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The article discusses the Students Preparing for Academic & Research Careers (SPARC) and Advancing Academic-Research Careers (AARC) awards offered by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). The awards are described, noting that the SPARC award is intended for students considering a Ph.D. education in the field of communication sciences and disorders (CSD) and that the AARC award is intended for new faculty members performing research into CSD.

The article presents information on the Improving Intervention Possibilities for Communication Disorders and the Improving Interventions for Communication Disorders programs of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). The organizations eligible for awards up to $400,000 include higher education, tribal governments or organizations, nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status and small businesses.

The article presents news briefs related to communicative disorders and education in the United States. Alexa Posny will become the education commissioner in Kansas effective July 1, 2007. Also included is information on the Alexander Graham Bell Association's 2007 conference on neurodevelopmental research related to communication disorders and on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' efforts to improve access to quality health care for individuals with hearing loss.

The article reports on ASHFoundation research travel stipends awarded to attendees of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's (ASHA) March 2007 Lessons for Success Research Conference. The five students and educators attended the conference to increase grant-seeking skills. Other ASHFoundation awards described include tuition scholarships for the 2007 Summer Institute in Communications Sciences and Disorders and partial tuition scholarships for PhD students attending the institute.

The article presents news briefs related to grants for research in communicative disorders and child development. The U.S. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders is accepting applications for research grants for the study of stuttering. Additionally, the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University if North Carolina, Chapel Hill, was awarded a grant by the U.S. Department of Education for a new national center focused on professional development.