# NIDCD T32 Interdisciplinary Training Program in Hearing Research

> **NIH NIH T32** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · 2020 · $275,786

## Abstract

Project Summary
Progress towards understanding mechanisms of hearing, and the treatment of hearing deficits, requires an
integrated effort from multiple disciplines. The Center for Hearing Research (CHR) at the University of
California, Irvine (UCI) maintains an interdisciplinary training program that takes advantage of the breadth and
depth of hearing research at UCI to train new scientists broadly across multiple disciplines and deeply in one.
The 21 training faculty in CHR span six departments in five Schools (primary appointments in Biological
Sciences, Medicine, Social Sciences and Education; joint appointments in Engineering) with research interests
that cover a broad range of levels (genes, molecules, cells, systems and behavior) and experimental
approaches (cell and molecular biology, neurophysiology, psychoacoustics, computation, human imaging,
human learning, medical device engineering). Thus, CHR is ideally positioned to offer interdisciplinary training.
We request support for three predoctoral students and two postdoctoral researchers including medical
residents. The didactic core of the training program is a course in Auditory Neuroscience, which covers the
auditory system from cells to psychoacoustics, cochlea to cortex, and basic to clinical sciences. Mandatory
features of the training program that encourage interdisciplinary interactions are participation in all CHR
activities (e.g., seminar series, journal club and annual conferences), presentations to scientifically diverse
audiences, and regular meetings with basic and clinical scientists. The normal period of support for trainees is
two years. Predoctoral trainees normally enter the program in their second year of graduate study and are
required to take a course on grant writing and prepare an NRSA proposal. The program is managed by the
Program Director and an Executive Committee, and will foster development of trainees’ intellectual, technical
and professional skills needed to pursue successful careers in hearing research.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9936607
- **Project number:** 2T32DC010775-11
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE
- **Principal Investigator:** Raju Metherate
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $275,786
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2010-07-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9936607

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9936607, NIDCD T32 Interdisciplinary Training Program in Hearing Research (2T32DC010775-11). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9936607. Licensed CC0.

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