Overview
A grant of $20,000 will be made to an individual or collaborative team for a research project on heritage speakers of an East European language in the United States. Heritage speakers constitute an untapped national resource for academic and policy research, but there has been little study of their special needs for bringing their linguistic skills up to a professional level. The project receiving the grant must report preliminary results by January 15, 2011 and must be completed before December 31, 2011. The project should culminate in 1) an analytical paper and 2) a proposal for an advanced-mastery course for community of heritage speakers that was studied.
Eligibility
Each application must be prepared by a principal investigator, who may apply alone or on behalf of several collaborators. The principal investigator will be responsible for directing the project, for corresponding with ACLS, for receiving funds and reporting on them, and, of course, for delivering the analytical paper and the syllabus. The principal investigator must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, must be affiliated with a U.S. university or research institution, and must have a Ph.D. degree in a relevant field as well as appropriate research experience.
Selection criteria
• The intellectual urgency of the research questions posed
• The cogency of presentation
• The qualifications of the principal investigator or team
• The potential contribution the heritage-speaker community being studied can make to academic research or to service in U.S. government agencies and non-governmental organizations
• The scientific rigor of the methodology and its adequacy to the research questions posed
• The feasibility of the workplan
Instructions for applicants
Applications should consist of the following elements, numbered and arranged as below:
I. Cover sheet [Please use the attached forms.]
II. Project description maximum five double-spaced pages.
The project description should address the following:
• What are the questions guiding research design? Which communities will be studied? Where are they located?
• What methods will be used? Why were they chosen?
• What is known about the situation of the heritage speakers to be studied? What still needs to determined? How will data-gathering take place?
• How will data be analyzed?
• Who will be responsible for coordinating the steps to be taken and for writing the analytical paper?
• What information is anticipated for the preliminary report due at ACLS on January 15, 2011?
III. The potential contribution the heritage-speaking community can make to academic research and to service in U.S. government agencies and non-governmental organizations
IV. Workplan and timeline
The timeline for research should aim to produce a report on preliminary findings by January 15, 2011 and an analytical paper and syllabus by December 31, 2011.
V. Qualifications of the principal investigator
Please summarize the education, experience, and publications of the principal investigator (and collaborators, if any) directly relevant to the proposed research. Maximum one double-spaced page.
VI. Curriculum Vitae of the principal investigator (and collaborators, if any). Maximum two pages.
VII. Budget
The maximum award is $20,000. The budget should allocate this amount in broad expense categories such as data-gathering, travel to research sites, researcher stipends, and supplies. A narrative should describe how these expenses were estimated and how they will contribute to preparation of the analytical paper and syllabus.
Applications should be emailed to: obukhina@acls.org OR mailed to:
Committee on East European Language Training
American Council of Learned Societies
633 Third Ave.
New York, NY 10017-6795
Applications will not be accepted via fax.
Instructions and Application Form (PDF)
Deadline for receipt of applications at ACLS is January 15, 2010
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this grant
A grant of $20,000 will be made to an individual or collaborative team for a research project on heritage speakers of an East European language in the United States. Heritage speakers constitute an untapped national resource for academic and policy research, but there has been little study of their special needs for bringing their linguistic skills up to a professional level. The project receiving the grant must report preliminary results by January 15, 2011 and must be completed before December 31, 2011. The project should culminate in 1) an analytical paper and 2) a proposal for an advanced-mastery course for community of heritage speakers that was studied.
Eligibility
Each application must be prepared by a principal investigator, who may apply alone or on behalf of several collaborators. The principal investigator will be responsible for directing the project, for corresponding with ACLS, for receiving funds and reporting on them, and, of course, for delivering the analytical paper and the syllabus. The principal investigator must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, must be affiliated with a U.S. university or research institution, and must have a Ph.D. degree in a relevant field as well as appropriate research experience.
Selection criteria
• The intellectual urgency of the research questions posed
• The cogency of presentation
• The qualifications of the principal investigator or team
• The potential contribution the heritage-speaker community being studied can make to academic research or to service in U.S. government agencies and non-governmental organizations
• The scientific rigor of the methodology and its adequacy to the research questions posed
• The feasibility of the workplan
Instructions for applicants
Applications should consist of the following elements, numbered and arranged as below:
I. Cover sheet [Please use the attached forms.]
II. Project description maximum five double-spaced pages.
The project description should address the following:
• What are the questions guiding research design? Which communities will be studied? Where are they located?
• What methods will be used? Why were they chosen?
• What is known about the situation of the heritage speakers to be studied? What still needs to determined? How will data-gathering take place?
• How will data be analyzed?
• Who will be responsible for coordinating the steps to be taken and for writing the analytical paper?
• What information is anticipated for the preliminary report due at ACLS on January 15, 2011?
III. The potential contribution the heritage-speaking community can make to academic research and to service in U.S. government agencies and non-governmental organizations
IV. Workplan and timeline
The timeline for research should aim to produce a report on preliminary findings by January 15, 2011 and an analytical paper and syllabus by December 31, 2011.
V. Qualifications of the principal investigator
Please summarize the education, experience, and publications of the principal investigator (and collaborators, if any) directly relevant to the proposed research. Maximum one double-spaced page.
VI. Curriculum Vitae of the principal investigator (and collaborators, if any). Maximum two pages.
VII. Budget
The maximum award is $20,000. The budget should allocate this amount in broad expense categories such as data-gathering, travel to research sites, researcher stipends, and supplies. A narrative should describe how these expenses were estimated and how they will contribute to preparation of the analytical paper and syllabus.
Applications should be emailed to: obukhina@acls.org OR mailed to:
Committee on East European Language Training
American Council of Learned Societies
633 Third Ave.
New York, NY 10017-6795
Applications will not be accepted via fax.
Instructions and Application Form (PDF)
Deadline for receipt of applications at ACLS is January 15, 2010
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this grant
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