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Birtman Grant
Next deadline:
August 13, 2021
The Birtman Grant is named for Georgia Birtman, a Chicago school teacher who was a significant benefactor of the Foundation. This grant will be offered in 2021, and may be offered in future years if AHRF determines funding is available.
Eligibility requirements for the Birtman Grant:
Applicants must hold an MD, PhD, AuD, or equivalent degree(s) and be associated with a university or hospital in the United States.
Acceptable topics for the Birtman Grant:
Research topics must be related to hearing and balance disorders of the inner ear.
Application Guidelines + Checklist for the Birtman Grant:
Please carefully follow our 5-step application process:
- Confirm your eligibility by checking the requirements above.
- Confirm that your topic is acceptable for this grant by checking the requirements above.
- Carefully follow the application checklist below.
- Save your proposal as a PFD document.
- Submit your application online here.
Application Checklist for the Birtman Grant
Please write your application using this checklist. Please follow these guidelines carefully.
Note: Applicants have the option of including an alternative budget up to $50,000, plus a description of alternative (truncated) specific aims as the last two pages of the proposal. This way, if the project is not chosen for the Birtman Grant it will be included in the selection pool for Regular Grants. See “#6 – (Optional) Alternate Budget and Aims” below.
- Title Page (first page of proposal)
- Title of research project
- New or renewal project
- Principal investigator name(s) and credentials
- Collaborator name(s) and credentials
- Institution name
- USPS mailing address
- Telephone number of PI who will be primary AHRF contact
- Email address of PI who will be primary AHRF contact
- Financial officer contact information (name, email, and telephone number of official who will sign any agreement)
- Description
- Brief one-page summary of the project
- Include performance site and key personnel of project.
- Detailed Budget
- Budget ONLY for the one year of your proposed project.
- Provide a one-year budget that includes salary for support staff (students, post-doctorate fellows, etc.), equipment and supplies. Salaries plus fringe benefits may not be more than 80% of your total direct costs.
- Do not include salaries for principal investigator(s), travel or conference attendance expenses, educational costs, or indirect costs (overhead). AHRF does not fund these costs.
- The budget should include the total amount requested.
- If you are submitting an optional $50,000 budget, note “Alternate budget and aims attached” at the top of the budget page.
- Biographical Sketch
- Include a biographical sketch for each principal investigator and co-investigator. Maximum is three (3) pages per biosketch, including contact information (USPS mailing address, telephone, email, etc.) and relevant publications. NIH format is acceptable.
- Include one page with a list of current funding, pending funding, and requested funding. Indicate clearly where other grants overlap the AHRF grant. Awarded overlapping funding must be returned to AHRF.
- A single one-page letter of support will be accepted. Include any letter of support within your proposal document.
- Main Body
- Include one page listing specific aims of the project.
- Include up to five pages for background and significance, methods, and type of subjects (human or animal) – only for the one-year project.
- In the event there is funding in future years for renewal projects, you may include up to two additional pages to describe progress on the original grant proposal.
6. (Optional) Alternative Budget and Aims
Include the following items if you would like your proposal entered in the selection pool for AHRF Regular Grants if it is not chosen for the Birtman Grant.
- Include an alternate second budget for up to $50,000
- Include alternate (truncated) specific aims for how the lower level of funding will be used.
Saving your proposal as a PDF:
- Save your proposal as a PDF, naming it as follows: “Yourlastname_Yourfirstname”
- If the PDF file is 5 MG or smaller, you can submit it via the online portal. If your PDF is larger than 5 MB, please email the PDF and application form data to Info@American-Hearing.org.
AHRF Regular Grants
Next deadline:
August 13, 2021
Eligibility requirements for AHRF Regular Grants:
Applicants must hold an MD, PhD, AuD, or equivalent degree(s) and be associated with a university or hospital in the United States.
Acceptable topics for AHRF Regular Grants:
Research topics must be related to hearing and balance disorders of the inner ear.
Application Guidelines + Checklist for AHRF Regular Grants:
Please carefully follow our 5-step application process:
- Confirm your eligibility by checking the requirements above.
- Confirm that your topic is acceptable for this grant by checking the requirements above.
- Carefully follow the application checklist below.
- Save your proposal as a PFD document.
- Submit your application online here.
Application Checklist for AHRF Regular Grants
Please write your application using this checklist. Please follow these guidelines carefully:
- Title Page (first page of proposal)
- Title of research project
- New or renewal project
- Principal investigator name(s) and credentials
- Collaborator name(s) and credentials
- Institution name
- USPS mailing address
- Telephone number of PI who will be primary AHRF contact
- Email address of PI who will be primary AHRF contact
- Financial officer contact information (name, email, and telephone number of official who will sign any agreement)
- Description
- Brief one-page summary of the project
- Include performance site and key personnel of project.
