Hearing Research Funding: NIH Grants

Research projects the US National Institutes of Health funds on this topic, and the money awarded.

Each number has its full source under its own list below.

Funded projects

172 projects (fiscal year 2025), $88.6 million awarded. Projects whose title names this topic. The largest awards are listed.

At the source
  1. 1Multi-omic And Functional Analyses For Hearing Preservation And RestorationNational Institute On Deafness And Other Communication Disorders · fiscal year 2025$4.5 million
  2. 2Clinical Analysis Of Disorders Of Hearing And BalanceNational Institute On Deafness And Other Communication Disorders · fiscal year 2025$3.3 million
  3. 3Aav-mediated Editing To Treat Human Autosomal Dominant Hearing Loss Dfna41 And Dfna2Massachusetts Eye And Ear Infirmary · fiscal year 2025$3.2 million
  4. 4Long-term Effects Of Hearing Intervention On Brain Health In The Aging And Cognitive Health Evaluation In Elders (achieve) Randomized StudyJohns Hopkins University · fiscal year 2025$2.9 million
  5. 5Determinants Of Age-induced Hearing Loss And Reversal StrategiesUniversity Of Arizona · fiscal year 2025$2.3 million
  6. 6Functional Studies Of "deafness Genes" Essential For HearingNational Institute On Deafness And Other Communication Disorders · fiscal year 2025$2.2 million
  7. 7Identification Of Genes Causing Syndromic And Nonsyndromic Hearing ImpairmentNational Institute On Deafness And Other Communication Disorders · fiscal year 2025$2.2 million
  8. 8Translational Hearing CenterCreighton University · fiscal year 2025$2.2 million
  9. 9Nchs-cdc Nhis Hearing And Balance SupplementNational Institute On Deafness And Other Communication Disorders · fiscal year 2025$1.8 million
  10. 10Cellular And Molecular Pathways For Hearing Restoration In The Adult Inner EarNational Institute On Deafness And Other Communication Disorders · fiscal year 2025$1.6 million

Source: NIH RePORTER, NIH-funded projects and award amounts, fiscal year 2025. Retrieved 12 Nov 2026.

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