OTOLARYNGOLOGY
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY FOUNDATION (AAO-HNSF)
Type of Organization: Foundation
Contact Name: Monia Ilunga
Email Address: monia@ahns.info
Funds Available for Clinical Trials:
✗ Research:
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Funding Details
Requirements: Applicants for this award must be:
1. Otolaryngologist—Head and Neck surgeons, who are active members of the AAO-HNS. OR: Surgeons who are in head and neck fellowships or have completed a head and neck surgery fellowship and are active or candidate members of the AHNS. PLEASE NOTE: Medical oncologists and radiation oncologists are not eligible to apply for this award.
2. Citizens of the United States, noncitizen nationals, or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residency at the time of application;
3. Full-time academic surgeons in faculty positions at the rank of instructor or assistant professor
4. Hold a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree or equivalent (DO, MBBS) from an accredited institution;
5. Have demonstrated the capacity or potential for a highly productive independent research career with an emphasis in head and neck surgical oncology;
6. Are members or candidate members of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and the American Head and Neck Society; and
7. Have completed residency or fellowship training no longer than seven (7) years prior to submitting an application.
Former AHNS or Foundation research grant recipients are eligible to compete for this grant. However, candidates who have served or are currently serving as Principal Investigators on NIH research grants or who have successfully applied for another research career development award (NIH K Award or other >$100,000 direct cost award) are ineligible. Candidates may not hold research grants from NIH, AAO-HNSF, or the American College of Surgeons (ACS) concurrently with this award. Applications submitted by ineligible PIs will NOT be reviewed.
Other info: The purpose of this award is to support contemporary basic or clinical research focused on neoplastic disease by full time academic head and neck surgeons; to promote novel translational research preferably with biomarker ideas.