Project Grant R01EB038336
- Federal Grant Award Summary Rochester Institute of Technology received a $185,000 Project Grant award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2029. The award funds development of a semantic-based auditory attention decoder utilizing large language models to improve speech perception in noise (SIN) for individuals with hearing loss and cochlear implant...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Funding Agency & Program: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) Award Details: Intelligent Hearing Systems Corp received a $308,712 project grant awarded May 1, 2025, with a completion date of April 30, 2027, to develop an efficient automated Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) testing system incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) for...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary New York University School of Medicine has been awarded $1,075,412 under a Project Grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173). The award, effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028, supports research investigating human hippocampal neural oscillations during visuomotor exploration. The project will define the...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Silicon Audio, LLC received a $292,694 Project Grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026. The project focuses on developing high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) miniature microphones specifically designed for hearing assistive devices. The research leverages advances in single-crystal...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Sound Innovation LLC received a $527,498 Project Grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286), awarded on August 15, 2025, with completion targeted for July 31, 2026. The project, titled "SOUNDSCAPE: A Portable Small Animal Imager to Accelerate Drug Development," aims to develop an advanced imaging...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director awarded the University of Michigan $350,000 on August 5, 2025, under the Trans-NIH Research Support program (CFDA 93.310) to conduct a longitudinal observational research study examining the relationship between social networks, daily interpersonal processes, and hearing aid use among older adults. The project, which extends through May 31, 2030, will develop evidence-based understanding of factors that...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded $471,996 to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York on July 17, 2025, under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173). This project grant, with a completion date of February 14, 2028, supports research investigating auditory perceptual processing mechanisms in the primate brain, specifically examining how the superior...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary received a $473,749 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), effective September 11, 2025, with completion by August 31, 2027. The project conducts an in silico screen and in vivo evaluation of FDA-approved drugs to treat noise-induced hearing loss by targeting the mitochondrial...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Southern California received a $891,722 Project Grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), awarded September 17, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2027. The grant supports development of a low-cost imaging technology for early detection of ear disorders, specifically addressing conductive hearing loss stemming...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Omnispeech, LLC received a $292,543 Project Grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026. The grant funds development of an artificial intelligence-based speech enhancement algorithm designed for integration into hearing aid chips. Building on Omnispeech's commercially...
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) awarded $637,554 to The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (RF SUNY) under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health program (CFDA 93.286) for a project titled "MHealth Technologies for Assessing Hearing Disorders." The grant, awarded April 1, 2026, with completion targeted for March 31, 2030, supports development of AudioSight, an innovative smartphone-based diagnostic system designed to measure auditory pupillary response (APR) as an objective biomarker for sound sensitivity and tolerance (SST) disorders. This technology addresses a significant public health challenge affecting over 350,000 new patients annually in the United States, with an economic burden exceeding $14 billion. AudioSight transforms clinical assessment by enabling accessible, objective measurement of APR through mobile devices, eliminating the need for expensive laboratory equipment and controlled clinical settings that currently restrict diagnosis and treatment access, particularly for underserved populations. The project leverages preliminary data demonstrating distinct pupillary differentiation between SST patients and control groups, with the goal of developing a scalable solution for populations where SST frequently co-occurs with conditions such as autism spectrum disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and migraine. The four-year development initiative will be conducted at the University at Buffalo location in Buffalo, New York.Federal Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $637.6k | 3/23/26 |