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.
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
2016
Awarded $75,000 each
- Tara McAllister Byun
- Assistant Professor
- New York University
- staRt: Mobile-Delivered Biofeedback Intervention for Residual Speech Errors
- Valeriy Shafiro
- Associate Professor
- Rush University Medical Center
- A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Benefits of an Internet-Based Auditory Training Program for Cochlear Implant Patients
- Elizabeth Walker
- Assistant Professor
- University of Iowa
- Investigating Links Between Non-Linguistic Learning Processes and Grammar Skills in Children With Cochlear Implants
Awarded $50,000 each
- Alison Behrman
- Assistant Professor
- City University of New York
- The Clear-Speech Benefit in Spanish-Accented Speakers of American English
- Karen V. Chenausky
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Identifying Signs of Childhood Apraxia of Speech in Minimally Verbal Children With Autism
2014
Awarded $75,000 each
- Soo-Eun Chang
- Assistant Professor
- University of Michigan
- Enhancing Speech Motor Function in Stuttering Speakers with Neuromodulation: A tDCS Study
- Ianessa A. Humbert
- Assistant Professor
- Johns Hopkins University
- Creating Swallowing Physiologists by Applying Physiology to Clinical Decision-Making
- Linda D. Vallino
- Head, Craniofacial Outcomes Research Laboratory
- Nemours/Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
- Automating Speech Intelligibility Assessment in Children with Cleft Palate
Awarded $50,000
- McKay M. Sohlberg
- Full Professor/Director of Communication Disorders Sciences
- University of Oregon
- eGAS, Integrating Goal Attainment Scaling and Motivational Interviewing into a Functional Outcome Measure for Use in the Treatment of Cognitive-Communication Deficits
View Clinical Research Grant recipients before 2014 [PDF].