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Toolkits, funding information and other resources designed to support emerging and established national-level IRC coalitions
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Toolkits for national-level coalitions
National-level IRC coalitions can access a range of helpful tools to support their progress. This includes: the IRC Manifesto and associated materials, communications toolkit, policy toolkit, best practice examples and materials from other coalition partners. These toolkits can only be accessed by official members using a password supplied by the IRC Project Manager.
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Funding
There are two types of funding applications available to national coalitions:
Seed funding
Are you eligible for seed funding to support the development of your coalition?
The IRC offers seed funding to national-level coalitions who are not yet well established (categorised as stage 1). Seed funding is available to support:
- Administrating the set up and governance of the IRC national coalition.
- Realisation of supporting projects specific to the development of the IRC national coalition and/or the reparation of a grant request.
- Onboarding of further organisations to reach the criteria for a stage 2 coalition.
Criteria for seed funding:
- A minimum of three organisations.
- Must have representation from healthcare professionals, patients and scientists.
- Acceptance of the standard terms and conditions for IRC grants.
The maximum amount of seed funding available per qualifying coalition is €2,000.
Read the full terms and conditions of this grant.
Apply now
If you would like to apply for seed funding, please complete the application form and email to irc@ersnet.org, ensuring you include any additional supporting documents noted within the form.
Part funding for national coalition IRC projects
Larger grants are available for IRC national coalitions to work on strategic projects that will support the objectives of the IRC. In order to be eligible to apply, your coalition must have:
- A minimum of five organisations.
- Representation from healthcare professionals, patients, scientists and policymakers. A policymaker is defined as someone who has influence on decision making locally or nationally. (Note, economic expertise/representation is not mandatory as part of the coalition but is strongly advised.)
Guidelines for coalitions applying for part-funding:
- Projects must clearly support the strategy/roadmap presented by the IRC national coalition and must be evidence based, scientifically robust, patient-centric, and aligned with the IRC ambition and Manifesto.
- Applications must offer clear milestones and measurable KPIs with given periods.
- The IRC will part-support projects with a grant of up to €50,000 (Note: the grant will not exceed 80% contribution to the overall budget of the project).
- Administration of the project should include timely reporting to the IRC grant assessment body.
- Only one application should be made to IRC in any one fiscal period (single or multi project).
- Projects should include a transparent budget aligned to fair market value and annual financial reports.
- Where a grant application has been successful, the grant will be paid in instalments based on achievements and milestones set out by the IRC grant assessment committee, subject to the nature of the project.
Full terms and conditions will be made available upon application.
Apply now
If you would like to apply for part funding for your IRC project, please complete the attached form and email to irc@ersnet.org, ensuring you include any additional supporting documents noted within the form.
Recently launched
IRC Manifesto
The IRC has launched its official Manifesto during the second IRC Summit, which took place in Lisbon, Portugal on 26-27 June 2023. The document sets out the aims and objectives of the Coalition and, using the latest data, explains a clear need to tackle respiratory disease. The IRC is now calling on policymakers in WHO European region countries to create clear and measurable national strategies – to transform post-pandemic respiratory care and reduce mortality from respiratory diseases by a third globally by 2030, in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
New resources
Lung Facts: make a case for change
Lung Facts presents key epidemiological and economic data for major respiratory conditions across World Health Organization (WHO) Europe, and by each WHO Europe country, and is intended to be used to demonstrate the urgent need for change in respiratory healthcare as well as provide a base to measure future progress.
Examples of existing national strategies
There are many examples of strong and impactful coalitions both at the national and international level. We recommend new national-level coalitions look to some well-established respiratory coalitions for inspiration:
