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Otitis Media: 60 NIH awards ($55.2M) to 36 organizations
60 NIH awards ($55.2M) in the NIH spending category Otitis Media, to 36 organizations, read 2026-11-03. NIH fiscal years 2021 to 2025.
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| Award | Agency | Institute or division | Fiscal year | Amount in window | Start | End | Principal investigator | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical study to enable commercialization of nonsurgical gel patch for eardrum repair | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2023 | $3,235,980 | August 25, 2019 | November 30, 2025 | HORN-RANNEY, ELAINE LARKIE | reporter.nih.gov |
| Development of a Multi-species Vaccine for Prevention of Bacterial Otitis Media | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2022 to 2024 | $3,145,522 | January 1, 2022 | December 31, 2025 | MCOSKER, CHARLES C. | reporter.nih.gov |
| Determinants of H. influenzae Virulence in Otitis Media | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2021 to 2025 | $3,109,258 | September 30, 1999 | December 31, 2026 | GOODMAN, STEVEN D | reporter.nih.gov |
| Remmie.ai a deep learning diagnostic engine for ear-nose throat disease | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2024 to 2025 | $2,984,114 | December 1, 2022 | May 31, 2027 | ZHANG, JANE | reporter.nih.gov |
| Improving Rural Access to Pediatric Health Care with Accurate Telehealth Diagnosis of Acute Otitis Media via Wide Scale Use of Smartphone Acoustic Reflectometry | NIH | National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities | 2022 to 2025 | $2,896,633 | September 25, 2022 | April 30, 2027 | STOLL, ARNA IONESCU | reporter.nih.gov |
| Novel regulation of mucosal innate defense by AMPK in Otitis Media | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2021 to 2025 | $2,300,232 | April 7, 2021 | March 31, 2027 | LI, JIAN-DONG | reporter.nih.gov |
| The role of macrophages in chronic suppurative otitis media associated sensory hearing loss | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2022 to 2024 | $2,199,822 | January 1, 2022 | June 30, 2024 | SANTA MARIA, PETER LUKE | reporter.nih.gov |
| Otitis Media Diagnosis and Treatment | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2022 to 2025 | $2,132,883 | January 1, 2022 | July 7, 2025 | KERSCHNER, JOSEPH E | reporter.nih.gov |
| Development of Stop Consonants in Children with Repaired Cleft Palate | NIH | National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research | 2021 to 2023 | $1,959,879 | April 4, 2013 | March 31, 2026 | ZAJAC, DAVID J | reporter.nih.gov |
| Multidimensional investigation of auditory dysfunction in Down syndrome | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2024 to 2025 | $1,942,611 | May 3, 2024 | April 30, 2029 | ESPINOSA, JOAQUIN M. | reporter.nih.gov |
| Poverty-Related Risk Factors for Auditory and Language Deficits in Children | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2023 to 2025 | $1,903,352 | September 18, 2023 | August 31, 2028 | NITTROUER, SUSAN | reporter.nih.gov |
| Computer-assisted diagnosis of ear pathologies by combining digital otoscopy with complementary data using machine learning | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2023 to 2025 | $1,869,423 | May 5, 2023 | April 30, 2028 | MOBERLY, AARON C | reporter.nih.gov |
| A Phase II Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Whole-Cell Pneumococcal Vaccine (wSp) in Reducing Nasopharyngeal Colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae in Young Children | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2024 to 2025 | $1,616,462 | March 15, 2024 | February 29, 2028 | PICHICHERO, MICHAEL E | reporter.nih.gov |
| Deep learning image classification model for pediatric ear disease | NIH | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering | 2025 | $1,535,084 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2027 | HILL, COURTNEY | reporter.nih.gov |
| Optical imaging technologies to identify residual cholesteatoma and improve ossiculoplasty outcomes | NIH | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering | 2021 to 2022 | $1,295,530 | April 1, 2019 | December 31, 2023 | APPLEGATE, BRIAN E. | reporter.nih.gov |
| Integration of Raman Spectroscopy and Optical Coherence Tomography (RS-OCT) for In-Vivo Identification of Bacterial Otitis Media | NIH | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering | 2021 to 2022 | $1,286,281 | July 11, 2019 | March 31, 2025 | BOPPART, STEPHEN A | reporter.nih.gov |
| New statistical methods and software for modeling complex multivariate survival data with large-scale covariates | NIH | National Institute of General Medical Sciences | 2022 to 2025 | $1,213,700 | June 1, 2022 | May 31, 2027 | DING, YING | reporter.nih.gov |
