The Clinical Research Grant supports investigations that will advance knowledge of the efficacy of treatment and assessment practices in communication sciences and disorders. Funding ($50,000–$75,000) is available for mentored, independent, or collaborative studies.
2023
Awarded $75,000 each
- Marziye Eshghi
- Assistant Professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions; Harvard Medical School
- Alterations in Dynamic Properties of the Speech Motor Circuit as Early Biomarkers of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) Pathology
- Kenneth Morse
- Assistant Professor, West Virginia University
- Tinnitus-Related Decreased Inhibitory and Increased Excitatory Auditory Neural Function Across Discrete Central Auditory Nervous System Frequency Regions
Awarded $50,000 each
- Robert Brinton Fujiki
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Developing a Pediatric Auditory-Perceptual Voice Assessment
- Beate Peter
- Associate Professor, Arizona State University
- Babble Boot Camp for Infants With Down Syndrome: Improving Speech and Language Outcomes via a Proactive, Parent-led Intervention
- Jasleen Singh
- Postdoctoral Scholar, Northwestern University
- The Influence of the Drug Facts Label on Self-Determination of Candidacy for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids
2021
Awarded $75,000 each
- Suma Devanga
- Assistant Professor
- Western Michigan University
- The Collaborative Referencing Intervention (CRI) in Aphasia: Replication and Extension of a Phase-II Treatment Study
- Emily D. Quinn
- Assistant Professor
- Oregon Health & Science University
- Optimizing a Remote Caregiver-Implemented Augmentative and Alternative Communication Intervention (ORCA)
Awarded $50,000 each
- Adam Buchwald
- Associate Professor
- New York University
- Combining Aphasia Rehabilitation With Robot-Assisted Arm Therapy
- Cara Donohue
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- University of Florida
- Safety, Feasibility, and Impact of Preoperative Respiratory Strength Training in Cardiac Surgical Patients
- Pui Fong Kan
- Associate Professor
- University of Colorado Boulder
- Identifying Bilingual Children at Risk for Language Impairment: Evidence From a Response-Speed Judgment Task
- Windi C. Krok
- Visiting Assistant Professor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Validating a Sentence Diversity Priming Task as a Dynamic Assessment
2019
Awarded $75,000 each
- Angela Yarnell Bonino
- Assistant Professor
- University of Colorado Boulder
- Hearing Assessment for Children With Developmental Delays
- Naomi F. Bramhall
- Research Investigator
- National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research
- VA Portland Health Care System
- Listening Effort During Complex Speech Perception
- Erika S. Levy
- Associate Professor
- Columbia University
- Predictors of Intelligibility Changes in Children With Cerebral Palsy
Awarded $50,000
- Natalie Covington
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Determining the Psychometric Properties of Procedural Memory Measures for the Development of a Clinical Assessment of Multiple Memory Systems
2017
Awarded $75,000 each
- Lena G. Caesar
- Associate Professor
- Loyola University Maryland
The Ecological Validity of Narrative Sample Analysis for Diagnosing Language Disorders in Guyanese Children
- Sarita L. Eisenberg
- Associate Professor
- Montclair State University
Better Together: Using Drill to Increase the Efficacy of Embedded Therapy for Grammatical Forms
Awarded $50,000
- Suzanne M. Adlof
- Assistant Professor
- University of South Carolina
Orthographic and Phonological Processing in Children With Language Impairment With and Without Dyslexia
View Clinical Research Grant recipients before 2017 [PDF].