- Detailed Budget
- Budget ONLY for the one year of your proposed project.
- Provide a one-year budget that includes salary for support staff (students, post-doctorate fellows, etc.), equipment and supplies. Salaries plus fringe benefits may not be more than 80% of your total direct costs.
- Do not include salaries for principal investigator(s), travel or conference attendance expenses, educational costs, or indirect costs (overhead). AHRF does not fund these costs.
- The budget should include the total amount requested.
- Biographical Sketch
- Include a biographical sketch for each principal investigator and co-investigator. Maximum is three (3) pages per biosketch, including contact information (USPS mailing address, telephone, email, etc.) and relevant publications. NIH format is acceptable.
- Include one page with a list of current funding, pending funding, and requested funding. Indicate clearly where other grants overlap the AHRF grant. Awarded overlapping funding must be returned to AHRF.
- A single one-page letter of support will be accepted. Include any letter of support within your proposal document.
- Main Body
- Include one page listing specific aims of the project.
- Include up to five pages for background and significance, methods, and type of subjects (human or animal) – only for the one-year project.
- For renewal projects, you may include up to two additional pages to describe progress on the original grant proposal.
Saving your proposal as a PDF:
- Save your proposal as a PDF, naming it as follows: “Yourlastname_Yourfirstname”
- If the PDF file is 5 MG or smaller, you can submit it via the online portal. If your PDF is larger than 5 MB, please email the PDF and application form data to Info@American-Hearing.org.
Causes of Sudden Hearing Loss Grant
Next deadline:
August 13, 2021
Eligibility requirements for the Causes of Sudden Hearing Loss Grant:
Applicants must hold an MD, PhD, AuD, or equivalent degree(s) and be associated with a university or hospital in the United States.
Acceptable topics for the Causes of Sudden Hearing Loss Grant:
Research topics must relate to the causes or mechanisms of sudden hearing loss.
Application Guidelines & Checklist for Causes of Sudden Hearing Loss Grant:
Please carefully follow our 5-step application process:
- Confirm your eligibility by checking the requirements above.
- Confirm that your topic is acceptable for this grant by checking the requirements above.
- Carefully follow the application checklist below.
- Save your proposal as a PFD document.
- Submit your application online here.
Application Checklist for Causes of Sudden Hearing Loss Grant
Please write your application using this checklist. Please follow these guidelines carefully:
- Title Page (first page of proposal)
- Title of research project
- Principal investigator name(s) and credentials
- Collaborator name(s) and credentials
- Institution name
- USPS mailing address
- Telephone number of PI who will be primary AHRF contact
- Email address of PI who will be primary AHRF contact
- Financial officer contact information (name, email, and telephone number of official who will sign any agreement)
- Description
- Brief one-page summary of the project
- Include performance site and key personnel of project.
- Detailed Budget
- Budget ONLY for the one year of your proposed project.
- Provide a one-year budget that includes salary for support staff (students, post-doctorate fellows, etc.), equipment and supplies. Salaries plus fringe benefits may not be more than 80% of your total direct costs.
- Do not include salaries for principal investigator(s), travel or conference attendance expenses, educational costs, or indirect costs (overhead). AHRF does not fund these costs.
- The budget should include the total amount requested.
- Biographical Sketch
- Include a biographical sketch for each principal investigator and co-investigator. Maximum is three (3) pages per biosketch, including contact information (USPS mailing address, telephone, email, etc.) and relevant publications. NIH format is acceptable.
- Include one page with a list of current funding, pending funding, and requested funding. Indicate clearly where other grants overlap the AHRF grant. Awarded overlapping funding must be returned to AHRF.
- A single one-page letter of support will be accepted. Include any letter of support within your proposal document.
- Main Body
- Include one page listing specific aims of the project.
- Include up to five pages for background and significance, methods, and type of subjects (human or animal) – only for the one-year project.
Saving your proposal as a PDF:
- Save your proposal as a PDF, naming it as follows: “Yourlastname_Yourfirstname”
- If the PDF file is 5 MG or smaller, you can submit it via the online portal. If your PDF is larger than 5 MB, please email the PDF and application form data to Info@American-Hearing.org.
Meniere's Disease Grant
Next deadline:
August 13, 2021
Eligibility requirements for the Meniere’s Disease Grant:
Applicants must hold an MD, PhD, AuD, or equivalent degree(s) and be associated with a university or hospital in the United States.
Acceptable topics for the Meniere’s Disease Grant:
Research topics must relate to mechanisms, causes, or treatments of Meniere’s disease.
