SEYMOUR H. COHEN RESEARCH GRANT AWARD
The Seymour R. Cohen Award, was established in 1999, with a bequest by the Cohen family as an award based on the submission of an abstract for the Annual Meeting. Given to an outstanding candidate, who was a citizen of the United States or Canada, and who performed basic science research in the area of pediatric laryngology and/or pediatric neurolaryngology, there was a notably gap in receiving quality abstracts.
Following a discussion with the Cohen Family in 2014, the Council inquired with the Cohen Family of the possibility of modifying the award to a research grant. With the assistance of Dr. Clarence Sasaki, ALA received permission to change award to the Seymour H. Cohen MD Research Grant. Dr. Cohen wish was for this Award only to be used for the funding of research in pediatric laryngology and/or pediatric neurolaryngology remains as the criteria. During the years, 1999 – 2009, the recipients of the grant was chosen based on the original abstract submission for the annual meeting. Beginning in 2014, research applications were reviewed by the ALA Research Committee and funding was based the evaluation results recommended to the Council.
Below is a list of previous recipients of this Grant.
| 1999 | Russell A. Faust, MD, PhD | 2016 | Nicolas-George Katsantonis, MD | |
| 2000 | Chapman McQueen, MD | 2017 | Matthew Clary, MD | |
| 2001 | Yolanda D. Heman-Ackah, MD | 2019 | Philip Weissbrod, MD | |
| 2009 | Swapna Chandran, MD | 2020 | Rupali Shah, MD | |
| 2014 | Christopher T. Johnson, MD | 2021 | Ricardo Gottardi, MD | |
| 2015 | Michael Pitman, MD |
ALA/ALVRE RESEARCH GRANT AWARD
The ALA/ALVRE Research Grant award was created to support basic, translational, or clinical research projects in laryngology (voice, airway, swallowing), outcomes, and related subjects, and should lead to furthering the fields of laryngology or neurolaryngology.
Research supported by this award should be specifically directed toward the pathogenesis, pathophysiology, diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of diseases, disorders, or conditions of the larynx and related structures and topics and may be either basic or clinical/translational in approach. While not specifically required, proposals which aim to introduce new knowledge and methodology from other disciplines to research in laryngology or neurolaryngology, or which demonstrate collaborative effort with members of other related disciplines are encouraged.
Below is a list of previous recipients of this Grant.
| 2010 | Marvin Fried, MD | 2018 | Aaron Johnson, MD | |
| 2012 | Jennifer Long, MD, PhD | 2019 | Daniel Fink, MD | |
| 2013 | J. Pieter Noordzij, MD | x | 2020 | R Jun Lin, MD |
| 2015 | Gregory Dion, MD | 2021 | Anais Rameau, MD, MPhil, MSc | |
| 2016 | Alexander Hillel, MD | 2022 | Benjamin Laitman, MD, PhD | |
| 2017 | VyVy N. Young, MD | x |
X – funds returned