"Foundraising" Fund
To commemorate our 50th Anniversary Conference in March 2023, the "Foundraising" campaign was unveiled with a goal of $100,000 to support student scholarship and travel to the annual AAS Conference for years to come.  

As a society, our primary mission is to promote the translation of scientific discovery to clinical practice in hearing and balance disorders through multi-disciplinary interaction among our members. The current scientific and funding climate in the United States will limit the ability of our members to fully participate in our society’s main venue for sharing groundbreaking scientific discoveries – our annual conference. Specifically, students, residents, and new investigators are particularly vulnerable due to changes in NIH/NIDCD funding priorities that have led to the termination of more than 800 grants and a disruption in the grant review process, which will likely impact the scientific and academic community and the training of the next generation of scientists.  

The AAS Board is addressing this need by expanding the travel awards to the 2026 conference to 5 additional travel awards to students, residents, and new investigators at a rate of $1500/award. The Fundraising Committee is kindly appealing to the membership to match the society’s commitment with a contribution to the Foundraising Fund for a total of 10 additional travel awards. 

We hope that you share our concern for the future of our collective discipline to transform hearing and balance healthcare through novel scientific discovery via academic research and multidisciplinary interaction among members in clinical care, research, engineering, and industry.

Donations are accepted directly to the campaign, with the suggested amounts listed below (any other amounts will be equally appreciated):

• Contributing Supporter - up to $99
• Associate Supporter - $100-$499
• Patron Supporter - $500-$999
• Sustaining Supporter - $1000-$2499
• Foundational Supporter - $2500-$4999
• Legacy Supporter - $5000+

Ready to donate now? Click here to remit your "Foundraising" contribution.

The American Auditory Society would like to thank the following supporters for their generous "Foundraising" donations:

Contributing Supporters

Associate Supporters

Xiaoming Sun (2024 donation)

Patron Supporters

Sustaining Supporters

Jerry Northern (2023 donation)
Jerry Northern (2025 donation; In honor of Deborah Hayes and memory of Jim L. Martin)
Lisa Hunter (2025 donation; In honor and memory of Barbara Cone, PhD)
Lisa Hunter (2025 donation; In honor and memory of Brenda L. Lonsbury-Martin, PhD)

Foundational Supporters

Legacy Supporters

Michael Gorga (2023 donation; In memory of Patricia Stelmachowicz)
Francis Kuk (2025 donation; In honor and memory of Paul Abbas, PhD)