KYF is an acronym from the transliteration of 敬和以慧富 and Dr Yoshinosuke Fukuchi, the joint financial sponsor of this Award.

Yoshinosuke Fukuchi M.D. Ph.D. is a professor emeritus at Juntendo University, Tokyo.

Inaugurated for the 2018 Congress, the Award will be available at each annual APSR Congress until 2026.

The Award is to promote investigations in aging lung in health and disease (basic science, translational clinical medicine, epidemiology, socio-economic study). Graying of society casts a universal burden on keeping society healthy and the lung is known as most vulnerable organ in old people. The scientific approach to tackle this serious issue is emerging but not enough yet.

One Award is available each congress for eight congresses, to the first author of the best abstract accepted for presentation at the year’s APSR Congress. The abstract must be of original work on geriatric respirology in any of the following fields:

・Clinical respiratory medicine

・Cell & molecular biology

・Clinical allergy & immunology

・Environmental & occupational health and epidemiology

The abstract is selected by the APSR, supported by the APSR assemblies, who rank abstracts for their novelty, importance, methodology, clarity and overall quality. A consensus on the best (eligible) abstract on geriatric respirology in any of the above fields, is then obtained through a rigorous judging system.