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