The New Century Scholars Research Grant supports innovative research by individuals who are committed to teacher-investigator careers in the university or college academic environment or in external research institutes or laboratories.
2018
Awarded $25,000 each
- Sriram Boothalingam
- Assistant Professor
- University of Wisconsin–Madison
- One Stone, Three Birds: A Concurrent Clinical Test of Cochlear, Middle Ear Muscle Reflex, and Medial Olivocochlear Reflex Function
- Support provided by the Wayne and Marilyn Olsen Audiology Research Fund
- Elizabeth Erickson DiRenzo
- Assistant Professor
- Stanford University
- Development of Model Systems to Investigate the Laryngeal Health Effects of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS)
- Hua Ou
- Visiting Assistant Professor
- Wayne State University
- Will Optimized Written Instructions be as Effective as Audiological Service for OTC Hearing Device Users?
- Stephanie Ries-Cornou
- Assistant Professor
- San Diego State University
- Word Retrieval in Spanish-English Bilinguals After Stroke
2017
Awarded $25,000 each
- Eric Bielefeld
- Associate Professor
- Ohio State University
- Identifying an Interaction Between Kanamycin, Anti-Retroviral Medications, and Noise Exposure on Hearing Loss
- Kasia M. Bieszczad
- Assistant Professor
- Rutgers University
- An Epigenetic Role in the Persistence of Memory for Significant Sounds
- Jean K. Gordon
- Associate Professor
- University of Iowa
- Fluency Forward: Developing a More Reliable and Clinically Useful Assessment of Fluency in Aphasia
- Raksha M. Mudar
- Assistant Professor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Cognitive and Neural Alterations in Age-Associated Hearing Loss
- Lauryn Zipse
- Associate Professor
- MGH Institute of Health Professions
- A Neurophysiological Examination of Feedback-Based Learning in Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
2016
Awarded $25,000 each
- Elizabeth Spencer Kelley
- Assistant Professor
- University of Missouri
- Explicit Word Learning of Preschool Children With Specific Language Impairment
- Kara C. Schvartz-Leyzac
- Clinical Instructor/Research Audiologist
- University of Michigan
- Effects of Aging on Spectro-Temporal Processing in Speech Among Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients
2015
Awarded $25,000 each
- Sudha Arunachalam
- Assistant Professor
- Boston University
- Verb Processing and Verb Acquisition in Late Talking Toddlers
- Jason W. Bohland
- Assistant Professor
- Boston University
- The Transcriptional Landscape of Genes Implicated in Speech and Language Disorders
- Jonathan S. Brumberg
- Assistant Professor
- University of Kansas
- Evaluating Control of Commercial AAC Devices via Brain-Computer Interface by Individuals With Neuromotor Deficits
- Jun Wang
- Assistant Professor
- University of Texas at Dallas
- Test of a Real-Time Silent Speech Interface With Individuals After Laryngectomy
2014
Awarded $10,000 each
- Kaitlin Lansford
- Assistant Professor
- Florida State University
- Use of Crowdsourcing to Assess the Ecological Validity of Perceptual Learning Paradigms in Dysarthria
- Chaleece W. Sandberg
- Assistant Professor
- Pennsylvania State University
- Graph Theoretical Analysis of Resting State and Task-Based Functional Connectivity in Persons with Aphasia and Age-Matched Neurologically Healthy Adult
View New Century Scholars Research Grant recipients before 2014 [PDF].