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The Parker B. Francis Fellowship in Pulmonary Research is intended to support the development of outstanding investigators who plan careers in pulmonary research. We seek to help them as they make the transition to independent, self-supporting, faculty members. 

Parker B. Francis Fellowship grants are awarded to institutions for the purpose of providing stipends, fringe benefits, and modest travel expenses in support of qualified post-doctoral fellows or newly appointed assistant professors. Award recipients will thereby be enabled to devote the major part of their professional effort to research related to pulmonary disease and lung biology. 

Grants are made for three years of support. It is permissible to maintain support for the awardee as he or she moves from fellowship to faculty status. Awards are made to institutions on behalf of the fellows and can be transferred to other institutions only under special circumstances with prior approval from the Director of the Fellowship Program. 

Fellows supported by a Parker B. Francis Fellowship must be assured of having at least 75 percent of their time available for research. This means that a total of no more than three months per year may be spent in clinical or other non-research activities. 

PARKER B. FRANCIS LECTURESHIPS

In 1984, the Foundation established the Parker B. Francis Lectureship at the annual Aspen Lung Conference in Colorado for the purpose of bringing a distinguished authority to address the conference on a topic of contemporary scientific interest. To support this lectureship, $3,500 is awarded annually.

In 2001, the Foundation began providing $10,000 each year to support Parker B. Francis Lectureships as part of the annual American Thoracic Society meeting.

In honor of the Francis Family Foundation, the American Thoracic Society named Dr. Galen Toews as the first ATS PBF Lecturer in 2004.

PARKER B. FRANCIS
PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE

Dr. Augustine Choi is the Parker B. Francis Professor of Medicine at Harvard University, a chair endowed by The Francis Family Foundation.