ASHA's Stipend Program for IPEC's Interprofessional Faculty Development Institutes and IPEC Symposia

As part of ASHA's commitment to advance interprofessional education and interprofessional collaborative practice, ASHA offers a stipend program to encourage ASHA members to participate in an IPEC Interprofessional Faculty Development Institute and/or an IPEC Symposium. The Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) works to promote, encourage, and support efforts to prepare current and future health care and school-based professionals to enter the workforce ready for interprofessional collaborative practice.

The goal of the IPEC Institutes is to provide post-baccalaureate health professions faculty and their IPE colleagues both quality time and dedicated space for multi-day

guided learning,
team-based planning activities, and
consultation with experts and peers in order to emerge with a programmatic action plan for IPE.

The goal of the IPEC Symposium is to provide a one-day, high-impact learning event that brings together interprofessional educators, practitioners, researchers, and students to explore timely and emerging topics in interprofessional education for collaborative practice

Participants in either IPEC event must meet the following eligibility criteria to qualify for the ASHA stipend.

Eligibility Criteria

Only ASHA members are eligible to be considered for the ASHA stipend.
ASHA members must apply to, be accepted, and attend an IPEC Institute or IPEC Symposium in the year that the ASHA stipend is offered. The dates of the IPEC Institute and IPEC Symposium currently offered are available on the IPEC website, Events tab.
ASHA members must attend and complete the IPEC Institute program including developing an IPE/IPP programmatic action plan or attend the IPEC Symposium.
ASHA members may register as part of an interprofessional team or as individuals and must abide by the registration criteria to be eligible for the stipend.

Interprofessional Team Registration

The ASHA member registers as part of an interprofessional team from their institution in accordance with IPEC Institute application requirements. Interprofessional teams are encouraged to bring a community partner (e.g., school-based audiologist or SLP).

Individual Educator or Practitioner Registration

The ASHA member registers for the IPEC Institute or IPEC Symposium as an Individual who is engaged in and/or committed to an IPE/IPP program at their institution. For example:

The ASHA member is part of an interprofessional team at their institution and the other team members have already attended an IPEC Institute or Symposium. The individual is seeking to participate in the training to bring their own IPE/IPP knowledge on par with other team members. Financial support for the ASHA member to attend the IPEC Institute or Symposium is not available from their institution.
The ASHA member is part of an IP team at their institution. However, funding is limited such that only one member of the team is approved/funded to attend the IPEC Institute or Symposium and is expected to share the information with other team members to advance the institution’s IP efforts. Financial support for the ASHA member to attend the IPEC Institute or Symposium is not available from their institution.
The ASHA member is committed to initiating an IP team at their institution and is seeking the IPEC Institute or Symposium training to acquire the knowledge and skills to proceed. Financial support for the ASHA member to attend the IPEC Institute or Symposium is not available from their institution.

Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Stipend Awards

An award stipend of up to the full registration will be provided to offset the ASHA member’s tuition share.
The number of stipends and the amount of each stipend awarded is contingent upon the number of ASHA members accepted by IPEC to attend an IPEC Institute or IPEC Symposium in the year that the ASHA stipend is offered.
Total stipend pool is $5,000.

Selection Process for ASHA Stipend

Applications to attend an IPEC Institute or IPEC Symposium undergo independent review and acceptance by IPEC.

Eligible ASHA members may request the ASHA stipend within 30 days of the last day of the IPEC Institute or the IPEC Symposium attended by completing the following steps:

Send an email to academicaffairs@asha.org to be considered for the stipend and include the dates of the IPEC Institute or IPEC Symposium that you attended.
Eligible recipients will then be notified by ASHA to provide the following required documentation:
- A copy of the paid registration receipt including the amount paid for the IPEC Institute or IPEC Symposium and whether the payment was made by the ASHA member or their institution
- A copy of your certificate of attendance/completion for the IPEC Institute or IPEC Symposium
- W9 (Taxpayer Identification Number)
- IPEC Institute experience feedback form
A stipend check from ASHA will be issued to eligible recipients by December 31, upon receipt of all required documentation submitted to ASHA.

For questions or further information, contact academicaffairs@asha.org.