Hearing Enhancement through ARtificially Intelligent NeurotechnoloGy (HEARING)
Contract Opportunity Analysis
ARPA-H’s Health Science Futures Office is hosting a Proposers’ Day for the HEARING program, a funding opportunity focused on developing a novel hearing-assistive platform that engages the brain’s auditory centers to improve speech understanding in complex environments. The program scope includes three technical areas: minimally invasive intracortical devices, a dynamic sound modulator, and an auditory read-and-write algorithm to support brain-computer interface capabilities. The effort emphasizes safe access to the auditory cortex, real-time brain-signal capture, and algorithms that can interpret intended perception and help fill in missing sound information, with the event designed to support teaming and program understanding. The Proposers’ Day will be held June 8, 2026, in Arlington, Virginia, in hybrid format, and registration is required for in-person or virtual attendance with separate closing dates of June 3 and June 5, 2026, respectively.