Application Guidelines & Checklist for Meniere’s Disease Grant:
Please carefully follow our 5-step application process:
- Confirm your eligibility by checking the requirements above.
- Confirm that your topic is acceptable for this grant by checking the requirements above.
- Carefully follow the application checklist below.
- Save your proposal as a PFD document.
- Submit your application online here.
Application Checklist for Meniere’s Disease Grant
Please write your application using this checklist. Please follow these guidelines carefully:
- Title Page (first page of proposal)
- Title of research project
- New or renewal project
- Principal investigator name(s) and credentials
- Collaborator name(s) and credentials
- Institution name
- USPS mailing address
- Telephone number of PI who will be primary AHRF contact
- Email address of PI who will be primary AHRF contact
- Financial officer contact information (name, email, and telephone number of official who will sign any agreement)
- Description
- Brief one-page summary of the project
- Include performance site and key personnel of project.
- Detailed Budget
- Budget ONLY for the one year of your proposed project.
- Provide a one-year budget that includes salary for support staff (students, post-doctorate fellows, etc.), equipment and supplies. Salaries plus fringe benefits may not be more than 80% of your total direct costs.
- Do not include salaries for principal investigator(s), travel or conference attendance expenses, educational costs, or indirect costs (overhead). AHRF does not fund these costs.
- The budget should include the total amount requested.
- Biographical Sketch
- Include a biographical sketch for each principal investigator and co-investigator. Maximum is three (3) pages per biosketch, including contact information (USPS mailing address, telephone, email, etc.) and relevant publications. NIH format is acceptable.
- Include one page with a list of current funding, pending funding, and requested funding. Indicate clearly where other grants overlap the AHRF grant. Awarded overlapping funding must be returned to AHRF.
- A single one-page letter of support will be accepted. Include any letter of support within your proposal document.
- Main Body
- Include one page listing specific aims of the project.
- Include up to five pages for background and significance, methods, and type of subjects (human or animal) – only for the one-year project.
- For renewal projects, you may include up to two additional pages to describe progress on the original grant proposal.
Saving your proposal as a PDF:
- Save your proposal as a PDF, naming it as follows: “Yourlastname_Yourfirstname”
- If the PDF file is 5 MG or smaller, you can submit it via the online portal. If your PDF is larger than 5 MB, please email the PDF and application form data to Info@American-Hearing.org.
Saving your proposal as a PDF:
- Save your proposal as a PDF, naming it as follows: “Yourlastname_Yourfirstname”
- If the PDF file is 5 MG or smaller, you can submit it via the online portal. If your PDF is larger than 5 MB, please email the PDF and application form data to Info@American-Hearing.org.
Bernard & Lottie Drazin Memorial Grants
Next deadline:
August 13, 2021
Eligibility requirements for Bernard & Lottie Drazin Memorial Grants:
Applicants must be otolaryngology residents associated with these specific institutions:
- Northwestern University
- Loyola University Chicago
- University of Illinois
- University of Chicago
- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
- Rush University
- Washington University, St. Louis, MO
- University of Miami, FL
- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Acceptable topics for the Bernard & Lottie Drazin Memorial Grants:
Research topics must be related to hearing and balance disorders of the inner ear.
Application Guidelines + Checklist for Bernard & Lottie Drazin Memorial Grants:
Please carefully follow our 5-step application process:
- Confirm your eligibility by checking the requirements above.
- Confirm that your topic is acceptable for this grant by checking the requirements above.
- Carefully follow the application checklist below.
- Save your proposal as a PFD document.
- Submit your application online here.
Application Checklist for Bernard & Lottie Drazin Memorial Grants
Please write your application using this checklist. Please follow these guidelines carefully:
- Title Page (first page of proposal)
- Title of research project
- Resident name(s) and credentials
- Collaborator names and credentials
- Institution name
- USPS mailing address
- Telephone number of resident
- Email address of resident
- Financial officer contact information (name, email, telephone number of official who will sign any agreement)
- Description
- Brief 2-page summary of the project and any preliminary results.
- Budget
- Provide a small budget proposal. Include costs for equipment, supplies, and subject participation. Do not include salaries for residents or PIs, travel, conference attendance expenses, educational costs, or indirect (overhead) costs.
- Biographical Sketch
- Provide a 1-2 paragraph biographical sketch for each resident applicant.
- Letter of Support
- Include one 1-page letter of support from the principal investigator(s) working with the resident(s).
Saving your proposal as a PDF:
- Save your proposal as a PDF, naming it as follows: “Yourlastname_Yourfirstname”
- If the PDF file is 5 MG or smaller, you can submit it via the online portal. If your PDF is larger than 5 MB, please email the PDF and application form data to Info@American-Hearing.org.
