AHNS Presidential Award: Understanding Treatment Resistance in Head and Neck Cancer Grant

AHNS Presidential Award: Understanding Treatment Resistance in Head and Neck Cancer Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: American Head & Neck Society (AHNS)
Amount: Up to US $10,000
Last Updated: December 08, 2025

Summary

The AHNS Presidential Award supports innovative research focused on understanding treatment resistance in head and neck cancer. With a funding amount of $10,000 for one year, eligible candidates include medical students, residents, and faculty at the associate professor level or below who are AHNS members in good standing. Projects must demonstrate a translational focus and collaboration across disciplines, aiming to yield actionable insights within the award period.

Overview

AHNS Presidential Award: Understanding Treatment Resistance in Head and Neck Cancer $10,000, one year. One available. Purpose The purpose of this award is to support research projects that seek to understand mechanisms underlying resistance to therapy in head and neck cancer. Any study in head and neck cancer that utilizes genomics, immune profiling, mechanistic approaches, or animal models to understand how such mechanisms might develop and how we might predict the presence/absence of resistance phenotypes prior to treatment is eligible for this award. Conditions The grant application must be accompanied by letters of support from the Chair of the candidate’s academic department and from the principal scientific advisor or mentor. These letters are to indicate a general level of support of the applicant, the fact that the Department will make time, space, and other resources accessible for completion of the project, and that the applicant will have appropriate supervision/support throughout the period of the grant. Applicants must obtain letters of support/understanding from all key personnel on the project. Use of Funds A detailed budget and budget justification constitute part of the application and will be evaluated as part of the review process.  Allowable expenses include consultant fees (e.g., statistician); salary support for research assistants or other technical personnel; computer software or hardware; purchase and maintenance of experimental animals; laboratory supplies and services; and expenses related to publication of results directly related to the supported project, exclusive of reprint costs. Equipment and supplies purchased with this Award become the property of the recipient institution. The AHNS prefers not to pay institutional (indirect) costs for this very modest award; if the institution is unwilling to waive such costs, however, they are limited to no more than 10% of the Total Direct Costs (sum of amounts requested for personnel, consultant costs, equipment, supplies, patient/animal care costs, and other expenses). The Total Costs (direct + indirect) may not exceed $10,000.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Candidates for this award should reside in the U.S. or Canada, be medical students, residents, PhDs or faculty members at the rank of associate professor or below and be an AHNS member in good standing. Previous AHNS or AAO-HNS Foundation research grant recipients are eligible to compete for this grant.Candidates who have applied for support of the same research from other funding sources, and who are notified of an award from both another agency and from AHNS must choose only one of the awards.The grant is legally awarded to the institution with which the Principal Investigator is affiliated, not to the investigator or his/her Division or Department. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. Must be AHNS members in good standing

Ineligibility

Funding may not be used to support the Principal Investigator’s salary during the period of the award.