2026 Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to the 2026 Scholarship & Grant Awardees!
IVS Clinical Education Seed Grant

University of Central Arkansas
Project Title: Interprofessional IEP Simulation for Children with Learning Difficulties
Plural Publishing Research Scholarships

Master's/AuD Degree Awardee
Emerson College
Research Project: Developmental Trajectories of Unconventional Language: A Longitudinal Analysis from Early Childhood to Early Adulthood

PhD Awardee
University of Pittsburgh
Research Project: Memory systems and recovery: neurobiological insights into language re-learning in post-stroke aphasia.
Frances J. Laven Service Award

University of Delaware

Pacific University

University of South Carolina

University at Buffalo

University of Texas at Dallas

Moravian University

Augusta University

University of the Pacific

University of Washington
Ph.D. Research Scholarships

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Research Project: Participation Matters: Improving Outcomes in School-Age Children with Communication Disorders through Implementation Science

Vanderbilt University
Research Project: Genetic Biomarkers of the Central Auditory System and Its Neuroplasticity: Clinical Predictors of Cochlear Implant Outcomes

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Research Project: Understanding How the Brain and Culture Shape Emotional Responses to Sounds in Misophonia

University of South Florida
Research Project: Diagnosing Individual Difficulties Understanding Speech-in-Noise: A Combined PCA and Model-Based Approach

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Research Project: An Exploration of the Therapeutic Effects of Gratitude Journaling on People with Aphasia

The Ohio State University
Research Project: The Role of Language in Preschool Expulsion and Suspension

Purdue University
Research Project: Innovative MRI-based assessment for swallowing function: Validating SimulScan’s biomechanical capabilities in healthy adults

Boston University
Research Project: Multimodal Signatures of Cognitive Control Vulnerability During Language Production in Bilingual Aphasia

San Diego State University
Research Project: A multimodal approach to speech complexity: from white matter tracts to muscle activity

Northwestern Universtiy
Research Project: Neural and Behavioral Mechanisms of Speech Sound Processing: Evidence from Talker Identification and Continuous Speech EEG with Translational Implications for Speech Sound Disorders

