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The American Asthma Foundation (AAF) is a national advocacy group funding basic research focused on asthma. The mission of the American Asthma Foundation, a non-profit organization, is to improve treatment, prevent, and find a cure for asthma, a chronic lung condition affecting 25 million Americans.

To achieve its mission, the American Asthma Foundation underwrites an international grants program to attract researchers who will undertake asthma-related investigations. The American Asthma Foundation Research Program, formerly the Strategic Program for Asthma Research (SPAR), supports asthma research by providing multi-year awards to scientists submitting innovative proposals.

Board of directors

The American Asthma Foundation’s Board of Directors consists of Chairman, Marion O. Sandler

Marion Sandler

Marion Sandler is the former co-CEO of Golden West Financial Corporation and World Savings Bank. In 2004, after 43 years running Golden West Financial Corporation, she was described by the Columbia School of Journalism as “the first and longest-serving woman chief executive officer in the United...

, Dr. Madeleine K. Albright

Madeleine Albright

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, Susan V. Berresford, William K. Bowes, Jr., Bernard Osher

Bernard Osher

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, Lewis S. Ranieri, Anthony D. Romero

Anthony Romero

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, and Diane B. Wilsey.

Scientific Advisory Board

The American Asthma Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) selects the research funded by the AAF. Members of the SAB represent a broad range of scientific disciplines.

Research Program

The American Asthma Foundation Research Program (AAFRP) funds investigators conducting basic research projects that could ultimately result in improved treatments, new forms of prevention, and a cure for asthma. The annual solicitation of proposals is open to researchers in the United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Israel, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Awardees have come from a wide range of fields and disciplines, including biology, epidemiology, immunology, medicine, pathology, pharmacology, physiology, chemistry, and neurology. The American Asthma Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board engages in an annual review of grant applications to ensure they meet the AAF’s criteria for outstanding science and creative thinking.

Since 2000, the American Asthma Foundation Research Program has awarded more than $80 million in research grants, including awards made in 2011. Most grants are for three years and typically amount to $750,000 for senior investigators and $450,000 for more junior researchers who have demonstrated early excellence. The annual solicitation for research proposals concludes in February with awards announced in June.

Through 2011, the American Asthma Foundation Research Program results have included:

Number of research breakthroughs: 26; 14 are in development with pharmaceutical companies and four of these are in clinical trials
Amount of additional funding that resulted from work done under AAF grants: $36 million
Number of publications in prestigious journals: 213

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