# Lessons for Success

> **NIH NIH R13** · AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSN · 2021 · $39,990

## Abstract

The number of scientists in Communication Sciences and Disorders competing successfully for
research funding, producing impactful research, and advancing the scientific base of the discipline is
challenged by several factors. These factors include persistent faculty and researcher shortages,
obstacles to research career advancement, and scientific expansion within the discipline. This
application proposes continued support of ASHA’s Lessons for Success conference, which has been
successfully addressing these challenges for the past 15 years. At this 2.5-day conference, federally
funded researchers provide training and guidance in grant writing and research career competencies
to 30 highly promising early-career scientists in communication sciences and disorders and related
disciplines, annually. The conference combines presentations, mock grant reviews, small-group
discussions, and one-on-one sessions to inform participants about grantsmanship and professional
research career competencies that contribute positively to their research productivity as well as their
career satisfaction and retention. Participants become well oriented to the milestones of a research
career and well coached on how to successfully achieve these milestones through individual work
sessions with conference faculty on refining 5-year plans, revising in-progress Abstract and Specific
Aims sections, and addressing current career challenges. Innovative elements proposed in this
application include extending the Lessons for Success experience before and after the conference days
to provide additional opportunities for development along the research pipeline. Those without the
requisite grant-writing experience will have the opportunity to participate in a more entry-level
program to help them become eligible to apply for Lessons for Success. Those who have completed
Lessons for Success will be invited to build their reviewing, mentoring, and networking skills through
a variety of opportunities. Program evaluation data are collected immediately following the
conference. Participant outcomes data regarding funding success and retention in a research career
are collected at 2 years and 5 years following the conference. Over the next 5-year funding cycle,
Lessons for Success aims to expand its impact on the research pipeline by advancing the research
career development, scholarly productivity, retention, and funding success of approximately 150
early-career scientists focused on research in Communication Sciences and Disorders.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10078861
- **Project number:** 5R13DC007835-16
- **Recipient organization:** AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSN
- **Principal Investigator:** MARGARET A. ROGERS
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $39,990
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2005-08-01 → 2024-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10078861

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10078861, Lessons for Success (5R13DC007835-16). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-21 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10078861. Licensed CC0.

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