$1.2M in expenses

Publishing:the ASA publishes (a) the journal of the acoustical society of america with a circulation to 5,000 members and 800 institutions worldwide; (b) jasa express letters, an open access publication that can be accessed by the public; (c) proceedings of meetings on acoustics, an open access publication that can be accessed by the public; (d) acoustics today magazine in print and online in open access format. Circulation to 5,000 members and approximately 800 institutions worldwide; (e) standards on acoustics available for online purchase and download. Online archival publications including echoes, acoustics research letters online, noise its uses and control magazine, and sound magazine.

$1.1M in expenses

Meetings: the ASA holds two meetings each year, attracting between 1,000 and 2,000 attendees at each. Meetings include between 800 to 1,300 individual technical presentations, technical committee meetings, standards committee meetings, and networking events. Student award competitions are conducted for best paper and poster presentations. Travel support is provided for students to attend meetings. ASA also provides activities and support to encourage attendance by early-career acousticians and women acousticians such as early-career retreats, fellowship and grant panels, women young investigator grants and dependent care grants. Social events include a reception for all attendees, a students reception and a women in acoustics reception.

$519K in expenses

The ASA's outreach encompasses activities aimed at k-12 students and teachers, the general public, the press, acousticians in different stages of their careers, other acoustical societies, and organizations in scientific disciplines other than acoustics. Outreach events are held at ASA meetings, cosponsors' symposiums, workshops, and conferences organized by other organizations both in the us and abroad. Other outreach information is provided via ASA websites including acoustics.org, exploresound.org, acousticstoday.org, and acousticalsociety.org.outreach to science reporters is provided via press conferences broadcast live over the internet during ASA meetings. Reporters can participate in these press conferences and interact with the presenters. Prior to meetings, press releases and lay versions of presentations are made available on the ASA website, acoustics.org.ASA sponsors biennial science communication awards for professionals in acoustics and for journalists which are intended to recognize excellence in the presentation of acoustics related topics to a popular audience. Cash prizes and travel support to an ASA meeting are provided to winning entries.ASA authorizes the formation of regional and student chapters which provide outreach to acousticians across the united states and abroad. These groups hold periodic meetings for acoustics students and professionals and demonstration sessions for k-12 students. ASA provides annual financial support for chapter activities.ASA provides a program of fellowships, scholarships, awards and grants for students and post-doctoral researchers working in the field of acoustics. These include the frederick v. Hunt postdoctoral research fellowship in acoustics, the leo and gabriella beranek scholarship in architectural acoustics and noise control, the james e. West minority fellowship, raymond h. Stetson scholarship in phonetics and speech science, the frank and virginia winker memorial scholarship for graduate study in acoustics, the robert w. Young award for undergraduate student research in acoustics, the daoma and murray strasberg memorial scholarship in ocean acoustics, the acoustical oceanography travel award, the robert b. Newman medal, the wenger prize, and the royster award. These awards include stipends of various amounts, and some include travel support to attend ASA meetings.

$1.3M in expenses

Other programs include:- standards- the foundation fund- books- acoustics today