We are excited to announce that the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) will again be partnering with the European Lung Foundation to offer 10 grants of €1,000 to organisations across the globe to help us improve lung health through Healthy Lungs for Life (HLfL) and World Lung Day.
HLfL is a global public awareness campaign that focuses on:
Physical activity (#TakeTheActiveOption),
Air quality (#BreatheCleanAir),
Stopping smoking (#BeSmokeFree),
Vaccination (#Vaccinate) and
Climate change (#FightClimateChange).
Find more information on the campaign.
World Lung Day is a day for lung health advocacy and activities supporting this. By coordinating events to fall on the same day we can make more noise about lung health, sending a powerful statement across the world.
The grants
We know that organisations working within their local communities are able to connect and inform in ways that can bring about real change. We want to be able to provide funding to enable their work, reaching more people and connecting in imaginative ways.
HLfL grants are available to help organisations run events, create materials, and launch face-to-face or online campaigns to promote HLfL and to run activities on and around World Lung Day (25th September).
In 2022 we gave grants to organisations in Nepal, Pakistan, Greece and many more. This year we are especially interested in working with organisations in low-income European countries, although we are not restricting funding to these areas. We also welcome applications from organisations that we have not previously funded.
Apply for a grant or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information. Applications close on 1 June 2023 at 09:00am CEST.
About the Forum of International Respiratory Societies
The Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS) is an organisation comprised of the world's leading international respiratory societies working together to improve lung health globally. The goal of FIRS is to unify and enhance efforts to improve lung health through the combined work of its more than 70,000 members globally.
FIRS comprises the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST), American Thoracic Society (ATS), the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR), Asociación Latino Americana De Tórax (ALAT), European Respiratory Society (ERS), International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (The Union), Pan African Thoracic Society (PATS), the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), and the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD).
European Lung Foundation
European Lung Foundation (ELF) works in partnership with FIRS member European Respiratory Society. ELF is a patient-led organisation that works internationally to bring patients and the public together with healthcare professionals to improve lung health and advance diagnosis, treatment and care.
