Name
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)About
Location
MarylandOrganization/Facility
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ASHACulture, Language, and Identity Grant Program
Initiative Categories
Focus Areas
- Admissions
- Age Equity
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
- Cultural Responsiveness
- Deaf/Hard of Hearing
- Dialect
- Disability
- Gender
- Health Equity
- Hiring Practices
- Language access/inclusion
- LGBTQIA+
- Mentoring
- Metrics and Accountability
- Multilingualism
- Neurodiversity
- Race/ethnicity
- Religion/Faith based practice/spirituality
- Size inclusion
- Social Determinants of Health
- Socioeconomic status
- Trauma Informed Care
Summary
ASHA recognizes the importance of acknowledging and appropriately responding to cultural, linguistic, and identity influences across the discipline. Since 1996, funding has been designated to provide support for the infusion of multiculturalism into clinical, educational, and professional programs as well as the activities of allied/related associations and organizations.
Applicants include clinical and/or school-based speech, language, and hearing programs; university programs; state associations; and allied and related professional organizations. An ASHA member must serve as project director.
Proposals must be related to culture, language, and/or identity. There is particular interest in proposals that aim to 1) expand opportunities and access within the CSD discipline and/or 2) ensure services are provided to individuals in response to their specific backgrounds, needs, and desires.
Projects must:
- Be compatible with ASHA's mission and vision;
- Have a clear, high-quality plan for meeting its objectives;
- Be completed within 15 months of initiation of the project; and
- Describe the future of the project after ASHA funding has ended.
To date, projects have focused on the development of tools and resources for the following purposes:
- consumer education
- interprofessional practice (IPP)
- professional development
- professional preparation of students
- recruitment into the professions
- service delivery models and assessment
- specific cultural and linguistic populations
- working with interpreters
All funded projects must include a Dissemination Plan and a Replication Plan so that colleagues may model and implement the proposed tools and resources, as appropriate.
For More Information
See the 2026 Culture, Language, and Identity Grant Program or contact Karen Beverly-Ducker at kbeverlyducker@asha.org.
This initiative was updated on April 23, 2026.