# Conferences for Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neuroscience (APAN)

> **NIH NIH R13** · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · 2022 · $19,750

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMMARY
The annual meeting of Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neuroscience (APAN;
http://www.med.upenn.edu/APAN/) is a one-day satellite meeting of the annual meeting of the Society for
Neuroscience; the first APAN symposium was in 2003. The typical attendance of APAN is ~225 people; mostly,
graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and other trainees. The primary Aim of APAN is to bring
together the cohort of neuroscientists who are engaged in identifying the neural correlates
(both cortical and sub-cortical) of auditory behavior —including the perceptual, cognitive, and
sensorimotor factors— that underlie communication, multisensory processing, and neural
plasticity. Bringing together this group of scientists in this forum is critical because many of the theoretical
approaches, techniques, and methodologies of this research field are relatively unique. Consequently, a focused
symposium spurs the scientific enterprise in this important research area. Our second Aim is to facilitate
meaningful and educational interactions between junior and senior neuroscientists throughout
the program and to promote women and those in underrepresented groups in communicative
and auditory neuroscience. In our selection criteria for oral presentations, we have consistently, since our
inception, highlighted the contributions of junior scientists as well as women and those from underrepresented
groups. In 2013, we established “poster teasers” that give a cadre of junior scientists’ opportunities to draw
attention to their posters as a short oral presentation. In the previous grant cycle, we established a “Young
Investigator Spotlight” talk that features an outstanding junior scientist. In the current proposal, we are
offering a second Spotlight talk and will increase the number of travel awards trainees to offset the cost of
travel to APAN. Both of these changes facilitate a more inclusive APAN community. Finally, APAN is extremely
relevant to the scientific mission of the NIDCD for a variety of reasons. For example, the majority of scientists
at APAN are funded through an NIDCD mechanism and conduct basic research on communication, auditory
processing, plasticity, and hearing prosthetics. Further, APAN provides an outstanding training opportunity for
junior neuroscientists. Finally, the translational and clinical impact of many of the presentations is high due to
their focus on fundamental mechanisms underlying auditory perception, whose dysfunction can lead to various
hearing-related problems. We seek funding to continue this flagship conference.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10466783
- **Project number:** 5R13DC010549-14
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
- **Principal Investigator:** Yale E Cohen
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $19,750
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2009-10-15 → 2024-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10466783

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10466783, Conferences for Advances and Perspectives in Auditory Neuroscience (APAN) (5R13DC010549-14). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10466783. Licensed CC0.

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