Research Funding

1. Epidemiological Research on Disorders of Hearing, Balance, Smell, Taste, Voice, Speech, and Language (R01)

Grant applications are sought from investigators to initiate or competitively supplement studies on the prevalence or incidence and risk factors of communication disorders of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and language. The purpose of the PA is to encourage the submission of applications for epidemiological research studies characterized by their population-based study design. Such projects will contribute to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders clinical research programs by providing a clearer understanding of factors (familial, behavioral, and environmental) influencing communication disorders that will ultimately provide information relevant to diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

Applications are currently open and accepted three times a year: Feb 5, June 5, Oct

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-251.html

 

2. Hearing Impairment and Other Communication Disorders Associated with HIV/AIDS (R01)

Research specifically investigating HIV/AIDS, communication, and communication disorders is limited, compounded by the fact that national databases do not specifically collect information pertaining to communication disorders experienced by persons living with HIV/AIDS. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) and the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), solicits grant applications proposing research in hearing, voice, speech, language, balance, taste, and smell disorders in persons with HIV/AIDS.

Applications are currently open and accepted three times a year: Feb 5, June 5, Oct

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-129.html

 

3. Research on Mild and/or Unilateral Hearing Loss (R21)

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits R21 applications to further our understanding of mild and unilateral hearing loss in infants and young children. This includes research on prevention, better diagnostic methods, and treatments for these forms of hearing loss that are often overlooked or minimized. Children with milder forms of hearing loss (e.g., < 40 dB HL) in one or both ears or any degree of hearing loss in one ear can experience difficulties in the areas of speech, language, behavior, academic, and other aspects of development.  The total project period for an application submitted in response to this funding opportunity may not exceed two years. Direct costs are limited to $275,000 over an R21 two-year period, with no more than $200,000 in direct costs allowed in any single year.

Applications are currently open and accepted three times a year: Feb 16, June 16, Oct 1

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-037.html

 

4. NIDCD Small Grant Program (R03)

The NIDCD Small Grant Program is intended to support basic and clinical research of scientists who are in the early stages of establishing an independent research career. It cannot be used for thesis or dissertation research. The research must be focused on one or more of the areas within the biomedical and behavioral scientific mission of the NIDCD: hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, or language.

Applications may be submitted for up to four modules of $25,000 each ($100,000 Direct Costs per year), for up to three years of support. Consortium/contractual F&A costs are no longer included in the direct cost limit. F&A costs may be requested in addition to the $100,000/year Direct Cost limit (http://grants.nih.gov/grants /guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-05-004.html). An NIDCD Small Grant will not be awarded during the same Council round as another NIH Research Project grant.

Deadline:March 13, 2007; June 27, 2007; October 29, 2007; February 26, 2008; June 27, 2008; October 29, 2008; February 26, 2009; June 29, 2009; October 29, 2009

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-287.html

 

5. Proteomics in Auditory Developmental and Disease Processes (R01)

Variable award amount

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-252.htm

Applications are currently open and accepted three times a year: Feb 5, June 5, Oct 5

 

6. Cell Lineage and Developmental Studies in Hearing and Balance (RO1)

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), solicits grant applications that propose to expand developmental research in the auditory and vestibular sensory systems. Investigator-initiated applications responsive to this FOA would promote cellular and molecular approaches applied to developmental events important for hearing and balance sensory function.

Variable award amount

Applications are currently open and accepted three times a year: Feb 5, June 5, Oct 5

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-127.html

 

7. NIDCD Translational Research Grants (R01/R21)

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), National Institutes of Health (NIH), solicits applications in translational research in the NIDCD mission areas of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and language. The intent of this FOA is to provide a new avenue for basic scientists and clinicians or clinical scientists to jointly explore, initiate, and conduct translational research projects. The scope of this funding opportunity includes a range of activities to encourage translation of basic research findings to have a practical impact on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of communication disorders. Multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary, and academic-industrial collaborations studies are encouraged. This FOA is not intended for outcome studies, the extension of ongoing clinical research studies, or the optimization of current clinical protocols.

The total project period for an application submitted in response to this funding opportunity may not exceed two years. Direct costs are limited to $275,000 over an R21 two-year period, with no more than $200,000 in direct costs allowed in any single year.

Applications are currently open and accepted three times a year: Feb 5, June 5, Oct 5 (RO1)

Applications are currently open and accepted three times a year: Feb 16, June 16, Oct 16 (R21)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-128.html

 

8. NIDCD Patient-Oriented Research Grant (R01/R21)

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite R01 grant applications for patient-oriented research in theNational Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) mission areas of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language. For the purposes of this FOA, patient-oriented research is defined as diagnosis, treatment, and intervention research using individuals with a communication disorder.

The total project period for an application submitted in response to this funding opportunity may not exceed two years. Direct costs are limited to $275,000 over a two-year period, with no more than $200,000 in direct costs allowed in any single year.

Applications are currently open and accepted three times a year: Feb 5, June 5, Oct 5 (RO1)

Applications are currently open and accepted three times a year: Feb 16, June 16, Oct 16 (R21)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-095.html

 

9. Bioengineering Research Grants (R01)

Participating Institutes and Centers of the NIH invite applications for R01 awards to support Bioengineering Research Grants (BRGs) for basic and applied multi-disciplinary research that addresses important biological, bioengineering or medical research problems. The BRGs support multi-disciplinary research performed in a single laboratory or by a small number of investigators that applies an integrative, systems approach to develop knowledge and/or methods to prevent, detect, diagnose, or treat disease or to understand health and behavior. Application may propose hypothesis-driven, discovery-driven, developmental, or design-directed research.

