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The mission of the Hearing Health Foundation is to prevent and cure hearing loss and tinnitus through groundbreaking research and promote hearing health. HHF envisions a world where people can enjoy life without hearing loss and tinnitus. To advance this mission, the foundation has issued a Call for Applications for its 2018 Emerging Research Grants program for projects designed to explore new avenues in specified topic areas of hearing and balance science. For the 2018 ERG cycle, grants of up to $30,000 will be awarded for research in seven priority areas, including general hearing health, central auditory processing disorders, hearing loss in children, hyperacusis, Ménière's disease, tinnitus, and Usher's syndrome.

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages Exploratory/Developmental Phased Innovation (R21/R33) grant applications to support research and/or infrastructure needs in emerging scientific areas leading to more accessible and affordable hearing health care for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss. The proposed research aims should be milestone-driven and lead to better hearing healthcare, targeting enhanced access and affordability, in an effort to improve outcomes for adults with hearing loss. The total project period for an application submitted in response to this FOA may not exceed five years. This FOA provides support for up to two years (R21 phase) for preliminary/developmental studies, followed by possible transition of up to four years of expanded research and development support (R33), although the total duration of the award may not exceed five years. This FOA requires measurable R21 milestones.

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage basic or clinical research applications that investigate central neural mechanisms of age-related hearing loss in older adults and/or in relevant animal models. This FOA is driven by the need to address a major gap in our understanding of the central pathways and neural networks that are involved in hearing loss and how these may be altered in the context of the aging brain, as well as how natural aging influences central auditory plasticity.

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage basic or clinical research applications that investigate central neural mechanisms of age-related hearing loss in older adults and/or in relevant animal models. This FOA is driven by the need to address a major gap in our understanding of the central pathways and neural networks that are involved in hearing loss, and how these may be altered in the context of the aging brain, as well as how natural aging influences central auditory plasticity.

What do you get when you mix the view and excitement of Baltimore's Inner Harbor with about 700 grant administrators and researchers from around the world, then add more than 40 NIH and HHS experts in in one location who are eager to share their experiences and knowledge of the NIH grants process? You get the 2014 NIH Regional Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration, of course! Once again, "Charm City" will be the location for this once-a-year event June 25-27 at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. Don't miss this exciting opportunity for investigators, administrators, grant writers and others who are new to the NIH grants process and/or those wanting to hear the latest NIH grants policy and process information first-hand. Learn how to successfully submit an application, navigate on-line resources, gain a better understanding of the peer review process, and hear about the expectations for managing your award.

This FOA encourages exploratory and developmental research applications for research on hearing health care in adults in support of improving access and affordability. Further research is needed to strengthen the evidence base with a goal of delivering better health care outcomes in adults.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) seeks applications for the design and development of technologies to monitor health or deliver care in a real-time, accessible, effective, and minimally obtrusive way for older adults with a chronic heart, lung, blood, or sleep (HLBS) condition. These technologies may be novel sensor or monitoring systems, home-use point-of-care devices, home or mobile therapy or rehabilitation tools, or information systems and should have the goal of fostering healthy and independent living for aging adults with HLBS conditions. The development of such technologies should incorporate specific human factors for aging adults including disabilities, mild impairments, as well as chronic HLBS conditions. Technology usability for these populations must be incorporated early in the development of the design. Usability considerations include but are not limited to patient-facing displays, hearing and visual impairments, tactile limitations, literacy, and design preferences between men and women. These improvements in technology design could yield more accurate and earlier detection of changes that may interfere with healthy and independent living for older adults.