Herbert Silverstein Otology/Neurotology Research Award 

ANS/AAO-HNS Otology/Neurotology Research Award
First presented: 2000
Funding provided by: Dr. Herbert Silverstein, ANS, & AAO-HNS

CORE Funding Opportunity Announcements

The next ANS/AAO-HNSF Herbert Silverstein Otology and Neurotology
Research Award will be available in 2028!
$25,000 ($12,500 per year for two years, (one award available). 

APPLICATION PORTAL OPENS OCTOBER 2027!

All applicants must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) online.  The LOI includes the title of the project, the principal investigator, and an abstract of the work. 

Click here for the eligibility checklist
If you have additional questions, please email [email protected] for assistance.

Award Information

  • The purpose of this award, which is jointly sponsored by the AAO-HNS Foundation and the ANS, is to support a clinical or translational research project focused on diseases, disorders, or conditions of the peripheral or central auditory and/or vestibular system among new full-time academic surgeons. The award is intended as a preliminary step in clinical investigator career development and is expected to facilitate the recipient's preparation of a more comprehensive individualized research plan suitable for submission to the National Institutes of Health or comparable funding agency.
  • $25,000, non-renewable, one to two years to complete project.
  • Please visit the CORE grant home page for additional information.

Previous Recipients

RecipientInstitutionAward Period
NO AWARD   7/26-06/28
Adam Xiao, MD, PhD University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) 7/24–6/26
Lindsay Scott Moore, MD Stanford University 7/22–6/24
NO AWARD — 7/20–6/22
Elliot D. Kozin, MD Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School 7/18–6/20
David H. Jung, MD, PhD Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary/Harvard Medical School 7/16–6/18
Dylan Chan, MD, PhD University of California, San Francisco 7/14–6/16
Nathan Schularick, MD The University of Iowa 7/12–6/14
Yuri Agrawal, MD Johns Hopkins University 7/10–6/12
Alan Cheng, MD Stanford University 7/10–6/12
Joseph P. Roche, MD University of North Carolina 7/08–6/10
Romaine Johnson, MD Children's Hospital Cincinnati 7/05–6/07
Alan G. Micco, MD Northwestern University 7/04–6/06
Clifford R. Hume, MD, PhD University of Washington 7/03–6/05
Rose Mary Stocks, MD University of Tennessee 7/02–6/04
David R. Friedland, MD Johns Hopkins University 7/00–6/02
Lawrence R. Lustig, MD Johns Hopkins University 7/99