25 / PRNewswire-USNewswire / -- The Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis ( CPF ) and the American Thoracic Society ( ATS ) , the world 's leading professional organization for pulmonary , critical care and sleep physicians , today announced that the CPF will again partner with the ATS to fund Pulmonary Fibrosis ( PF ) research . The CPF and the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation ( PFF ) will each commit $ 200,000 to co-fund four two-year research grants and the ATS will provide management of the grants .