Awards and Scholarships
The Cleft Palate Foundation is pleased to offer the following Awards and Scholarships:
- David P. Kuehn Speech Scholarship for Students Enrolled in a Communication Sciences and Disorders Program or Related Field
- DPMF Grant for Nurses
- James F. Mulick, DDS, MS Orthodontic Scholarship
- Karlind T. Moller Cleft/Craniofacial Scholarship for Speech Pathology/Audiology Students
For information on applying for research grants, please click here.
David P. Kuehn Speech Scholarship for Students Enrolled in a Communication Sciences and Disorders Program or Related Field
The David P. Kuehn Speech Scholarship is designed to help current master’s or doctoral students enrolled in a communication sciences and disorders or related program participate in the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (ACPA) annual meeting. The Kuehn Scholarship provides a one-year student membership in ACPA, $500.00 for travel expenses related to the annual meeting, and fully paid for meeting registration including the pre-conference symposia, study sessions and eye-openers. Priority will be given to PhD student candidates conducting or planning to conduct research related to cleft lip/palate and craniofacial anomalies. Current ACPA members are ineligible.
David P. Kuehn, PhD, past president of ACPA (1989) and member of ACPA since 1976, retired in 2009 from his position of professor at the University of Illinois, Department of Speech and Hearing Science. Wasting no time before a new academic year could commence without him, Dr. Kuehn established a fund with CPF to continue his commitment to education in the field of communication sciences and cleft lip and palate. Describing his motivation for establishing the scholarship fund with the CPF, Dr. Kuehn wrote:
I am honored and humbled by the opportunity to have known and worked with many outstanding researchers and clinicians over the course of my career, including that during my early years as a student. Now, it gives me great pleasure to be able to help students who themselves choose to make a difference in the lives of individuals born with cleft lip/palate especially as those individuals may be in need of specialized care in dealing with communicative disorders. My colleagues in speech are indispensable members of every cleft lip/palate team and I look forward to the active participation of the new cohort of speech professionals who will serve to advance knowledge and to provide treatment in this important field of endeavor.
CPF and ACPA extend their heartfelt appreciation to Dr. Kuehn for his many years of energetic and productive contributions to the missions of both organizations and for his most recent gift establishing a direct connection to their continued well-being.
Please carefully read the instructions on the application form. Information cannot be saved in the form before submitting – you may find it useful to complete the application in a seperate Word document and then, when ready, paste your answers into the form.
**Note that along with completing this online application, you must also submit (by email, fax or mail) your resume or curriculum vitae, a copy of your transcript, and a letter from your department chair verifying your current student status. All information must be submitted by January 15th.
Please call (800.242.5338) or email the National Office if you would like a hard copy of the application.
DPMF Grant for Nurses
We are pleased to announce the availability of funds to assist a nurse who wishes to attend the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association in Scottsdale, Arizona from April 20-25, 2009. This competitive grant is awarded from the Donna Pruzansky Memorial Fund for Maternal and Child Health Nursing and is sponsored by the Cleft Palate Foundation. The grant pays for registration fees for the meeting and provides $500 for reimbursement of travel costs.
Nurses who devote at least 50% of their work time to the care of patients with cleft lip/palate and other craniofacial anomalies and who wish to increase their knowledge of the field are encouraged to apply. Members of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (ACPA) are not eligible. As part of the award, the winner will receive one free year of membership in ACPA. The total value of the DPMF Grant is approximately $1,200.
In order to be considered, applications must be postmarked or time and date stamped on or before January 15 (if January 15 is a US Federal Holiday, the deadline becomes January 16).
Download an application in PDF format. Please note: The PDF version of the application is interactive. After saving this application to your computer, you may complete it and submit it electronically by clicking the ‘Submit by Email’ button located at both the top and bottom of the application.
Or email CPF for an application.
