FY2012 Assembly/Committee NEW/RENEWAL Project Applications

The FY2012 Assembly/Committee project application process and review by the Program Review Subcommittee (PRS) is now open. ATS will accept a limited number of NEW Project Applications for the FY2012 cycle.

This year for the first time the FY2012 Assembly/Committee project application will be web based. You can access the web based application at the link below titled: FY2012 Assembly Committee New/Renewal Project Application

Please use the document titled: Electronic Application Instructions to get started. This document will give you step by step instructions on how to access, submit and edit the Assembly/Committee Project applications. You will need your ATS Username and Password to begin an application. The instructions also include information on how to retrieve your user name and password if you have forgotten it.

To begin a NEW/ RENEWAL application, please go to:
http://www.thoracic.org/form/application/my-forms.php

* NEW FY2012 Assembly/Committee Project Application - Applications are New Projects that require funding and approval for the first time

* RENEWAL FY2012 Assembly/Committee Project Application - Applications are for those projects that were approved by the Program Review Subcommittee and the ATS Board of Directors for the FY2011 Funding Cycle.

Below are detailed instructions for each section of the FY2012 Assembly/Committee Project NEW / RENEWAL applications. Please read them carefully and have them available as you work on your application. If you have any questions, please contact Miriam Rodriguez, Director of Assemblies & Program Review Subcommittee at 212-315-8639 or by e-mail at: mrodriguez@thoracic.org

Applications must be submitted electronically on the ATS website. The deadline for submissions is Monday, August 15, 2011 at 11pm Eastern Time. Late submissions will not be accepted.

Files:

• Electronic Application Instructions
• FY2012 Assembly Committee New/Renewal Project Application
• FY2012 Assembly Committee New Project Application Instructions
• FY2012 Assembly Committee Renewal Project Application Instructions
• FY2012 Guidelines for Submission of ATS Assembly and Committee Project Applications
• FY2012 Assembly Committee Projects Introduction
• FY2012 Project Application Deadlines
• FY2012 Project Definitions
• 2011 Guidelines for ATS Documents
• ATS Panel Composition Fact Sheet
• Module A - All Document Developers
• Module B - Document Developers who are preparing Clinical Practice Guidelines