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.
2025
Awarded $75,000 each
- Julie Case
- Assistant Professor
- Hofstra University
- Childhood Apraxia of Speech in Bilingual Spanish-English Children
- Julia Drouin
- Assistant Professor
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Characterizing Sleep Outcomes in School-Age Children with Hearing Loss
- Mackenzie Fama
- Assistant Professor
- The George Washington University
- Inner Speech and Task-Switching Ability in Aphasia
- Eric Jackson
- Assistant Professor
- New York University
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Combined with Behavioral Speech Therapy for Stuttering
- Emily Morrow
- Research Assistant Professor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Examining Sleep Architecture as a Mechanism of Disrupted Word Learning and Memory Consolidation in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury
- Gemma Moya-Galéi
- Assistant Professor
- Columbia University
- Development of a Web-Based Platform for Intelligibility Assessment in Spanish Speakers with Parkinson's Disease: A Proof-of-Concept Study
Awarded $50,000 each
- Meisam Arjmandi
- Assistant Professor
- University of South Carolina
- Analysis of Speech Perception Errors for Personalized Cochlear Implant Programming and Improved Speech Recognition
- Laura Jacox
- Assistant Professor
- University of North Carolina at Adams School of Dentistry
- Evaluating Impacts of Orthognathic Surgery on Speech Acoustics and Lingual Gestures in Patients with Anterior Open Bite Dentofacial Disharmony
- Maithri Sivaraman
- Assistant Professor
- Columbia University
- A Classroom Intervention to Test Autistic Preschoolers' Learning from Overheard Speech
- Lauren Thompson
- Associate Professor
- Washington State University
- Advancing Communication Assessment in Profound Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Cross-Population Pilot Study
- Carla Tierney-Hendricks
- Research Fellow
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
- Using Intervention Mapping to Co-Design a Transitional Care Intervention for Aphasia Rehabilitation
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
View Clinical Research Grant recipients before 2019 [PDF].