For more information, contact Morgan Gregson:
Cleft Palate Foundation
1504 East Franklin Street, Suite 102
Chapel Hill, NC 27514 USA
Phone: 919.933-9044
Fax: 919.933.9604
Email: admin@cleftline.org
The James F. Mulick, DDS, MS, Orthodontic Scholarship Fund
The James F. Mulick, DDS, MS Orthodontic Scholarship helps resident orthodontists attend the annual meeting of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. The scholarship provides $500 towards travel expenses and $75 for a one year student membership in ACPA.
Dianne Mulick-Altuna, MS, a member of ACPA, has established this annual fund in her father’s name with this message:
James F. Mulick, DDS, MS has provided orthodontic treatment to children with craniofacial difference for over 40 years. He has shared his passion for helping those with a facial difference with families, colleagues, and students. As his daughter, I have been blessed to have Dr. James F. Mulick as a father and a mentor. In honor of my father, the James F. Mulick, DDS, MS Orthodontic Scholarship has been created through the Cleft Palate Foundation. This educational fund offers financial assistance for attendance at the ACPA Annual Meeting by an Orthodontic Resident associated with a Cleft Palate/Craniofacial Team.
Applicants must be current residents. ACPA members are not eligible.
Download an application in PDF format. Please note: The PDF version of the application is interactive. After saving this application to your computer, you may complete it and submit it electronically by clicking the ‘Submit by Email’ button located at both the top and bottom of the application.
Or email CPF for an application.
In order to be considered, applications must be postmarked or time and date stamped on or before January 15 (if January 15 is a US Federal Holiday, the deadline becomes January 16).
The Board of Directors of the Cleft Palate Foundation gratefully acknowledges Ms. Mulick-Altuna’s donation for this honorary scholarship fund.
The Karlind T. Moller Cleft/Craniofacial Scholarship for Speech Pathology/Audiology Students
The Karlind T. Moller Cleft/Craniofacial Scholarship for Speech Pathology/Audiology Students helps current undergraduate/graduate students in accredited speech-language pathology and/or audiology degree programs fund research/projects involving patients with cleft lip/palate and/or other craniofacial anomalies. The Moller Scholarship provides a one-year student membership in ACPA and $500.00 for research/project expenses.
Dr. Karlind Moller served as Professor and Director of the Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Program at the University of Minnesota for over 30 years. In addition to a career of classroom teaching, publications, and research, Dr. Moller provided clinical education to future speech-language pathologists and dental specialists. Dr. Moller served in various leadership roles for the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association (ACPA), Cleft Palate Foundation, and is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA). Dr. Moller made a substantial impact on the care of patients with cleft/craniofacial anomalies at an individual, institutional, state, national and international level. The CPF Board of Directors gratefully acknowledges Dr. Karlind T. Moller for this honorary scholarship fund.
Scholarship funds must be used to cover expenses related to an undergraduate or graduate research project in cleft/craniofacial anomalies related to speech, language, hearing, psychosocial, or ethical/cultural considerations. The project must have an identified faculty mentor from the applicant’s educational institution and/or clinical mentor from the community (for example, mentor may be a cleft palate team speech-language pathologist).
Examples of eligible projects include, but are not limited to: master’s thesis, doctoral dissertations, undergraduate research projects, clinical projects (e.g. family educational materials), or family support initiatives. Funds may not be used for teaching assistant salaries or indirect costs. Funds may be used for project materials, subject compensation, software or minor equipment needs, and may also be used to offset travel expenses to attend and present project outcomes at the ACPA annual meeting.
Please carefully read the instructions on the application form. Information cannot be saved in the form before submitting – you may find it useful to complete the application in a seperate Word document and then, when ready, paste your answers into the form.
**Note that along with completing this online application, you must also submit (by email, fax or mail) your resume or curriculum vitae, a copy of your transcript, a letter from your department chair verifying your current student status and a letter from your project mentor. All information must be submitted by February 1st.
Please call (800.242.5338) or email the National Office if you would like a hard copy of the application.
If you are interested in establishing a scholarship fund or supporting CPF’s research efforts, please contact Nancy Smythe, Executive Director or call the Cleft Palate Foundation at 919.933.9044.
Last Updated: Jan 6, 2010