Researcher-Practitioner Collaboration Grant
Forecasted
Researcher-Practitioner Collaboration Grant supports researchers and practitioners conducting preliminary studies in practice settings to improve services for people with communication disorders.
Funder: American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (Intent to Submit) | April 2027 (Proposal) | August 2027 (IRB approval)
Funding Amounts: Up to four grants of $35,000 per partnership for one- or two-year studies
Summary: Supports researcher–practitioner partnerships conducting preliminary research in practice settings to improve communication sciences and disorders services.
Key Information: Investigators must be employed at U.S. or Canadian institutions, with separate primary researcher and practitioner roles.
Description
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) supports collaborative studies between academic or organizational researchers and clinical practitioners to strengthen evidence for communication sciences and disorders services. Projects must address a clinical question with direct application to practice and improve services for children or adults with communication disorders. The grant supports preliminary research intended to lead to a larger-scale study.
Research may examine implementation and sustainability of proven assessment or treatment protocols, including barriers to their use. Practitioner-driven studies may address practice needs, conventions, service delivery trends, or outcomes using existing practice-based data or newly collected data. Both partners should help identify the research focus, develop the proposal, and implement the study, drawing on shared interests and complementary expertise.
