Linguistics Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards (Ling-DDRI)
Solicitation Title: Linguistics Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards (Ling-DDRI)
Funding Amount: Total direct costs may not exceed $12,000, plus applicable indirect costs. Examples of the kinds of expenses that may be included in a DDRI proposal budget are the following:
Costs associated with travel and related expenses to conduct research at field sites, archives, specialized collections, and/or facilities away from the student's campus
Costs for data-collection activities, including the conduct of experiments, surveys and/or questionnaires
Costs for equipment necessary for the conduct of the project that will be devoted to the project over the duration of the award. (Note that any equipment purchased with NSF funds becomes property of the awardee organization.)
Costs for payments to research subjects and/or language informants
Costs for materials and supplies required for the conduct of the project
Costs for travel to one domestic professional meeting to present preliminary research results and obtain feedback to further improve the project.
Sponsor Deadline: Friday, January 15, 2016
Solicitation Link: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14551/nsf14551.htm
Solicitation Number: NSF 14-551
Overview
<p><span>Supports basic science in the domain of human language, encompassing investigations of the grammatical properties of individual human languages, and of natural language in general. Research areas include syntax, semantics, morphology, phonetics, and phonology. The program encourages projects that are interdisciplinary in methodological or theoretical perspective, and that address questions that cross disciplinary boundaries, such as (but not limited to):<br></span></p> <p><span>What are the psychological processes involved in the production, perception, and comprehension of language? <br>What are the computational properties of language and/or the language processor that make fluent production, incremental comprehension or rapid learning possible? <br>How do the acoustic and physiological properties of speech inform our theories of language and/or language processing? <br>What role does human neurobiology play in shaping the various components of our linguistic capacities? <br>How does language develop in children? What social and cultural factors underlie language variation and change?</span></p>
Solicitation Limitations: <p><span>Does not make awards to support clinical research projects, nor does it support work to develop or assess pedagogical methods or tools for language instruction. Costs that cannot be reimbursed by DDRI awards include the following: *A stipend or salary for the doctoral student or advisor. (Note that salaries or payments for work by other individuals whose assistance may be essential to the conduct of the project may be permitted when there is sound justification for such expenses.) *Costs for tuition, textbooks, or other items not directly related to the conduct of dissertation research. *Publication costs for articles based on the dissertation, except when the university's degree requirements permit the substitution of published research results for a free-standing dissertation *Costs for travel of the dissertation advisor(s) to the field site and/or professional meetings.</span></p> Other Information:<p><span>DDRI proposals must be submitted with a principal investigator (PI) and a co-principal investigator (co-PI). The PI must be the advisor of the doctoral student or another faculty member at the U.S. university where the doctoral student is enrolled. The doctoral student must be a co-PI. DDRI awards may be for one or two years in duration. The dissertation does not have to be completed during that time period, but costs associated with research activities to be reimbursed with DDRI funds must be incurred while the award is active.</span></p>Last Updated:
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