Graduate, undergraduate, state, university, and specialized funding opportunities selected for clear relevance to speech-language pathology and communication sciences and disorders.
Scholarship searches often mix genuine speech-language pathology awards with broad listings that may not apply. This directory prioritizes opportunities created for SLP, communication sciences and disorders, communicative-disorders, and speech-and-hearing students.
Programs shared with other health or education fields appear in their own section only when the official eligibility rules expressly include speech-language pathology or speech therapy.
Last verified: September 1, 2026. Deadlines and rules can change. The official sponsor page controls whenever its current information differs from this guide.
Use these recurring application windows to plan ahead, then jump to the permanent listing for eligibility details and the official sponsor link. Exact dates can change from one cycle to the next.
Planning note: These are typical or recently published windows, not guaranteed dates. The detailed listings remain available year-round, including after an application cycle closes. Always confirm the current cycle on the sponsor’s official page.
These awards were created specifically for students in speech-language pathology, communication sciences and disorders, communicative disorders, or closely defined speech-and-hearing programs.
Status: Annual graduate scholarship
Amount: $5,000 per award
Deadline: Typically returns with a spring application cycle
Up to 15 general scholarships and additional category awards support full-time graduate CSD students. Master’s SLP applicants must attend a CAA-accredited program or one holding candidacy status.
Status: Annual
Amount: $5,000
Deadline: Typically opens in spring
For eligible active National NSSLHA members, including undergraduate seniors beginning graduate study and qualifying current master’s or doctoral students. The ASHFoundation administers the award.
Status: Annual
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Applications are typically accepted November 1 through March 31
For U.S. citizens pursuing a graduate SLP or audiology degree at a U.S. CAA-accredited institution with at least a 3.5 cumulative GPA. Funds help offset tuition, books, and fees.
Status: Annual
Amount: $3,000 to $5,000 for applicable student programs; separate PhD awards can be larger
Deadline: Typically uses a fall deadline; review the current program cycle
Supports exemplary service, student research, and advanced CSD scholarship. Students must carefully review member-institution and nomination requirements.
Status: Annual scholarship and award programs
Amount: Varies by award
Deadline: Cycle and deadline vary by award
Programs have supported medical SLP interests, culturally responsive practice, leadership, academic resilience, and convention participation. Degree level, identity, membership, and attendance rules vary by award.
Status: Annual
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: Typically closes around November 1
A private scholarship for SLP graduate students based on the sponsor’s application and essay prompt.
Status: Recurring fall and winter cycles
Amount: Up to $7,000
Deadline: Typically July 15 for fall and November 15 for winter
For bilingual SLP graduate students entering their final academic year and preparing for school-based work with bilingual and bicultural children.
Review the required one-year post-graduation employment commitment before accepting the award.
Status: Annual
Amount: Varies; confirm the current amount with the sponsor
Deadline: Typically closes in late September
For full-time graduate students in CAA-accredited Oklahoma speech-language pathology programs. Review the current application for transcript, recommendation, and enrollment requirements.
Undergraduate opportunities are fewer and often tied to membership, location, identity, or a university department. These programs expressly include undergraduate CSD, SLP, or qualifying SLPA students.
Status: Annual
Amount: Six $1,000 junior awards and four $500 sophomore awards
Deadline: Typically open September through December
Applicants must be current National NSSLHA members, be sophomores or juniors in a CSD program, hold at least a 3.25 cumulative GPA, and not be previous recipients.
Status: Annual
Amount: Not stated by the sponsor
Deadline: Typically closes in late September
For full-time undergraduate students in an Oklahoma CSD program or an Oklahoma speech-language pathology assistant program. Transcripts and two recommendations are required.
Status: Annual
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Typically closes in mid-September
For eligible Alaska residents pursuing accredited undergraduate or graduate education in speech-language or hearing fields.
Status: Annual
Amount: $500 in the current directory listing
Deadline: Review the sponsor page for the current cycle
For eligible Asian or Pacific Islander caucus members accepted to or enrolled in undergraduate or graduate CSD study. Membership and heritage requirements apply.
Status: Annual scholarship and travel-support programs
Amount: Varies by program
Deadline: Cycle and deadline vary by award
Offerings may include scholarships and travel support for qualifying undergraduate and graduate students in SLP, communication sciences and disorders, and speech-and-hearing sciences. Review each cycle for identity, academic, membership, and convention requirements.
These are not exclusively SLP scholarships. They are included separately because the official sponsor expressly identifies speech-language pathology, speech therapy, or speech pathology as an eligible field.
Status: Annual
Amount: $600 to $1,500, plus one two-year $6,000 award
Deadline: Applications are typically accepted February 1 through April 1
Graduate SLP students are expressly eligible alongside PT, OT, and audiology students. Awards consider financial need, community commitment, character, and career goals. Local chapter sponsorship receives priority consideration.
Status: Annual
Amount: $5,000
Deadline: Typically opens around September; review the current cycle for the closing date
Speech-language pathology is expressly listed with several related professional programs. Verify the new cycle’s degree-level requirements and closing date on the application page.
