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Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences

Linguistics Program - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards  (Ling-DDRI)


Important Notice

This solicitation should be used by doctoral students and their advisors who are interested in submitting proposals for Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement (DDRI) awards.  The solicitation for regular research proposals may be accessed via http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5408&org=BCS&from=home.
CONTACTS
Name Email Phone Room
William  Badecker-Program Director wbadecke@nsf.gov (703) 292-5069   
Joan  Maling-Program Director jmaling@nsf.gov (703) 292-8046   
Kenyatta  Johnson-Pgm Specialist kenjohns@nsf.gov (703) 292-4850   

PROGRAM GUIDELINES

Solicitation  14-551

Important Information for Proposers

A revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 17-1), is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 30, 2017. Please be advised that, depending on the specified due date, the guidelines contained in NSF 17-1 may apply to proposals submitted in response to this funding opportunity.

DUE DATES

Full Proposal Target Date

    July 17, 2017

    July 15, Annually Thereafter

    January 16, 2018

    January 15, Annually Thereafter

SYNOPSIS

The Linguistics Program 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, linguistic semantics and pragmatics, 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):

  • What are the psychological processes involved in the production, perception, and comprehension of language?
  • What are the computational properties of language and/or the language processor that make fluent production, incremental comprehension or rapid learning possible?
  • How do the acoustic and physiological properties of speech inform our theories of language and/or language processing?
  • What role does human neurobiology play in shaping the various components of our linguistic capacities?
  • How does language develop in children?
  • What social and cultural factors underlie language variation and change?

The Linguistics Program 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.

DDRI proposals to document the linguistic properties of endangered languages should be submitted to the Documenting Endangered Languages (DEL) Program:  http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=12816.

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY

This program provides educational opportunities for  Graduate Students . Individuals interested in applying for funding should see the program guidelines above.

REVISIONS AND UPDATES

What Has Been Funded (Recent Awards Made Through This Program, with Abstracts)

Map of Recent Awards Made Through This Program