| Functional Consequences of Early Childhood Otitis Media | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2024 to 2025 | $1,164,083 | August 8, 2024 | July 31, 2029 | MISHRA, SRIKANTA | reporter.nih.gov |
| Development of innovative therapeutics for otitis media | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2021 to 2022 | $1,139,738 | April 18, 2018 | March 31, 2025 | LI, JIAN-DONG | reporter.nih.gov |
| Clinical Development and Evaluation of a Deep Learning Approach to Improve Diagnostic Accuracy | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2021 | $1,015,698 | August 1, 2019 | August 31, 2023 | SHELTON, RYAN L | reporter.nih.gov |
| Innovative therapy for diseases of the middle ear | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2021 to 2023 | $1,006,896 | July 1, 2012 | February 28, 2024 | RYAN, ALLEN F. | reporter.nih.gov |
| Molecular Imaging for diagnosis and monitoring of Otitis Media | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2024 | $726,079 | June 10, 2024 | May 31, 2025 | VALDEZ, TULIO ALBERTO | reporter.nih.gov |
| Hearing Loss, Prognosis, and Long-Term Impact of Otitis Media with Effusion in Children | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2024 | $722,677 | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2025 | MERCHANT, GABRIELLE RYAN | reporter.nih.gov |
| High-resolution in vivo imaging of inner ear using photon-counting-detector computed tomography and artificial intelligence | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2025 | $711,342 | July 1, 2025 | June 30, 2030 | LENG, SHUAI | reporter.nih.gov |
| OCT imaging of the human inner ear | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2025 | $701,848 | December 1, 2024 | November 30, 2029 | OGHALAI, JOHN S | reporter.nih.gov |
| The role of macrophages in chronic suppurative otitis media associated sensory hearing loss | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2025 | $653,571 | January 1, 2025 | December 31, 2026 | SANTA MARIA, PETER LUKE | reporter.nih.gov |
| Host factors influencing early clearance of Streptococcus pneumoniae from the middle ear following invasion from the nasopharynx | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2022 to 2024 | $583,125 | February 1, 2022 | July 31, 2025 | CLARK, SARAH E | reporter.nih.gov |
| Development of a diverse workforce through mentoring networks among otitis media researchers | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2024 to 2025 | $540,616 | March 1, 2024 | February 28, 2029 | SANTOS-CORTEZ, REGIE LYN PASTOR | reporter.nih.gov |
| Chemical probes for imaging and treatment of otitis media | NIH | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering | 2025 | $496,496 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2029 | BOGYO, MATTHEW | reporter.nih.gov |
| Trivalent Live Attenuated Vaccines for Bacterial Acute Otitis Media | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2024 to 2025 | $493,675 | February 1, 2024 | December 31, 2026 | ROSCH, JASON W. | reporter.nih.gov |
| "Optical Tympanostomy Tube" for prevention and treatment of tympanostomy tube otorrhea | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2022 to 2023 | $489,500 | August 1, 2022 | August 31, 2024 | DAI, TIANHONG | reporter.nih.gov |
| Antimicrobial Blue Light for the Treatment of Otitis Media | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2025 | $489,500 | August 1, 2025 | July 31, 2027 | DAI, TIANHONG | reporter.nih.gov |
| Hearing Loss, Prognosis, and Long-Term Impact of Otitis Media with Effusion in Children | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2023 | $475,080 | July 5, 2023 | June 30, 2024 | MERCHANT, GABRIELLE RYAN | reporter.nih.gov |
| Designing non-toxic hydrogels for trans-tympanic drug delivery and treatment of otitis media | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2021 to 2023 | $456,156 | September 1, 2021 | January 31, 2025 | CALABRESE, MICHELLE A | reporter.nih.gov |
| ADVANCING CLINICAL PRACTICE AND ESTABLISHING FOUNDATIONAL THEORY FOR AUDITORY FUNCTION IN INDIVIDUALS WITH DOWN SYNDROME | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2022 | $442,807 | May 6, 2022 | April 30, 2025 | PORTER, HEATHER LYNN | reporter.nih.gov |
| Simultaneous Treatment of Viral and Bacterial Otitis Media Using Plant Natural Products | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2021 to 2023 | $440,828 | December 1, 2020 | May 31, 2024 | LI, SIJIN | reporter.nih.gov |
| Tryptophan metabolism in Haemophilus persistence and formation of intracellular communities | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2021 to 2022 | $423,500 | May 20, 2021 | April 30, 2024 | MASON, KEVIN M | reporter.nih.gov |
