Faculty and students of the Program in Applied Linguistics at Boston University seek five years of funding to support the Boston University Conference on Language Development, which takes place at Boston University during the first weekend each November from 2002 through 2006. Now in its 26th year, the conference is internationally recognized as the most important annual meeting for researchers in the areas of language acquisition and development, including first and second language acquisition, language disorders, bilingualism, and literacy development. The meeting comprises 90 submitted papers selected through peer review, as well as invited keynote and plenary speakers and a publisher exhibit. Attendees include some 400-500 researchers in language development from around the world, involving undergraduate students up through senior researchers. With this application, we seek funding to add to current offerings as follows: one lunch symposium featuring three invited speakers on a topic of current interest (to be identified each year depending on developments in the field), a student travel fellowship program, improvement of audio-visual support to accommodate technology developments in the field, and structural support for the graduate students and faculty advisor involved in the organization of the conference.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Conference (R13)
Project #
5R13HD042130-03
Application #
6711716
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZHD1-DSR-H (02))
Program Officer
Mccardle, Peggy D
Project Start
2002-03-15
Project End
2006-12-31
Budget Start
2004-01-01
Budget End
2004-12-31
Support Year
3
Fiscal Year
2004
Total Cost
$11,000
Indirect Cost
Name
Boston University
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Education
DUNS #
049435266
City
Boston
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
02215
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