In addition to multiple awards & scholarships provided by COSM Societies, COSM provides Travel Awards to attend COSM. The purpose of this award is to encourage first and second-year medical students to explore careers in Otolaryngology.
COSM 2025 Travel Award applications are closed. Please check back this fall for the COSM 2026 Travel Award!
Qualifications for COSM Travel Award: The application is available for first—and second-year medical students exploring careers in Otolaryngology. Residents and third-year medical students may also apply for consideration; however, priority will go to those who live in the region where the COSM meeting is taking place and first—and second-year medical students.
Award winners will receive complimentary registration to COSM 2025, $250 cash, plus attend the COSM Meet the Leaders in Otolaryngology events during our Combined Poster Receptions on Thursday, May 15, and Friday, May 16, from 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm in the Exhibit Hall.
COSM Meet the Leaders of Otolaryngology Event
All Medical Students and Residents will have the opportunity to meet with Otolaryngologists from all specialties and programs across the country. “Meet the Leaders of Otolaryngology” is held during both Poster Receptions (May 15 and May 16 from 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm). We will have signage identifying this area near the posters.
Medical Students, Residents, and Volunteer Mentors will be provided with something easily identifiable throughout COSM 2025.
*Are you a Medical Student or Resident interested in connecting with a mentor during “Meet the Leaders of Otolaryngology”? Complete this link to participate as a Medical Student/Resident.
*Are you interested in becoming a mentor during “Meet the Leaders of Otolaryngology”? Complete this link to volunteer.
All questions regarding the Award and Meet the Leaders of Otolaryngology should be directed to cosmsupport@facs.org.
Congratulations to the 2025 Awardees ($250 and complimentary registration)
Sherifa Akinniyi, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science College of Medicine
Adrienne Biskaduros, Weill Cornell Medicine
Shreya Deshmukh, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Rachel Hazlitt, Oklahoma State University
Christine Mavilian, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Grant Primer, Rush Medical College
Lucas Ratiani, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
Aakash Reddy, Weill Cornell Medical School
Luke Schwetschenau, Saint Louis University
Javier Vilá, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Thomas Xue, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
Ali Zaidi, University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine
Students who were awarded complimentary registration to COSM 2025:
Alexandria Yao, University of Kansas
Dimitri Godur, University of Miami
Hudson Liu, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Jason Muka, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Kassandra Jade, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Marlaine Frelier, UT Southwestern Medical School
Mary Arden Guillory, University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
Milan Fehrenbach, University of Kentucky
Patricia Mensah, Louisiana State University Health Science Center New Orleans
Taryn Lubbers, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Trevor Pharr, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Wynne Zheng, Georgetown University School of Medicine
