Educational Grants

Annual Meeting Publications:  Reach over 6,000 AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting and OTO EXPO attendees. 

Publications at the Annual Meeting include:

Corporate Sponsored Symposia
Corporate Symposia programs that are planned and conducted by the corporate community in conjunction with the Annual Meeting. They provide attendees with educational/informational opportunities during the annual meeting. Program content and product information are directed by the corporate sponsor and AAO-HNSF provides co-marketing on the companies behalf.

Education Grants Program
Through our education grants program, companies can support our mission of providing our members with the tools they need to provide the best ear, nose, throat, and head and neck care.  Education grants also provide an opportunity to increase your company's visibility through recognition, which may include:

• *Industry Round Table (IRT) recognition for companies giving a single or multiple grants totaling $25,000 for the program year (annual meeting to annual meeting)
• Acknowledgement in our Final Program
• Acknowledgement in specific program related announcements
• Listing on our annual meeting website
• Logo and company name listing on our Donor Wall of Honor
• Unique recognition tied to specific program being funded

*(IRT has three levels of participation: Leader - $100,000 commitment, Member - $50,000 commitment, and Associate - $25,000 commitment)

Many programs can benefit from your strategic philanthropy, including: ″ Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO – The annual meeting is the premier source of educational programming for the specialty and boasts hundreds of hours of continuing medical education programming. Whether your company chooses to support the overall meeting or a specific clinical program track, your grant will be used to disseminate the latest scientific advances that will lead to the best patient care. ″

• Resident Leadership Grants – Provide much needed financial assistance to help young residents attend the annual meeting and take part in this career-shaping educational experience.
• Centralized Otolaryngology Research Effort (CORE) Grants – Invest in the future of the specialty by providing funding for a young investigator's research.  CORE often provides valuable research experience that leads to NIH funding.
• International Visiting Scholars Program – Help facilitate participation of junior faculty from abroad in an observership at a U.S. Center of Excellence and to participate in the world's largest gathering of otolaryngologists— head and neck surgeons.
• International Annual Meeting Travel Grant Program – Advance the education of international otolaryngologists studying in the U.S. by facilitating their attendance at our annual meeting.
• Humanitarian Grants Program – Help to bring much-needed otolaryngic care to underserved populations around the globe by providing an educational grant in support of humanitarian outreach.

Contact Peter Taylor at 1-703-535-3714 to discuss your company's specific program interests and to learn about recognition related to the program area.