The national SAA, AAA Foundation, and its generous sponsors offer numerous educational opportunities for audiology graduate students.
Applications for the 2025 cycle opened Monday, January 27. Please note that the eligibility requirements and guidelines have been updated for the 2025 cycle. Detailed information on each available opportunity is provided below and on each individual scholarship program web page.
Questions regarding any of the scholarships, research grants, and awards listed below can be sent to the AAA Foundation.
General Eligibility Requirements
- Students must be a national SAA member at the time of application and at the time of award to be eligible for AAA Foundation scholarships. Not a member? Learn more and join.
- Unless otherwise noted, individual student scholarships are open to any AuD, PhD, or AuD/PhD student in audiology who will be enrolled at a U.S. university when the funds are awarded. For the purpose of the 2025 application cycle, students must be an enrolled student for the Fall 2025 semester to be eligible.
- Students are only eligible to receive one scholarship award per academic year (i.e., August through July annually), although they may apply/be nominated for more than one scholarship.
- Students are only eligible to receive a specific scholarship one time, although they are eligible to receive a different scholarship in subsequent years.
Individual Scholarships
Amit Gosalia Scholarship in Private Practice Audiology
This $1,500 scholarship is awarded to two (2) students who show exceptional promise as a clinical audiologist interested in pursuing a career in private practice. The Amit Gosalia Scholarship in Private Practice Audiology is generously sponsored by AudBoss, Inc.
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Continued Achievement Scholarship
This $2,000 scholarship is awarded to two (2) students who show exceptional promise in providing outstanding patient care as a clinical audiologist. The Continued Achievement Scholarship Program is generously sponsored by AudiologyOnline.
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Empowering Students Scholarship
This $5,000 scholarship is awarded to six (6) students who show exceptional promise as a clinical audiologist. $30,000 in scholarship funds are available. This scholarship program is generously funded by Oticon Hearing Foundation.
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Jerry Northern Scholarship in Pediatric Audiology
This $10,000 scholarship is awarded to three (3) students who show exceptional promise as a clinical audiologist with a focus on the specialty of pediatric audiology. Funding generously provided by Jerry Northern, PhD.
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Jill Botkin Hearing Health-Care Accessibility Scholarship
This $5,000 scholarship is awarded to a student who is committed to enhancing access to hearing care services, especially in communities that lack geographical access to hearing care. Funding generously provided by HearUSA.
Judith Blumsack Scholarship
This $500 scholarship is awarded to a student who demonstrates outstanding clinical skills and who shows promise in terms of clinical research and service to the hearing health community.
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Sadanand Singh Memorial Scholarship
This $500 scholarship is awarded to one minority or international student who shows exceptional promise in audiology research.
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Research Grants and Awards
James Jerger Awards for Excellence in Student Research
Each year, six students who display their research posters at the AAA Annual Conference receive a $500 or $300 award from the AAA Foundation for outstanding research. The student poster awards are funded by Starkey.
Student Research Forum Awards
Each year, four recipients present their research findings at the AAA Annual Conference and receive a $1,000 award from the AAA Foundation. Underwritten by Plural Publishing.