The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) supports innovators and encourages research that makes a difference in people's lives through speech, language, and hearing science. Inspired by pioneers like Dennis Klatt, the ASHFoundation aims to fuel advances in the field by backing new and ambitious projects that hold potential for significant impact.
The Clinical Research Grant program supports various types of research studies with a goal to advance the field of communication disorders. It encompasses Mentored Research Studies, Independent Research Studies, and Collaborative Research Studies, offering financial support and encouraging investigations that offer new, bold solutions for improving the everyday functioning of individuals with or at risk for communication impairments. The program prioritizes projects that present innovative directions for audiology and speech-language pathology and have the potential to evolve into larger, externally funded research. Specifically, Independent Research Studies under this grant aim to support early-career investigators developing an independent research record or seasoned researchers embarking on new endeavors, with a maximum budget of up to $75,000 over two years, aiming to generate preliminary data for larger-scale funding proposals.