Scholarship Opportunities

Application opens March 15th! Entry-level clinical doctoral (AuD) students, research doctoral (PhD) students, and postdoctoral fellows in audiology or hearing science receive funding to attend the ASHA Convention. This award enables recipients to learn about ASHA’s offerings in hearing science and research career development and to interact with experienced researchers.

A grant is given by the federal government, the state or the CSU as a gift; you don’t need to repay a grant or work to earn the money. The federal grants listed below are the most common, but there are others you may be eligible for.

A career in CSD can be financially rewarding. Why not reward yourself by exploring the wide variety of financial aid available to students in audiology, speech-language pathology, and the related sciences?

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (ASHFoundation) invites full-time students who will be or who are currently enrolled in a graduate program in communication sciences and disorders to apply for graduate scholarships.

Scholarships are available to students who are undergraduate seniors or who are currently pursuing master's or doctoral degrees. Both research and clinical doctorate candidates are eligible.

Application Deadline: December 9, 2022. To be eligible for one of the undergraduate scholarships, you must be a current National NSSLHA member, be a sophomore or junior in a CSD program, and hold a 3.25 cumulative GPA (minimum).

Apply for grants, scholarships, and awards. The ASHFoundation Board Program Committee oversees the review process of all ASHFoundation research grants, scholarships, and clinical achievement awards. For program-related questions, please e-mail foundationprograms@asha.org.

Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows receive funding to attend the Research Symposium at the ASHA Convention with a mentor of their choosing. Awardees attend networking events at Convention and engage in mentoring activities before, during, and after the Symposium. This award and the Research Symposium are supported by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.

Essays and applications are due by 11:59 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, February 3, 2023.

The SEEA program is conducted as part of ASHA's efforts to enhance ethics education activities. The goal of the program is to encourage students to think about ethical decision making and create greater awareness of situations that could pose ethical dilemmas as they prepare to start careers in audiology, speech-language pathology, or speech, language, and hearing sciences.

The essay competition is open to students who are enrolled in any undergraduate, post baccalaureate, or entry-level graduate program (U.S. only) in communication sciences and disorders (CSD).

The SPARC award aims to cultivate student interest in pursuing a research doctorate (PhD) in CSD and a career as a faculty-researcher in CSD. The award is open to undergraduate and entry-level clinical degree students.

This application is for current or incoming Latina graduate students pursuing advanced degrees during the Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 academic year. Please email the TEF College Success Program (CSP) team at CollegeSuccess@TELACU.com for the Undergraduate Application if you are a current or incoming Undergraduate student.

All applications and supporting documents must be submitted by Monday, February 28,2022 no later than 5:00pm (Pacific Time).