Status: Annual
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Typically uses a summer deadline
For eligible undergraduate or graduate students pursuing speech, occupational, or physical therapy at a U.S. institution. Recent programs required at least a 3.25 GPA and an essay or creative project.
Status: Annual
Amount: Varies
Deadline: Applications are typically accepted September 1 through February 1
Speech pathology is expressly included among eligible fields serving children and youth. Applicants must meet citizenship, residence, study, and child-service requirements in a state with a Junior Auxiliary chapter.
State associations and regional foundations may attract fewer applicants than national programs. Eligibility is often based on where a student lives, studies, or intends to practice.
Status: University and criteria-specific awards
Amount: Varies
The foundation administers numerous endowed awards connected to Texas universities and professional interests. Many candidates are selected through their university rather than a public application.
Status: Annual graduate scholarship program
Deadline: Typically opens in November and closes December 15
For qualifying CSHA student members enrolled in advanced SLP, CSD, communicative-disorders, or audiology programs in California.
Status: Annual
Amount: Determined by funding and the applicant pool
Deadline: Typically opens in December and continues into spring
For Delaware residents attending an eligible Delaware institution full time in a graduate speech-language pathology program.
Status: Annual
Amount: Varies by cycle
Deadline: Review the sponsor page for the current cycle
Recent programs served qualifying final-year, full-time master’s SLP or AuD students studying in Michigan and planning to work in Michigan.
Status: Annual; handled through participating programs
Amount: Confirm with the current participating university
Deadline: Typically uses a June 15 deadline
Supports qualifying graduate SLP students at participating Colorado universities. Ask the department how applications or nominations are managed.
Status: Research tool
Use ASHA’s state-by-state directory, then search the association’s website for student scholarship, foundation, award, and conference scholarship opportunities.
Many of the most valuable funding opportunities never appear in a national scholarship search. They are offered through the university, graduate school, CSD department, clinic, or faculty research project.
Tip: Some programs automatically consider admitted students, while others require a university-wide application. Ask the graduate coordinator and financial-aid office separately because they may know about different funding pools.
These opportunities can be valuable, but they are not ordinary tuition scholarships. Confirm whether the award pays for research, conference participation, or education tied to future service or employment.
Status: Professional-development award
Amount: $1,500
Deadline: Typically opens in September and closes in October
Helps an eligible graduate CSD or related-field student attend the American Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association annual meeting. Support may cover registration, travel, or lodging and includes student membership.
Status: Professional-development award
Amount: $1,000
Deadline: Typically opens in September and closes in October
Supports an eligible SLP graduate or doctoral student interested in cleft and craniofacial care, or an eligible early-career SLP, with meeting expenses, membership, and mentoring.
Status: Service-linked tuition support
New York City Public Schools includes speech-language pathology among covered shortage-area clinician fields. Eligibility and future employment or service requirements apply.
Review the service length, placement, salary, licensure, and repayment provisions before accepting funding.
Status: Undergraduate support program, not a formal scholarship
Supports eligible California undergraduates preparing for SLP or audiology graduate study through mentoring, convention participation, and possible assistance with graduate-application costs.
Create a reusable core packet early, then customize each essay and supporting statement to the sponsor’s actual mission.
Identify two or three people who can discuss your academic, clinical, employment, research, or community work. Give them the eligibility rules, your resume, and the actual submission deadline.
Connect specific experiences and future goals to the sponsor’s stated purpose. A precise example of service, leadership, research, bilingual practice, or perseverance is stronger than a generic statement that graduate school is expensive.
Reopen the official sponsor page. Confirm the cycle, deadline, time zone, accreditation rule, membership status, permitted use of funds, and whether an employment or service obligation applies.
SpeechTherapy.com created the Clinical Pathways Graduate Scholarship to support students who bring meaningful professional experience into advanced speech-language pathology training.
This directory helps students find outside opportunities. The Clinical Pathways page remains the official source for our scholarship’s eligibility, award process, recipients, and future cycles.
Use the sponsor’s official rules for final decisions, especially when accreditation, enrollment format, or permitted expenses affect eligibility.
Yes. National organizations, professional associations, private sponsors, state foundations, and universities offer awards specifically for SLP or CSD students. Some carefully selected programs shared with related fields also expressly include SLP students.
Sometimes. Eligibility depends on the award, enrollment status, and the program’s accreditation. Confirm the current rule directly with the sponsor rather than assuming online study is included or excluded.
Yes. The undergraduate section identifies national, state, caucus, and association opportunities for CSD, speech-language pathology, and qualifying SLPA students. University department awards are also especially important at the undergraduate level.
It can demonstrate commitment, clinical insight, leadership, and service. The strongest application explains how that experience connects to the specific sponsor’s mission.
It depends on the award. Some permit broad educational or living expenses, while others send funds directly to the university for tuition and fees or reimburse only research and travel costs.
Often, but university financial-aid rules and individual award terms may affect how outside aid is applied. Report outside awards to the financial-aid office and ask whether institutional aid will change.
The Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology accredits eligible graduate programs. Some scholarships require attendance at an accredited program or one holding candidacy status.
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