LINGUIST List 25.3077
Tue
Jul 29 2014
Support: Applied
Linguistics, Language Education / USA
Editor for this issue:
Danuta Allen <danutalinguistlist.org>
Date: 28-Jul-2014
From: Heidi Byrnes
<modlangjournal
georgetown.edu>
Subject: Applied Linguistics,
Language Education: PhD Student, ACTFL / NFMLTA
/ MLJ, USA
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Level: PhD
Institution/Organization: ACTFL / NFMLTA /
MLJ
Duties: Research,Project Work
Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics
Language Education
Description:
The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages (ACTFL), the National Federation of
Modern Language Teachers’ Associations
(NFMLTA), and the Modern Language Journal (MLJ)
are pleased to announce a call for applications
for the ACTFL / NFMLTA / MLJ Dissertation
Support Grants.
The purpose of these grants is to support
graduate students in the fields of Applied
Linguistics and Language Education at the
dissertation writing stage. These grants can
provide resources to graduate students at any
stage of dissertation writing, e.g., data
gathering, familiarization with relevant
research, data analysis, or write-up of the
findings. The award amount is $2,500; up to two
grants per year may be awarded.
Requirements:
- Applicants must be enrolled in a doctoral
program at an institution of higher education
in the U.S.; they need not be citizens or
permanent residents.
- Applicants must have completed by the
application deadline all requirements for the
Ph.D. / Ed.D. except the dissertation.
Applicants must have an approved dissertation
proposal with, if applicable, an approved
IRB.
How to apply:
Submit a complete application. The complete
application includes:
- Applicant contact information: name; physical
address; e-mail address; name of applicant’s
institution of higher education.
- Brief statement signed by the dissertation
advisor/dissertation committee chair stating
that the applicant has: successfully defended
his/her dissertation proposal; the IRB process
has been cleared (if appropriate to the study);
the applicant has successfully completed all
but the dissertation writing at the time of
application for this grant.
- Proposed dissertation title and a description
of the proposed research. The description
should include: purpose of the study;
theoretical framework(s); research questions;
methodology; importance of the study;
limitations. (maximum two pages, font: Times
New Roman 12)
Complete applications must be submitted on the
ACTFL website Homepage,
www.actfl.org by
September 30, 2014. Look for the announcement
for the Dissertation Support Grants on the
ACTFL Homepage, scroll to the bottom of the
announcement, and submit where it says
“here.”
Awardees will receive a check in the amount of
$ 2,500. An announcement of the recipients will
occur at the time of the ACTFL 2014 Convention
as well as via electronic and print media.
Applications Deadline: 30-Sep-2014
Web Address for Applications:
http://www.actfl.org/news/press-releases/actfl-nfmlta-mlj-announce-dissertation-support-grants-competition
Contact Information:
Heidi
Byrnes modlangjournal
georgetown.edu
Page Updated: 29-Jul-2014