Variable award amount

Applications are currently open and accepted three times a year: Feb 5, June 5, Oct 5

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-279.html

 

10. Community Participation in Research (R01)

The ultimate goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support research on health promotion, disease prevention, and health disparities that is jointly conducted by communities and researchers.

Variable award amount

Applications are currently open and accepted three times a year: Feb 5, June 5, Oct 5

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-283.html

 

11. Research Project Grant (Parent R01)

The Research Project Grant (R01) is an award made to an institution/organization to support a discrete, specified, circumscribed project to be performed by the named investigator(s) in areas representing the specific interests and competencies of the investigator(s). The R01 research plan proposed by the applicant institution/organization must be related to the stated program interests of one or more of the NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) based on descriptions of their programs. All research project grant applications described in this announcement will be assigned to NIH ICs according to standard Public Health Service (PHS) referral guidelines and specific program interests.

Variable award amount

Applications are currently open and accepted three times a year: Feb 5, June 5, Oct 5

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-070.html

 

12. New Technology to Screen for Mild Hearing Loss in Children (SBIR [R43/R44])

The Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) program within the National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), NIH, are working to ensure infants and children with mild forms of hearing loss are identified as soon as possible. Part of this effort involves having screening technology available that can reliably detect these hearing losses.  Applications are invited for the modification or development of new screening technologies that are better able to consistently detect mild hearing loss (i.e., < 40 dB Hearing Level or 40 dB HL) in one or both ears in infants and young children without significantly increasing the number of false positives. An option for pass-refer algorithms specifically designed to detect these types of hearing loss should be considered as a feature on the device. This feature could include the option for lower stimulus levels on Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) and Automated Auditory Brainstem Response (A-ABR) screening equipment or multiple-frequency A-ABR screening. This technology should be able to be utilized in hospitals and healthcare provider offices and simple to operate as it may be used by a variety of individuals with varying degrees of training and experience. In addition, the technology should be noninvasive and able to complete a screen of an infant within a few minutes.

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-546.htm

Applications are currently open and accepted three times a year: April 5, Aug 5, Dec 5

 

13. American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation

(check back for deadlines)

http://www.ashfoundation.org/Foundation/grants/research_grants.htm

New Century Scholars Research GrantScientists with research doctorate within the discipline of communication sciences and disorders are eligible to compete for $10,000 grants to support innovative studies or unmet research needs.

New Investigators Research GrantNew scientists earning their latest degree in communication sciences within the last 5 years are eligible to compete for $5,000 grants to pursue research in audiology or speech-language pathology. Supported in part by Psi Iota Xi National Philanthropic Organization. Grants include optional supplemental funding enhancements provided by ASHA Special Interest Divisions 2, 3, 4, and 13.

Student Research Grant in Audiology
Master’s and doctoral students in communication sciences and disorders desiring to conduct research in audiology are eligible to compete for a $2,000 grant for a proposed 1-year study. Supported by the Ira M. Ventry and Brad W. Friedrich Memorial Funds.

 

14. National organization for hearing research foundation

http://www.nohrfoundation.org/index.html

$20,000 (Deadline was Oct 2006)

 

15. American Hearing Research Organization

Research Grants should relate to the hearing or balance functions of the ear. Both basic and clinical studies may be proposed. Priority is given to providing startup funds for new projects

$20,000

Deadline:  August 1, 2007

http://www.american-hearing.org/research/grant_guidelines.html

 

16. American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

http://www.entlink.net/research/grant/Foundation-Funding-Opportunities.cfm

Note: applications are accepted for one grant only!

Letters of intent Dec 15, 2007

Deadline Jan 15, 2008

Wiley H. Harrison Memorial Research Award— Open to physicians (M.D.) at the resident, fellow, or junior faculty stage, or PhD scientists to support clinical research projects in otology or neurotology designed to increase understanding of hearing disorders. Scientists with previous NIH or comparable funding are not eligible. One year, non-renewable, $25,000, one available annually.

 

ANS/AAO-HNSF Herbert Silverstein Otology and Neurotology Research Award—Co-sponsored by the American Neurotology Society and the AAO-HNSF. Open to any otolaryngologist in the United States and Canada with demonstrated potential for excellence in research and teaching, and serious commitment to an academic research career in otology or neurotology. Clinical or translational projects preferred.  Two-year, non-renewable, $15,000 per year, $30,000 maximum total costs, one available every other year (even-numbered years).

NOTE: THIS GRANT IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR FUNDING IN THE 2007 GRANTS CYCLE.

 

17. The American Otological Society

http://www.americanotologicalsociety.org/funding.html

Check back for updated funding options

 

18. American Tinnitus Association

http://www.ata.org/research/apply.html

Deadline: June 30 and Dec 31, 2007

Grant financially supports scientific studies that relate directly to tinnitus. These may be investigations submitted by either basic or applied (i.e. clinical) scientists. Grant are awarded through a competitive process; grant award amounts are up to $50,000 per year for up to 2 years or a maximum of $100,000 per year for up to 3 years for exceptional projects.  For more information, please contact ATA at 1-800-634-8978 x218 or [email protected]

 

19. Deafness Research Foundation

The Deafness Research Foundation (DRF) awards research grants once a year for investigations of the auditory and vestibular systems. All proposals related to research in hearing and balance, both basic and applied clinical, will be considered. DRF wishes to stimulate research that leads to a continuing and independently fundable line of research.  See website for application.

$20,000

Deadline: Dec 1, 2007

http://www.drf.org/grants/appinst.htm