Free ASHA News | December 01, 2017ASHFoundation Sparks Innovation With More Than $600,000 in Awards Author Notes © 2017 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Article Information ASHA News & Member Stories / ASHA News ASHA News | December 01, 2017 ASHFoundation Sparks Innovation With More Than $600,000 in Awards The ASHA Leader, December 2017, Vol. 22, 66. doi:10.1044/leader.AN7.22122017.66 The ASHA Leader, December 2017, Vol. 22, 66. doi:10.1044/leader.AN7.22122017.66 View Article Figures Tables Supplemental Data Supplements Multimedia Share Email Twitter Facebook Pinterest Tools Get Citation Citation ASHFoundation Sparks Innovation With More Than $600,000 in Awards. The ASHA Leader, 22(12), 66. doi: 10.1044/leader.AN7.22122017.66. Download citation file: RIS (Zotero) EndNote BibTex Medlars ProCite RefWorks Reference Manager © 2018 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association × Alerts User Alerts You are adding an alert for: ASHFoundation Sparks Innovation With More Than $600,000 in Awards You will receive an email whenever this article is corrected, updated, or cited in the literature. You can manage this and all other alerts in My Account The alert will be sent to: Confirm × Sign In or Create a free account to receive alerts. × Researchers, students and clinical professionals received more than $600,000 in funding from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation to chart new paths and pursue innovative breakthroughs to advance communication sciences. The awards were presented at the ASHFoundation’s annual Founders Breakfast, held during the November 2017 ASHA Convention in Los Angles. More than 400 ASHFoundation individual and corporate donors, previous award recipients, and friends gathered at the breakfast to celebrate this financial support for the discipline’s newest generation of innovators. Clinical awards were announced in the November Leader; scholarships will appear in the January issue. Sixteen research grants were awarded. Clinical Research Grants ($50,000–$75,000) support research on the efficacy of treatment and assessment practices: Suzanne M. Adlof, assistant professor, University of South Carolina Lena G. Caesar, associate professor, Loyola University Maryland Sarita L. Eisenberg, associate professor, Montclair State University New Century Scholars Research Grants ($25,000) encourage innovative studies and investigators: Eric Bielefeld, associate professor, Ohio State University Kasia M. Bieszczad, assistant professor, Rutgers University Jean K. Gordon, associate professor, University of Iowa Raksha A. Mudar, assistant professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lauryn Zipse, associate professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions New Investigators Research Grants ($10,000) fund the research of scientists who have earned a doctorate within the past five years: Hyunju Chung, assistant professor, Louisiana State University Naomi Eichorn, assistant professor, University of Memphis Memorie M. Gosa, assistant professor, University of Alabama Joanna Lee, assistant research scientist, University of Iowa Ian B. Mertes, assistant professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Rene L. Utianski, assistant professor, Mayo Clinic Student Research Grant in Audiology ($2,000) funds studies by doctoral students (supported by the Ira M. Ventry and Brad W. Friedrich Memorial Funds): Viral D. Tejani, PhD candidate, University of Iowa (research mentor: Carolyn Brown) Student Research Grant in Early Childhood Language Development ($2,000), funds studies by master’s or doctoral students (supported by the Arlene and Noel Matkin Memorial Fund): Trianna K. Oglivie, PhD candidate, University of Arizona (research mentor: Elena Plante). 0 Comments Submit a Comment Submit A Comment Name Comment Title Comment Could not validate captcha. Please try again. You have entered an invalid code Submit Cancel Thank you for submitting a comment on this article. Close This feature is available to Subscribers Only Sign In or Create an Account × FROM THIS ISSUE December 2017 Volume 22, Issue 12 ‹ Issue › ADVERTISING DISCLAIMER|ADVERTISE WITH US Related Articles ASHFoundation Awards Research Travel Grants The ASHA Leader, July 2017, Vol. 22, 67. doi:10.1044/leader.AN9.22072017.67 ASHFoundation Awards Student Scholarships The ASHA Leader, January 2017, Vol. 22, 66. doi:10.1044/leader.AN13.22012017.66 ASHFoundation Awards Almost $770,000 The ASHA Leader, December 2016, Vol. 21, 64. doi:10.1044/leader.AN9.21122016.64 Nominate a Colleague for an ASHF Clinical Achievement Award The ASHA Leader, February 2016, Vol. 21, 66. doi:10.1044/leader.AN10.21022016.66 ASHFoundation Awards Student Scholarships The ASHA Leader, January 2016, Vol. 21, 66. doi:10.1044/leader.AN11.21012016.66 ADVERTISING DISCLAIMER|ADVERTISE WITH US Related Topics ASHA News & Member Stories