The Foundation offers several educational opportunities for audiologists and graduate students. We encourage you take advantage of these educational programs or apply for scholarship funding.
- AAAF Scholarship Program – The Foundation offers several academic scholarships for AuD, PhD and AuD/PhD students in audiology. Funding ranges from $500 to $5,000 for qualified students. If you are interested in partnering with the Foundation to create your own endowed or named scholarship, please call the Foundation office at 703.226.1049. Applications are due April 30, 2012.
- Advances in Children's Hearing Lecture - This April, AAA Foundation worked with colleagues at Bill Daniels Center for Children’s Hearing at The Children’s Hospital—Colorado to offer the Advances in Children’s Hearing Lecture live and on-demand through eAudiology. "Two Ears, One Brain: How well can bilateral cochlear implant users combine inputs from the two ears?" (.1 CEUs), was presented by Ruth Litovsky, PhD, Professor at the University of Wisconsin-- Madison, on Thursday, April 28 at 7:30-8:30 pm (US Eastern Time {ET}). The presentation will also be available on-demand at no charge through December 31, 2011.
- Hearing Assistance Technologies (HAT) DVD - In 2008, the Academy developed the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Remote Microphone Hearing Assistance Technologies for Children and Youth from Birth-21 Years. As a follow-up to the practice guidelines, the Academy partnered with Boys Town Research Hospital to develop a training DVD, demonstrating the fitting and verification procedures. Complimentary copies of the DVD are available at the American Academy of Audiology online store. Philanthropic support provided by Oticon, Inc. and Phonak Hearing Systems, Inc.
- James Jerger Future Leaders of Audiology Conference (JFLAC) - This meeting, held at the Academy's Reston, VA office, offers 12 midcareer audiologists the oppotunity to develop leadership skills, dicuss future profession-focused "hot topics," and learn about this history of audiology and the Academy.
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- Marion Downs Lecture in Pediatric Audiology - This annual lecture series at AudiologyNOW!® offers cutting edge presentations from experts in the field of pediatric audiology. The 2012 lecture, The Dilemma of Dizziness in Children, will be presented by Linda Luxon, CBE, BSc, FRCP. Not attending AudiologyNOW! 2012? View the lecture (.1 CEUs) live and on-demand through March 31, 2013 at eAudiology. Philanthropic support provided by The Oticon Foundation.
- Member Assistance Program (MAP) – The Member Assistance Program (MAP) began in 2005 as an effort to support Gulf Coast audiologists who wished to attend AudiologyNOW! but had suffered financial hardship due to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Expanded into an annual initiative, the MAP provides AudiologyNOW! travel stipends and convention travel support to audiologists experiencing financial hardship for personal, health, or other reasons. Applications are due January 13, 2012. Philanthropic support provided by Auban, Inc. and Oaktree Products, Inc.
- Student Academy of Audiology (SAA) – In 2011, the Foundation provided funding for student educational opportunities at AudiologyNOW! As of May 2011, university chapters participating in local, regional and/or state Special Olympic Healthy Hearing (SOHH) events are encouraged to apply for SAA Special Olympics Healthy Hearing Chapter Participation Grants. Applications will be accepted between October 1, 2011 and February 1, 2012 for support of events beginning April 1, 2012.
- Student Travel Awards Reimbursement (STAR) Program – The STAR program offers outstanding audiology graduate students funding to attend meetings in the hearing sciences (as well as other sciences relating to student coursework). Selected students will receive a stipend of up to $500.00 for conference registration, transportation, and/or lodging expenses. Application deadlines are January 1 and July 1 annually.
- Other Scholarship Opportunities
Click here to view other scholarship opportunities not affiliated with the AAA Foundation but that may be of interest to graduate audiology students.
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