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Dear colleagues 
On behalf of the Hearing Industry Research Consortium (IRC) I would like to guide your attention to this year's Request for Proposals (RfP) for research documenting
Successful communication and
 the real-life outcome measures that affect hearing aid benefit. The funding pool for this RfP is 300,000 US Dollars, and the time period for execution of projects under this RfP is 2–3 years from 1st
 of January 2025. Proposals for projects of two years duration are preferred. It is expected that one or two project proposals will be funded. Detailed descriptions of the application procedure, the guidelines for research under this scheme, and the proposed research area can
 be downloaded and also found on the Hearing IRC website. The deadline for submission is August 1, 2024. Questions can be sent to any of the Hearing IRC members listed on the website or using the Contact Form on the website. The Hearing IRC is made up of the heads of research from the top hearing aid manufacturers in the world, which include GN Hearing, Oticon,
 Sonova, WS Audiology and Starkey Hearing Technologies. The IRC was created to have a non-competitive, mutually agreed upon research agenda benefiting the hearing aid industry, its customers and end users. For more information about the Hearing Industry Research
 Consortium, visit http://hearingirc.com. 
Kind regards 
Niels Niels H. Pontoppidan Principal Scientist, IRC Chair 2023-2024 
 Oticon A/S Kongebakken 9 Denmark Website: www.oticon.com 
 
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