NEW INVESTIGATORS RESEARCH GRANT

Sponsor: American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation
Solicitation Title: NEW INVESTIGATORS RESEARCH GRANT
Funding Amount: $10,000
Sponsor Deadline: Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Solicitation Link: https://www.ashfoundation.org/apply/new-investigators-research-grant/

Overview

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) invites new researchers to submit proposals in competition for up to 10 research grants of $10,000 each. The New Investigators Research Grant is designed to help further new investigators' research activities by funding preliminary studies that could launch larger-scale research studies. Research, while not limited in topic, should be focused to match a one-year scope and should have clinical relevance to audiology and/or speech-language pathology. A review panel will evaluate the proposals based on the following five criteria: • Significance: The potential for the study to advance the discipline of communication sciences and disorders and to impact clinical needs relevant to audiology or speech-language pathology. Its significance as an early step in a research area of concentration must be clear and viable. • Approach: The merits of the design for accomplishing the specific aims of the study and, if applicable, the potential challenges of moving the study toward completion. The appropriateness and feasibility of a detailed account of the method, including measurement and data-analysis plans, will be considered relative to the award size. • Investigator: The perceived ability to carry out the study in one year, reflected by appropriate training, experience, and past accomplishments. The investigator outlines clear and detailed management and budget plans. • Environment: The extent to which the investigator has access to needed scientific facilities, resources, personnel, and participants. • Innovation: The refinement, improvement, or new application of theoretical concepts, methods, or interventions leading to high impact on the discipline.

Solicitation Limitations: Letter of intent required. Investigators must meet the following criteria to be eligible for the New Investigators Research Grant. • The investigator must have completed a PhD or equivalent research doctorate within the past five years (since 2015). Note: Due to the availability of other student research grant and scholarship funds through the ASHFoundation, students currently enrolled in a degree program are not eligible for this research grant. • The investigator must not yet have received external research funding since completion of the PhD; prior internal university funding is accepted. • The proposal must be for research to be initiated, not currently in progress. The study should be completed in one year and the scope should align with the funding amount. • The proposal submitted to the 2020 New Investigators Research Grant competition cannot be submitted to other 2020 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. Other Information:Note for 2020: In preparation for the grant submission and review processes, the ASHFoundation requests that potential investigators complete an Intent to Submit Form by March 4 to provide information regarding their proposed studies. When investigators log in to the online submission system, they will be prompted to complete the Intent to Submit Form. This step must be completed before proceeding to the proposal submission process, which has an April 15, 2020 deadline.

Last Updated: 02/11/2020

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