The primary purpose of the AARC Advanced RT Fund is to provide seed funding to colleges/universities, and AARC chartered affiliates to support the development of APRT curriculum programs and legislative initiatives for state licensure.
Examples of activities that the funding may support include, but are not limited to:
- Faculty course release time
- Curriculum development consultation
- Lobbyist services
- Workgroups for drafting legislative/regulatory language
Applicants interested in this fund must send a Letter of Intent and complete the online application. Deadlines are included in the instructions below.
Letter of Intent
The AARC invites interested parties to submit a letter of intent (LOI) that is no more than two single-spaced pages for possible funding to support APRT development initiatives.
Letter of Intent Contents
The letter of intent should address the following:
Colleges and Universities
- Status of institutional accreditation and ability to award a master’s degree or higher
- Statement and description of collaboration with state affiliate
- Statement of support from administration (e.g., department chair, dean)
- Description of education plan to develop an APRT program, including any current efforts in the development process and current status
- General description of use of funding (not a complete budget)
Chartered Affiliates
- Statement and description of support from state affiliate
- List of collaborating universities that can award minimum degree requirements
- Statement and description of support from legislative representative and/or licensing board/agency
- Description of a plan to develop advocacy efforts for legislative or regulatory initiatives (e.g., lobbyist) for APRT licensure, including any current efforts underway
- General description of use of funding (not a complete budget)
Letter of Intent Deadline
Your Letter of Intent is due Jan. 31, 2025
Future LOI dates to be announced.
Full Proposal Application Submission
If the letter of intent is approved, applicants will then be asked to submit a full proposal of no more than eight (8) single-spaced pages. An electronic (PDF) copy of the application in one document is required and should include the following:
Full Application Contents
Colleges/Universities
- Full description of the plan to develop an APRT program at the master’s degree or higher.
- Needs assessment (RTs, physicians, employers)
- Curriculum proposal development process
- Curriculum proposal approval process
- Demonstrated effort of collaboration with state affiliate
- Letter of support from College/University Leadership (e.g., Associate Dean, Dean, Associate Provost, Provost)
- Letters of support from potential employers (preferred but not required)
- Physician offices (physician groups)
- Academic departments
- Medical directors (clinical or academic)
- Clinical departments in non-academic facilities
- Sample: Letter of Support from an Employer
- Sample: Letter of Support from a University
- Detailed proposed budget and justification
- Timeline for curriculum proposal development
State Affiliates
- Full description of plan to develop advocacy efforts for legislative or regulatory initiatives for APRT licensure including any current efforts underway.
- Minutes from state affiliate documenting the Board of Directors approval for the grant application
- Patient needs assessment (e.g., projected need for pulmonary physicians, NPs, PAs)
- Draft of proposed legislation or regulatory language, or the need for a proposed working group to establish language (preferred but not required)
- Detailed proposed budget and justification
- Timeline for advocacy proposal development
- Additional supporting documentation (preferred but not required):
- Letter of support from Legislative Sponsor(s)
- Letter of support from licensing agency/board
- Letter of support from state society medical advisor
Full Proposal Application Deadline
The Full Proposal Application is due April 30, 2025.
Applications of any amount up to $30,000 will be accepted based on available funding. Please note that the amount of the grant will cover direct expenses only and will not cover indirect overhead costs associated with administrative operations.
Submit a Full Proposal Application
Email advancedrtfund@aarc.org with any questions.