State Clinical Achievement Awards and Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Recent Clinical Achievement Grant

The State Clinical Achievement Awards and the Louis M. DiCarlo Award honor significant accomplishments in clinical practice within audiology and speech-language pathology over the past six years. Nominations are submitted by state associations, selecting individuals who have advanced clinical knowledge. The DiCarlo Award, in memory of Louis M. DiCarlo, provides a plaque and a $2,500 grant to further the recipient's work. Eligible achievements must be specific and well-defined.

NOTE: All nominations of State Clinical Achievement Award recipients for the DiCarlo Award must be submitted online by a representative from each state association.
State Clinical Achievement Awards and Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Recent Clinical Achievement
Recognize a significant accomplishment in clinical practice within the past six years in audiology and/or speech-language pathology.
The Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Recent Clinical Achievement recipient is selected each year from a group of State Clinical Achievement Award recipients. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) asks each state association to select one person from within the state to receive an award for demonstrated contributions to the advancement of knowledge in clinical practice in audiology or speech-language pathology within the past six years. That person receives a certificate from the ASHFoundation and is named a State Clinical Achievement Award recipient.
State associations establish their own mechanisms for determining their nominees, but they are advised to recognize a recent achievement based on criteria for the DiCarlo Award. Check with your state association for more information on the State Clinical Achievement Award nomination process.
The Louis M. DiCarlo Award recognizes a recipient—chosen from each year’s group of State Clinical Achievement Award recipients—who has worked toward advancing knowledge in clinical practice, as evidenced by a significant accomplishment within the past six years in audiology and/or speech-language pathology.
The DiCarlo Award is a memorial recognition of Louis M. DiCarlo, who had a long and distinguished clinical career in communication sciences and disorders before his death in 1996 at 93.
The recipient of the DiCarlo Award receives a recognition plaque and an award of $2,500 to further their awarded work.
Nominees are not limited to any one type of clinical achievement or activity, and past nominees are eligible. However, the achievement must be specific, well defined, and clearly within the last six years. Eligible activities or accomplishments include, but are not restricted to, the following examples:

• A single achievement with a client or group of clients.
• A specific clinical service or training program.
• A specific achievement in a state or local organization or government agency activity.
• A specific accomplishment in clinical teaching, research, or administration.

Past recognized projects included a new treatment technique, an innovative urban service-delivery program, new clinical research, a training video addressing an unmet need, a multicultural parent training program, a unique hospital program, and a successful state legislative initiative.

Eligibility

Clinicians are eligible.Nominations must be framed on a single, specific, well-defined achievement to be eligible.

Ineligibility

The DiCarlo Award is not a general lifetime award, nor is it for general accomplishments over a six-year period.