American Lung Association 2027 Hastings Innovation Award for Interstitial Lung Disease
Applications are open. The application must be submitted through proposalCENTRAL by December 1, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. The American Lung Association supports basic, clinical and translational research that advances understanding of interstitial lung disease. The research award begins July 1, 2027.
Funding to an individual applicant
$75,000 per year for up to two years, or up to $150,000 over the full period, subject to satisfactory first-year progress and available second-year funds. Funds are granted in annual increments. No indirect costs are allowed. Applicant salary and fringe cannot exceed 75% of the requested budget, permanent equipment cannot exceed 30% of the total award budget, and project-related travel or publication expenses are limited to $2,500 annually. Matching funds are not required in the available official program description.
Who qualifies
The applicant must hold a doctoral degree and a full-time faculty or equivalent professional position with demonstrated institutional commitment at a US nonprofit college, university or scientific research institution. A qualifying NIH K or R grant must have been held within the preceding five years. Individuals who have been principal investigator on three or more large federal grants, such as R01, U01, P01 or VA Merit awards, are ineligible. Co-investigator experience does not count toward that restriction. The applicant must be authorized to work in the United States and may submit only one American Lung Association grant application per annual cycle. The individual can receive this award only once.
Application and restrictions
Register or sign in at proposalCENTRAL. Prepare Specific Aims (one page), Research Strategy (six pages), technical and general project summaries, applicant and key personnel biosketches, detailed budget and justification, current and pending Other Support disclosures, institutional facilities information and a Department Head Statement on letterhead. The official PDF states that separate recommendation letters are not required for this mechanism. A signing official must certify continued employment and institutional support. Any relevant human/animal/biosafety approvals must be supplied before the award begins. Tobacco and e-cigarette industry funding conflicts are prohibited. AI assistance for application preparation is restricted to permitted administrative uses and must be disclosed when used. No budgetary duplication with other grants is allowed.
Official documentation
Read the controlling American Lung Association 2026-2027 Hastings Award PDF at https://www.lung.org/getmedia/f2c2248c-6db6-4d9c-8b86-ae78e1aadfa9/Hastings-Innovation-Award-for-Interstitial-Lung-Disease_26-27.pdf and the current program listing at https://www.lung.org/research/awards-and-grants-opportunities . Apply at https://proposalcentral.altum.com . Application deadlines, budgets and conditions above were verified from the 13-page controlling RFA on November 2, 2026. This is an applicant research grant, not a procurement contract.