Linguistics

PROGRAM GUIDELINES

Apply to PD 98-1311 as follows:

For full proposals submitted via FastLane: standard Grant Proposal Guidelines apply.
For full proposals submitted via Grants.gov: NSF Grants.gov Application Guide; A Guide for the Preparation and Submission of NSF Applications via Grants.gov Guidelines apply (Note: The NSF Grants.gov Application Guide is available on the Grants.gov website and on the NSF website at: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=grantsgovguide)

Please be advised that the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) includes revised guidelines to implement the mentoring provisions of the America COMPETES Act (ACA) (Pub. L. No. 110-69, Aug. 9, 2007.) As specified in the ACA, each proposal that requests funding to support postdoctoral researchers must include a description of the mentoring activities that will be provided for such individuals. Proposals that do not comply with this requirement will be returned without review (see the PAPP Guide Part I: Grant Proposal Guide Chapter II for further information about the implementation of this new requirement).

DUE DATES

Full Proposal Target Date:  July 15, 2009

July 15, Annually Thereafter

Full Proposal Target Date:  January 15, 2010

January 15, Annually Thereafter

SYNOPSIS

Supports scientific research of all types that focus on human language as an object of investigation. The program supports research on the syntactic, semantic, phonetic, and phonological properties of individual languages and of language in general; the psychological processes involved in the use of language; the development of linguistic capacities in children; social and cultural factors in language use, variation, and change; the acoustics of speech and the physiological and psychological processes involved in the production and perception of speech; and the biological bases of language in the brain.

For more information about the Crosscutting Research and Training Opportunities, please visit the Cross-Directorate Activities webpage. Here, you will find a brief synopsis about each program, as well as links guiding you to the appropriate Program Solicitations.

Also, for more information on the Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants please visit the Linguistics specific page.

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Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers

Arctic Social Sciences

Documenting Endangered Languages:

Research in Undergraduate Institutions

Research and Evaluation on Education in Science and Engineering

Major Research Instrumentation Program

RELATED URLS

American Anthropological Association

American Psychological Association

American Psychological Society

Linguistic Society of America

Samples of Successful Documenting Endangered Languages Proposals

The LINGUIST List

The National Endowment for the Humanities

The National Institutes of Health

THIS PROGRAM IS PART OF

Psychological and Language Sciences

Abstracts of Recent Awards Made Through This Program