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SPEAK OUT! Research & Therapy Center Grants

Apply for a 2023 SPEAK OUT! Therapy & Research Center Grant

Grant description

The 50 nationwide SPEAK OUT! Therapy & Research Centers will replicate what we do in our Texas clinic while also doing performing clinical research on Parkinson’s and training upcoming SLPs in SPEAK OUT!®. Creating Speech & Research Centers throughout the country is foundational to our vision, and it is likewise an opportunity for the selected universities:

  • Make a profound difference in the lives of people with Parkinson’s.  
  • Support the university’s existing speech clinic. 
  • Create interdisciplinary collaboration among university departments. 
  • Create research opportunities for faculty. 
  • Provide clinical hours and classroom hours for graduate students.  
  • Attract high-caliber graduate students eager for hands-on experience in a cutting-edge area of speech pathology research. 
  • Improve the prestige of the university program. 

Requirements

Having a university be the sole Center for its state is a tremendous opportunity. To be selected, we require:

  • The university has an existing Speech Therapy Clinic. 
  • A five-year commitment. 
  • Both individual and group SPEAK OUT! therapy (online and in-person) are offered at no cost to patients. 
  • Published (or pending publication) Parkinson’s Speech research within five years.

Opportunities

Each SPEAK OUT!® Therapy & Research Center will receive:

  • Online SPEAK OUT! Provider Certification Training Courses for SLP faculty involved with clinical teaching and research (includes 1.0 ASHA CEUs) at no cost. 
  • Online SPEAK OUT! Training for ALL your graduate students (no CEUs) at no cost with 4 months of eLibrary access upon successful course completion. 
  • No-cost access to Clinical Resources and our eLibrary for all Trained SPEAK OUT! Providers. 
  • SPEAK OUT!® Workbooks for all US patients. 
  • No-cost eLibrary access for ALL SPEAK OUT!® patients. 
  • Listing on our Trained SPEAK OUT!® Provider referral webpage. 
  • SPEAK OUT!® group workbooks for your in-person groups. 
  • Online Monthly Therapy and Research Center Zoom Roundtable. 
  • 1:1 consultation with Global Expansion Administrator. 
  • 2023 Grant Recipient Orientation Webinar (9 am-10 am CT, April 21, 2023). 
  • 2023 SPEAK OUT! Grant Recipient Webinar (9 am-12 noon CT, June 2, 2023), include .3 ASHA CEUs for all SLPs and SLP faculty. Graduate Students are welcome, but we do not report CEUs for them. 
  • 2023 Therapy & Research Center Symposium (June 21-23, 2023). $1000 travel stipend provided.
  •  $10,000 per year for five years.

Apply for a 2023 SPEAK OUT! Therapy & Research Center Grant

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