# Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders

> **NIH NIH R13** · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · 2022 · $40,000

## Abstract

ABSTRACT
This request is for five years of continuing support for the Symposium on Research in Child Language
Disorders (SRCLD) held annually at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison, Wisconsin. This
symposium is sponsored by the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of
Wisconsin-Madison and by NIDCD/NICHD, as well as attaining funding through registration fees. SRCLD is the
only national conference devoted solely to child language disorders research. Over the past 40 years this
meeting has achieved the distinction among child language researchers as a high-quality scientific meeting
which fosters the exchange of theoretical, experimental, and methodological advances among professional
researchers and doctoral students in training. Past programs have been uniformly of high quality, featuring
multiple invited plenary presentations by prominent researchers from the field of communication sciences and
disorders and related fields and a steady number of research papers submitted for poster presentations or
short oral presentations. The impact of the SRCLD conference has been documented in several areas
including its unique focus, program diversity and quality, and the extent of student participation in all aspects of
the conference. NIH funds are requested to provide travel and per diem for invited speakers, travel support for
students, partial support for an administrative coordinator, and website improvements and management.
Progress during 2015-2019 involved: a) A vibrant and diverse annual program comprised of 3-4 invited plenary
talks, nine submitted short oral presentations (thematically arranged), and an average of 110 poster
presentations; b) Support of an average of 30 students during the last five years through NIH student travel
funds and private donations, with student travel award recipients consisting of 50% under-represented
minorities and 95% women; c) Continued advances in the website which features an online poster attendance
planner as well as expanded abstract archives; and d) Sustained international participation by researchers
studying children learning a variety of languages.
Objectives for 2020-2025 are to: a) Invite plenary presentations by leading researchers in communication
sciences and disorders and related fields; b) Provide a forum for the highest quality contributed posters and
oral presentation submission; c) Facilitate networking and research collaboration; and d) Promote student
participation, with a specific goal of supporting under-represented minority student involvement.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10434645
- **Project number:** 5R13DC001677-31
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
- **Principal Investigator:** Margarita Kaushanskaya
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $40,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1992-07-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10434645

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10434645, Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders (5R13DC001677-31). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10434645. Licensed CC0.

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