Founder Members created the following Endowments to establish International Research Institute for the Deaf and international brotherhood among the Acousticians/ENT surgeons

1.     Mira Paul Memorial Endowment for Award (Prof. H. S. Paul has donated so far Rs.400, 197/- in this endowment to fulfill his wife’s last wish)

2.     Mira-Hari Paul Endowment for Research Grant at IRID (Prof. H. S. Paul has donated so far Rs.1, 243, 732/- to do research on deafness). Prof. Paul’s property and Indian Bank Account No.439625334 is for the development of IRID.

3.     Stanley Ehrlich Endowment for Award/Research Grant at IRID (Dr. Stanley L. Ehrlich has donated so far Rs.537, 314/-)

  Foundation presents one Gold Medal (50 grams) each year in the names of either Late Mira Paul or Dr. Stanley L. Ehrlich, as both of them are considered as mentors and the brain behind the formation of AFECT. This Gold medal is presented to eminent Acoustician or ENT surgeon. The details of the award are as follows:

·                   One Gold Medal or Silver Medal with equivalent money will be presented to an individual, irrespective of his/her nationality, age or Society affiliation who has made significant contribution to the field of Acoustics or deafness;

·                   Awardees must be internationally renowned Acoustician/ENT surgeon, preference will be given to awardees that have developed new Technique or established a research institute on Acoustics in India or occupied international position on Acoustics.

·                   Minimum one lecture will be delivered by the awardees at Technical meet or at IRID;

·                   The basic object of this award is to enhance all-round growth of Acoustics in India.

4. Honorary Fellowship

    A person who has attained eminence in acoustics may be elected to Honorary Fellowship. At the time of election, an Honorary Fellow need not be a member of the Acoustical Foundation.

5. Members have created IRID corpus fund to present Silver Medal to all its outstanding members in the following fields:

·          Acoustical Oceanography

·          Animal Bioacoustics

·          Architectural Acoustics

·          Biomedical Ultrasound and Bio-response to Vibration

·          Engineering Acoustics

·          Noise

·          Physical Acoustics

·          Psychological and Physiological Acoustics

·          Signal Processing Acoustics

·          Speech Communication

·          Structural Acoustics and Vibration

·          Underwater Acoustics

·          Education in Acoustics