Clinical Research Grant: Collaborative Research Studies

The Clinical Research Grant: Collaborative Research Studies, offered by the American Speech Language Hearing Foundation, supports mid-career investigators in conducting innovative research on treatment efficacy in communication disorders. Emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration, this grant encourages studies that yield pilot data for larger projects, with a budget cap of $50,000. Eligible applicants must hold a PhD in relevant fields and show commitment to independent research, avoiding overlap with other ASHFoundation grants.

NOTE: The Letter of Inquiry deadline represents the submission time to submit the Intent to Submit Form.
Advances knowledge of treatment efficacy and assessment practices. When applying for a Clinical Research Grant, applicants will be able to choose one of the three support options listed below, depending on the type of research study.
Mentored Research StudiesIndependent Research StudiesCollaborative Research Studies
For mid-career investigators, who may have an extensive research history, who will collaborate with other investigators.
Background
The ASHFoundation’s Clinical Research Grants are intended to encourage research that will impact the delivery of services to people with communication disorders, who are striving to communicate and connect. Research should directly advance knowledge of treatment efficacy and assessment practices in audiology and speech-language pathology, or investigate the implementation of evidence into practice.
For Clinical Research Grants, priority is given to proposals that:
Investigate bold, forward-thinking solutions that could improve the everyday functioning of people with, or at risk for, communication and related impairments.Promote new directions for the discipline and likely would progress to future large-scale studies with the potential to compete for additional external funding.
The grants are not intended to provide the investigator with additional or extended support for an existing study already supported through extramural funds. However, proposals will be considered if an early-career or mid-career investigator is proposing to join an established research team to develop a treatment-efficacy, implementation, or service-delivery study that holds promise for subsequent funding of the investigator.
Collaborative Research Studies (one-year studies)
Clinical Research Grants for collaborative research studies support a planning and preparation study for a potential large-scale collaboration study. Mid-career investigators, who may have an extensive research history, are good candidates for this grant mechanism. The investigator may need to work with another funded researcher to learn or hone an experimental protocol that holds promise for a collaborative research study proposal.
Proposals must include a description of a pilot research study that can be completed in one year. The proposed research would be expected to provide preliminary data to demonstrate the feasibility and promise of a large-scale study.
Interdisciplinary collaborations are encouraged. In addition to the quality of the proposed research study, the quality and record of the collaborator(s) will be evaluated.
The maximum budget for collaborative research studies is $50,000.

Eligibility

Investigators must meet the following criteria to be eligible for the Clinical Research Grant.The investigator must have received a PhD or equivalent research doctorate within the discipline of communication sciences and disorders or a related field.The investigator must demonstrate the potential for, and commitment to, conducting independent research with a clear plan for applying for extramural research support.
The research must have significance and direct application to the development and evaluation of audiology or speech-language pathology intervention or assessment practices.
Experienced investigators should explain why the proposed work represents a  new effort  that is not fundable from existing research support or an extension of funding that is currently supporting or has supported related work.
Proposals submitted to the current Clinical Research Grant competition cannot be submitted to other current ASHFoundation grant competitions. However, the investigator remains eligible to submit to other ASHFoundation grant competitions in the same year, if proposing to investigate a different topic.There are no other restrictions, but the case must be clear on how the funds are essential to conduct the research in light of other resources or support available to you. Funding will be disbursed in U.S. currency to investigators in the United States or Canada.

Ineligibility

Funding will not cover institutional overhead and indirect costs. In addition, funding may not be directed to travel costs for conventions or meetings.