Official websites use .gov

A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS

A lock ( 🔒 ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Need Help

Short-term clinical and translational research for AuD students

Award Number: T35DC023501
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2026
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2031

Group Awards By:

View Award Description

Short-term clinical and translational research for AuD students - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT The “Short-Term Clinical and Translational Research for AuD Students” T35 program at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) will give three Doctor of Audiology (AuD) students per year the opportunity to complement their clinical training with an intensive summer research-training experience. Audiology professionals are exceptionally trained in understanding the needs of individuals experiencing hearing difficulties. Yet their intense clinical training often leaves little time to engage in their research interests and few audiologists undertake research-related careers. This program will encourage AuD students to pursue a research pathway by providing short-term, well-defined training in a center with an explicit mission to connect research to audiology patient care. Trainees will be recruited from AuD programs across the country. The WRNMMC program will add an eastern-US T35 AuD training site, facilitating applications from students who might not otherwise have participated. WRNMMC provides access to clinical populations and research topics that are of high interest to aspiring clinician-researchers but are not readily accessible at civilian institutions, including younger and middle- aged adults with a range of hearing abilities, many of whom have been exposed to noise or blast and are highly susceptible to hearing difficulties. These studies have implications for understanding auditory dysfunction in the broader population. Civilians and veterans with a variety of audiological challenges are also studied at WRNMMC. Based on their interests, each trainee will be mentored by one or more of the 10 research faculty in carrying out a focused research project that is a distinct part of a larger ongoing research enterprise. Possible topics include: auditory processing, cochlear implants, (low-gain) hearing aids, hearing conservation, (sub- clinical) hearing loss, tinnitus, bilingualism, listening effort, and cognition. Trainees will engage in each step of the research process, including question formulation, study design, data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Trainees will also participate in professional development activities—including seminars, writing workshops, and career sessions—and a course series jointly offered with partner National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) T35 programs on research conduct, reproducibility, and the overall research process. Following the short-term training, WRNMMC trainees will join trainees from other NIDCD T35 sites in presenting their research at the annual American Auditory Society conference. Mentors and trainees will complete surveys to assess program successes and challenges. These responses and other measured impacts (e.g., resulting publications; number of trainees in PhD programs or research careers) will be used to evaluate the program in the short- and long-term. T35 program leadership will meet annually with an external Advisory Board to provide an overview of the previous summer's achievements and receive feedback on how to further improve the program.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $27,633 )
2026	2026	THE HENRY M. JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE, INC.	6720A ROCKLEDGE DR	BETHESDA	MD	20817	MONTGOMERY	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	1	4/21/2026	NEW	$27,633
														Subtotal = $27,633

Grand Total All Awards = $27,633

Top

All Categories

About

Search

Reports

Data Submission

Award Information

Short-term clinical and translational research for AuD students

Award Number: T35DC023501

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: TRAINING/TRAINEESHIP

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2026

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2031

Federal Websites

Department of Health & Human Services

HHS Operating Divisions

HHS Staff Divisions

Download A Document Viewer