  • Later career stages – One from senior staff to whom you report
  • One from the Community Partner with whom you are engaging (Note: Please include contact information, as the review committee will follow-up with all Community Partners.)
• Human Subjects Involvement
  • Institutional Review Board (IRB) status – IRB approval must be acquired no later than three months after receiving grant award.
    • CHEST may rescind award if grantee does not receive IRB approval within three months of award.
• Current W9 for your institution or equivalent international W8BEN

• Grant funds can be used to cover 20% of protected time for the PI each year.
• Grant funds cannot be used to cover operating costs for the community organization or institution.
• It is viewed favorably for the application to indicate institutional commitment to the project and to include fiscal support in addition to the grant funds being sought.

Requirements Once Funded

• Provide interim progress reports with the following cadence:
  • Formal report 18 months after the start of the grant period
  • Additional progress reports may be requested every six months to ensure work between PI and Community Partner is proceeding as expected
• Virtual progress/check-in meeting halfway through the grant period (1.5 years)
• Formal final written report on the project addressing research and results 90 days after programs end (December of that calendar year)
• Provide final budget reconciliation of project funds
• Submit the results from your project to the CHEST Annual Meeting for presentation within a year following grant completion
• Submit full project results to the CHEST journal
• Maintain CHEST membership for the duration of the grant project, including NCE requests

Expectations Once Funded

• Become active in supporting CHEST's philanthropic efforts, from sharing your story to help attract future grant applications, to volunteering your time to support CHEST activities