| Haemophilus influenzae lipoprotein fusion vaccine and lipoprotein vaccine platform development | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2025 | $404,539 | November 18, 2024 | October 31, 2029 | PICHICHERO, MICHAEL E | reporter.nih.gov |
| Clinical and host microbiome features in the development of acute otitis media | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2023 to 2025 | $382,077 | July 10, 2023 | June 30, 2028 | HURST, JILLIAN HEYWARD | reporter.nih.gov |
| The Effectiveness of Adjuvant Adenoidectomy in Surgical Management of Otitis Media | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2024 to 2025 | $358,269 | September 1, 2024 | August 31, 2029 | DEDHIA, KAVITA | reporter.nih.gov |
| Remmie.ai: a deep learning diagnostic assistance engine for ear-nose-throat diseases | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2023 | $349,902 | December 1, 2022 | November 30, 2023 | ZHANG, JANE | reporter.nih.gov |
| Liquid-infused tympanostomy tubes with novel material design for efficient drug transport | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2022 | $349,501 | July 8, 2022 | June 30, 2023 | PAVLICHENKO, IDA | reporter.nih.gov |
| Middle Ear Response in Otitis Media | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2021 | $329,375 | April 1, 1990 | July 31, 2023 | RYAN, ALLEN F. | reporter.nih.gov |
| mHealth OAE: Towards Universal Newborn Hearing Screening in Kenya (mTUNE) | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2025 | $324,627 | September 15, 2023 | August 31, 2028 | BENKI-NUGENT, SARAH F. | reporter.nih.gov |
| mHealth OAE: Towards Universal Newborn Hearing Screening in Kenya (mTUNE) | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2023 to 2024 | $311,163 | September 15, 2023 | August 31, 2025 | BENKI-NUGENT, SARAH F. | reporter.nih.gov |
| Improving otitis media with effusion diagnosis in the primary care setting with the laser otoscope | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2025 | $306,872 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2026 | BURNS, STEVEN | reporter.nih.gov |
| Development of a high performance reduced cost OCT Otoscope | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2025 | $306,311 | July 10, 2025 | June 30, 2027 | APPLEGATE, BRIAN E. | reporter.nih.gov |
| Synthetic Antimicrobial Peptoids for Treatment of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2021 | $256,538 | September 1, 2021 | August 31, 2023 | KIRSHENBAUM, KENT W | reporter.nih.gov |
| Trans-Tympanic Drug Delivery for Treatment and Prophylaxis of Otitis Media | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2021 | $240,299 | July 1, 2019 | June 30, 2024 | YANG, RONG | reporter.nih.gov |
| Enhanced immunogenicity and protection study of lipid modified protein vaccine candidates of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2021 | $200,000 | August 21, 2020 | July 31, 2023 | KAUR, RAVINDER | reporter.nih.gov |
| Development of Nanoparticle Antibiotic Adjuvant for the Treatment of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2021 | $198,180 | July 1, 2020 | June 30, 2022 | SANTA MARIA, PETER LUKE | reporter.nih.gov |
| Bacterial factors and host response in chronic otitis media | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2021 | $188,750 | April 1, 2020 | March 31, 2022 | HARVILL, ERIC T | reporter.nih.gov |
| A study of antibiotics usage on early gut microbiome colonization and establishment in young children | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2021 | $174,991 | March 1, 2020 | September 30, 2022 | LI, WEIZHONG | reporter.nih.gov |
| Immune biomarker discovery in children susceptible to recurrent otitis media | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2021 to 2022 | $174,899 | July 16, 2021 | June 30, 2024 | PICHICHERO, MICHAEL E | reporter.nih.gov |
| Device assisted exercises for improving soft palate and Eustachian tube function in children between ages 6-17 with or without cleft palate and with ventilation tubes | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2021 | $155,088 | January 1, 2019 | December 31, 2022 | JABBOUR, NOEL | reporter.nih.gov |
| Reducing Infection and Plugging of Tympanostomy Tubes Through Zwitterionic Thin Films | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2021 to 2023 | $128,099 | May 26, 2021 | May 25, 2024 | HORNE, RYAN | reporter.nih.gov |
| Activity-based probes for targeted imaging and treatment of bacterial otitis media | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2025 | $80,224 | September 1, 2025 | August 31, 2028 | WOODS, EMILY CLARK | reporter.nih.gov |
