{{more citations needed|date=October 2011}} {{Infobox company | name = American Respiratory Care Foundation | logo = American Respiratory Care Foundation logo.jpg | type = non-profit organization | foundation = 1974 | founder = American Association for Respiratory Care | location_city = Irving, TX | location_country = United States | area_served = United States | key_people = | industry = Health care | revenue = $749,783 | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = $2,131,930 | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | slogan = | homepage = {{URL|http://www.arcfoundation.org/}} | footnotes = EIN: 237089524 }} The '''American Respiratory Care Foundation''' is a non-profit organization founded by the American Association for Respiratory Care<ref>American Respiratory Care Foundation http://www.arcfoundation.org/</ref> formed to provide funding for research in the field of pulmonology and respiratory care.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Shneerson JM |date=March 1996 |title=The changing role of mechanical ventilation in COPD |journal=Eur Respir J |volume=9 |issue=3 |pages=393–398 |doi=10.1183/09031936.96.09030393 |pmid=8729993|doi-access=free }}</ref> Formed in 1974 as the American Respiratory Therapy Foundation and then changed to the American Respiratory Care Foundation in 1986.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aarc.org/member_services/timeline/ |title=AARC Timeline |publisher=Aarc.org |access-date=2011-10-26}}</ref> The ARCF is a partner with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, who has awarded grants to the ARCF in order to help fund research directly related to asthma and asthma education.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.epa.gov/asthma/partners.html#National_Organizations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030803061201/http://www.epa.gov/asthma/partners.html#National_Organizations |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 3, 2003 |title=Federal Partners and Contacts &#124; Asthma |publisher = US Environmental Protection Agency |date=2010-11-17 |access-date=2011-10-26}}</ref>

==Primary funding== *'''Undergraduate Student Awards''' — The ARCF previously supported individuals who were progressing toward an Associate of Science in Respiratory Therapy but ceased that support in 2011 changing the requirement to a student progressing toward a Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy by either direct route or a bridge programme.<ref name="pmid21276324">{{cite journal|vauthors=Barnes TA, Kacmarek RM, Kageler WV, Morris MJ, Durbin CG | title=Transitioning the respiratory therapy workforce for 2015 and beyond. | journal=Respir Care | year= 2011 | volume= 56 | issue= 5 | pages= 681–90 | pmid=21276324 | doi=10.4187/respcare.01169 | doi-access=free }}</ref> ;Scholarships and education grants :*Morton B. Duggan, Jr. Memorial Education Recognition Award :*Jimmy A. Young Memorial Education Recognition Award :*NBRC/AMP William W. Burgin, Jr. MD Education Recognition Award :*NBRC/AMP Robert M. Lawrence, MD Education Recognition Award

*Postgraduate Student Awards *Research Fellowships / Abstract Awards *Achievement Awards *Literary Awards *'''Research Grants''' — Research in respiratory care, pulmonology, sleep medicine and critical care medicine is one of the ARCF's primary missions. *International Fellowships *Community Grants

==International fellowship== The International Fellowship Program was established in 1990 as a method of expanding respiratory care practices internationally by inviting physicians and nurses among other health professionals to shadow respiratory therapists to observe the practice and application in medicine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arcfoundation.org/international/fellows/directory.cfm |title=International Fellowship Directory |publisher=Arcfoundation.org |access-date=2011-10-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502170153/http://www.arcfoundation.org/international/fellows/directory.cfm |archive-date=2012-05-02 }}</ref>

==See also== *Lambda Beta Society *National Board for Respiratory Care

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==External links== * [http://www.arcfoundation.org/ Official website] * [http://www.stopsnoringresources.com/ Anti Snoring Solutions]

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Category:Non-profit organizations based in Irving, Texas Category:Pulmonology and respiratory therapy organizations Category:Medical and health organizations based in Texas