American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation

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ASHFoundation Impact: Mateo Perez-Murillo

For Mateo’s family, a Down syndrome diagnosis brought more questions than answers and a lot of uncertainty. But Babble Boot Camp, backed by ASHFoundation research funding and led by Dr. Beate Peter, gave them a path forward grounded in science, support, and love.

Watch how this groundbreaking program helped Mateo make meaningful progress—and gave his parents lasting hope for the future.

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Your Donation Sparks Bold, Forward-thinking Solutions

58,000

DONORS AND GROWING

MORE
THAN

2,700

researchers, students, & clinical professionals funded

$

14.3

MILLION AWARDED

OVER

90

PERCENT

of our funded researchers go on to receive additional external funding

Our Work

Our ability to communicate and connect with each other is key to our success and happiness. The ASHFoundation supports innovators and sparks innovation in communication sciences to make that connection possible for everyone. Join us!

We make early investments in promising innovators

...to empower speech, language, and hearing professionals

...to change people's lives.

Learn more about our work

Events and Deadlines

Intent to Submit Deadline
3/4/2026
Intent to Submit deadline for Researcher-Practitioner Collaboration Grant, New Century Scholars Research Grant, New Investigators Research Grant, and Speech Science Research Grant

Clinical Achievement Awards Deadline
4/15/2026
Nomination deadline for Frank R. Kleffner Lifetime Clinical Career Award, State Clinical Achievement Awards and Louis M. DiCarlo Award for Recent Clinical Achievement, and Rolland J. Van Hattum Award for Contribution in the Schools

Research Grants Deadline
4/22/2026
Submission deadline for Researcher-Practitioner Collaboration Grant, New Century Scholars Research Grant, New Investigators Research Grant, and Speech Science Research Grant

Student Research Grants Deadline
4/22/2026
Submission deadline for Student Research Grant in Audiology, and Student Research Grant in Early Childhood Language Development

New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship Deadline
5/13/2026
Submission deadline for New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship

Graduate Student Scholarship Deadline
5/20/2026
Submission deadline for Graduate Student Scholarship

ASHFoundation Need-Based Emergency Funding
12/17/26
Extended. Applications will now be reviewed on a rolling basis. The ASHFoundation Need-Based Emergency Funding will be provided, as scholarship disbursements, to doctoral students and early-career investigators whose work on federally funded research studies in communication sciences and disorders (CSD) were affected by research grant terminations. Apply now!

What's New

2025 ASHFoundation Award Recipients

The ASHFoundation is awarding a record-breaking $1.3 million to 87 researchers, students, and clinicians in communication sciences and disorders. Meet the newest awardees.

ASHFoundation Need-Based Emergency Funding

The ASHFoundation Need-Based Emergency Funding will be provided, as scholarship disbursements, to doctoral students and early-career investigators whose work on federally funded research studies in communication sciences and disorders (CSD) were affected by research grant terminations.