| Strategies and Consequences of Polymicrobial Nasal Colonization | NIH | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases | 2025 | $75,520 | November 1, 2025 | October 31, 2028 | WILDE, SHYRA | reporter.nih.gov |
| Multifactorial Determinants of Childhood Hearing Loss in Rural Alaska | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2021 | $71,598 | July 1, 2020 | May 14, 2022 | EMMETT, SUSAN DAVIS | reporter.nih.gov |
| International Symposia on Recent Advances in Otitis Media | NIH | National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders | 2021 to 2022 | $40,000 | June 4, 2018 | May 31, 2023 | BAKALETZ, LAUREN O | reporter.nih.gov |
Organizations
| Organization | Place | NIH awards | NIH amount | NSF awards | NSF amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | 5 | $3.7 million | 0 | $0 |
| Research Inst Nationwide Children's Hosp | Columbus, OH | 3 | $3.6 million | 0 | $0 |
| Georgia State University | Atlanta, GA | 2 | $3.4 million | 0 | $0 |
| Remmie, Inc. | Bothell, WA | 2 | $3.3 million | 0 | $0 |
| Tympanogen, LLC | Richmond, VA | 1 | $3.2 million | 0 | $0 |
| Clarametyx Bioscience, Inc. | Columbus, OH | 1 | $3.1 million | 0 | $0 |
| University of Colorado Denver | Aurora, CO | 3 | $3.1 million | 0 | $0 |
| Wavely Diagnostics, Inc. | Seattle, WA | 1 | $2.9 million | 0 | $0 |
| Rochester General Hospital (ny) | Rochester, NY | 4 | $2.4 million | 0 | $0 |
| Medical College of Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI | 1 | $2.1 million | 0 | $0 |
| University of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | 3 | $2 million | 0 | $0 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $2 million | 0 | $0 |
| Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | 1 | $2 million | 0 | $0 |
| University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | 1 | $1.9 million | 0 | $0 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville, TN | 1 | $1.9 million | 0 | $0 |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | Boys Town, NE | 3 | $1.6 million | 0 | $0 |
| Glimpse Diagnostics, Inc. | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | $1.5 million | 0 | $0 |
| University of California, San Diego | La Jolla, CA | 2 | $1.3 million | 0 | $0 |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Urbana, IL | 1 | $1.3 million | 0 | $0 |
| University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | 1 | $1.2 million | 0 | $0 |
| Photonicare, Inc. | Champaign, IL | 1 | $1 million | 0 | $0 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston, MA | 2 | $979,000 | 0 | $0 |
| Mayo Clinic Rochester | Rochester, MN | 1 | $711,342 | 0 | $0 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | 2 | $681,127 | 0 | $0 |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | 2 | $635,790 | 0 | $0 |
| ST. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Memphis, TN | 2 | $569,195 | 0 | $0 |
| University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | $456,156 | 0 | $0 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | 2 | $453,675 | 0 | $0 |
| Children's Hosp of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | $358,269 | 0 | $0 |
| Pionear Technologies, Inc. | Watertown, MA | 1 | $349,501 | 0 | $0 |
| Mstatt LLC | Cleveland, OH | 1 | $306,872 | 0 | $0 |
| Ao Technologies, LLC | La Canada Flintridge, CA | 1 | $306,311 | 0 | $0 |
| Maxwell Biosciences, Inc. | Austin, TX | 1 | $256,538 | 0 | $0 |
| University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc | Athens, GA | 1 | $188,750 | 0 | $0 |
| J. Craig Venter Institute, Inc. | La Jolla, CA | 1 | $174,991 | 0 | $0 |
| University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA | 1 | $128,099 | 0 | $0 |
Funding by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | NIH awards | NIH amount | NSF awards | NSF amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | $14,935,078 | 0 | $0 |
| 2024 | 20 | $11,575,754 | 0 | $0 |
| 2023 | 21 | $11,724,858 | 0 | $0 |
| 2022 | 22 | $9,534,681 | 0 | $0 |
| 2021 | 23 | $7,436,432 | 0 | $0 |
Open federal funding opportunities
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Updated November 3, 2026. Read from NIH RePORTER ExPORTER and NSF Award Search. Published by NIH and NSF as U.S. government data. NIH awards are fiscal years 2021 to 2025 (NIH files published to 2026-07-09); NSF awards are fiscal years 2022 to 2026 (NSF files published to 2026-11-02). NIH amounts are the total cost of each fiscal year in the window; NSF amounts are the funds obligated in the window. Organizations are matched on the UEI. Open opportunities come from Grants.gov and match on agency and assistance listing number, and on the notice number NIH prints on an award. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.