CORE Grants

Centralized Otolaryngology Research Efforts (CORE) Grant Program

The Academy and its Foundation are committed to the future well-being of our members and their patients. In an effort to strengthen research support in all areas of otolaryngology, the AAO-HNSF has joined forces with several senior societies, foundations and sponsors to broaden research opportunities, and to streamline and enhance the research application and review process. The Centralized Otolaryngology Research Efforts (CORE) serves as a central clearinghouse and facilitator for otolaryngology-head and neck surgery research programs.

Since 1985, CORE has played a vital role by awarding more than 330 grants totaling over $5 million for research projects, research training, and career development to further the specialty of otolaryngology. These grants, ranging in award size from $5,000 to $70,000, have been essential for increasing the research base for otolaryngology.

The CORE program brings greater scale and less fragmentation and overlap to otolaryngology - head and neck surgery research opportunities, reduces the aggregate costs of the individual grant programs, and enables a comprehensive overview of the spectrum of promising otolaryngology and head and neck surgery research/researchers to promote to NIH and other agencies. Nearly a third of NIH grants held by otolaryngologists have been funded through CORE.

CORE Contributing Sister Societies, Foundations and Sponsors

American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS)
American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy (AAOA) Foundation
American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNSF)
American Head and Neck Society (AHNS)
American Hearing Research Foundation (AHRF)
The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc. (The Triological Society)
American Laryngological Voice and Research Education Foundation (ALVRE)
American Neurotology Society (ANS)
American Rhinology Society (ARS)
American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO)
Deafness Research Foundation (DRF)
The Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation (PSEF)
XORAN Technologies, Inc.

Attention Residents – Learn the Art of Grant Review

This year the CORE will invite six residents to serve on the Study Section (two for each of the 3 sub-committees).  This is an invaluable opportunity for residents to learn how to review grants, and in the process, become better grant writers themselves.  We are thus asking each interested resident to complete an application and submit their CV for consideration by December 15, 2008.  Applicants will be notified of the final decision by January 15, 2009.  Instructions and Application.

Submission Deadlines

All CORE grant applications are to be submited electronically through Proposal Central

• Letter of Intent (LOI) to be submitted electronically by December 15, 2008 midnight EST
• Application to be submitted electronically by January 15, 2009 midnight EST
• Late Applications. CORE expects all applications to be submitted on-time.

Resources

• 2009 Funding Opportunity Announcements
• 2009 CORE Funding Opportunity Announcements At-A-Glance (PDF)
• Submitting your CORE Grant Application
• CORE Frequently Asked Questions
• Other Grant Opportunities
• CORE Grants Program Brochure (PDF)

Support CORE

• Major Donors to the CORE Grants Program
• Donate Now!
• Learn about a new ways to help support growth of the CORE grant program (PIP Brochure)