Applications for the 2025–2026 Emerging Research Grants (ERG) cycle are open as of October 28, 2024.
Through the ERG program, Hearing Health Foundation (HHF) provides seed money to researchers working across the entire spectrum of hearing research and balance research, including many underfunded areas of otology. The ERG program has since 1958 played a foundational role in the careers of many academic researchers and clinicians in otolaryngology and related hearing and balance fields.
As the program’s remit is so broad, please see the Call for Applications online for more details.
Applications Open
Monday, October 28, 2024
Application Deadline
Monday, March 3, 2025 (11:59pm ET)
Funding
Up to $50,000 per year for each project for an initial period of one year, renewable for one additional year.
Program Date
October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026
Funding Decision Notification
August 2025
Grant Payment Schedule
October 2025 and April 2026
The ERG program is a competitive process that awards grants to only the most promising investigators. Recipients are exceptionally well-positioned to secure subsequent funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other major federal funders, leading to dramatic innovations in the field. In fact, ERG awardees (2002–present) have gone on to be awarded an average of $59 in federal research funding for every dollar of their ERG grant.
Early career researchers are especially encouraged to apply. Senior investigators are invited to apply for certain ERG grant opportunities—please see the Call for Applications for more details.
Sign up to get updates about ERG funding opportunities, including notifications about the upcoming grant cycle, at hhf.org/subscribe. To learn more about the ERG program, including past grant recipients and their projects, see hhf.org/erg.
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