Launched in 2013, the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Clinical Research Collaboration (CRC) programme funds a global network of researchers dedicated to advancing respiratory medicine. The initiative operates with four primary objectives: driving the exchange of innovative research ideas among international clinicians and scientists; establishing robust infrastructures for prospective clinical research; securing supplementary national and EU funding; and streamlining the planning, execution, analysis, and publication of pan-European and global clinical and translational studies
Currently, 28 active ERS CRCs span all eight primary respiratory disease domains: airway diseases, interstitial lung diseases, pulmonary vascular diseases, sleep and breathing disorders, respiratory critical care, paediatric respiratory diseases, respiratory infections, and thoracic oncology. These initiatives drive extensive pan-European and global cooperation. Notably, they maintain disease-specific paediatric and adult registries for both common and rare lung conditions, with the latter managed in close partnership with ERN-LUNG.
The following list details the ongoing Clinical Research Collaborations (CRCs) currently driving innovation through the active participation and strategic involvement of ERN-LUNG members:
| Year | Project Title | Information |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | STANDOUT – STANdardisation of respiratory Definitions and OUTcomes using Real World Data | Find out more |
| 2026 | TRANSLATE-ILA – Collaborative Network for Clinical and Translational ILA research | Find out more |
| 2026 | TREE – Lung Transplant Research nEtwork in Europe | Find out more |
| 2025 | EMPIRE – European Multicentre Pleural Infection REsearch Collaborative | Find out more |
| 2025 | SARCOIDOMICS – Advancing in High-Risk Sarcoidosis Research Through Multi-Omics: The SARCOIDOMICS Network | Find out more |
| 2025 | EXPLAIN-IT – EXposome and Prevention of Lung diseases, An INternational Interdisciplinary Translational Network | Find out more |
| 2024 | IMPORTANCE – IMplications of Positive Airway Pressure and Home Mechanical Ventilation: TowArds optimal patieNt CarE | Find out more |
| 2024 | iDREAM – Diagnosis and management of sleep disordered breathing in children aged less than two years old | FInd out more |
| 2023 | CONNECT – Moving multiple digital innovations towards connected respiratory care: addressing the over-arching challenges of whole systems implementation | Find out more |
| 2022 | PROFILE.net – PROgressive Fibrosing Lung diseasEs.network | Find out more |
| 2022 | AMR-Lung – AntiMicrobial Resistance in Lung infections | FInd out more |
| 2021 | Child BEAR net – Children’s Bronchiectasis Education Advocacy and Research Network | Find out more |
| 2020 | BEAT PCD – Better Experimental Approaches to Treat Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia | Find out more |
| 2020 | PELICAN – Prematurity’s Effects on the Lungs In Children and Adults Network | Find out more |
| 2019 | e-GLILDnet – A European Granulomatous-Lymphocytic Interstitial Lung Disease Network | Find out more |
| 2019 | CICERO – Collaboration In COPD ExaceRbatiOns | Find out more |
| 2019 | PHAROS – severe Pulmonary Hypertension mAnagement acROSs Europe | Find out more |
| 2018 | CADSET – Chronic Airway DiSeases Early sTratification | Find out more |
| 2018 | EARCO – European Alpha-1 research COllaboration | Find out more |
| 2018 | NEUROCOUGH – New understanding in the treatment of cough – Clinical Research Collaboration: A pan-European multi-centre network to improve the management of cough | Find out more |
| 2017 | IMPACT – International Multicentre Pleural reseArch CollaboraTive | Find out more |
| 2017 | PEX-NET – Pulmonary hemodynamics during exercise – research network | Find out more |
| 2017 | SHARP – Severe Heterogenous Asthma Research collaboration, Patient-centered | Find out more |
| 2016 | ChILDEU – The European research collaboration for Children’s Interstitial Lung Disease | Find out more |
| 2016 | GLI – The Global Lung function Initiative network | Find out more |
| 2016 | SPACE – Severe Paediatric Asthma Collaborative in Europe – Enhancing participation of asthmatic children in therapeutic trials of new biologics and receptor blockers | Find out more |
| 2015 | ESADA – European sleep apnoea database | Find out more |
| 2014 | EMBARC – European Multicentre Bronchiesctasis Audit and Research Collaboration | Find out more |