<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Kristine Hildebrandt <<a href="mailto:khildeb@siue.edu" class="">khildeb@siue.edu</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">[FUNKNET] Scholarships for ALT 12 in Canberra (11-15 December, 2017)</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">24 January 2017 at 8:43:53 PM SGT<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:funknet@mailman.rice.edu" class="">funknet@mailman.rice.edu</a><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="">The ALT 12 organising committee<br class=""><<a href="http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/alt-conference-2017/" class="">http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/alt-conference-2017/</a>>, in tandem with<br class="">the Association for Linguistic <<a href="http://www.linguistic-typology.org/" class="">http://www.linguistic-typology.org/</a>> Typology,<br class="">will be offering a limited number of scholarships to researchers for the<br class="">ALT 2017 conference, to be held in Canberra Australia, 11-15 2017. We can<br class="">cover conference registration and dinner, low-cost accommodation and travel<br class="">to the degree possible. We ask that applicants submit one page detailing<br class="">the title of their submitted abstract, their interest in typology, their<br class="">financial situation and the name and contact details of one referee through<br class="">the link below. We also ask applicants to have the referee upload a letter<br class="">of support to the link for references below. The letter should describe the<br class="">applicant, their research trajectory and their financial situation.<br class=""><br class="">Some scholarship support will be reserved for researchers of low-income<br class="">countries. These scholarships will be based on the need for funding as<br class="">demonstrated by the applicant and verified in a letter of reference.<br class="">Primarily factors to be considered include (i) the income level of the<br class="">country where the applicant is based and (ii) the income level of the<br class="">applicant’s home country. 'Our list of eligible countries is based on<br class=""><a href="http://www.oxfordjournals.org/en/librarians/developing-countries-initiative/participating-countries.html" class="">http://www.oxfordjournals.org/en/librarians/developing-countries-initiative/participating-countries.html</a><br class=""><br class="">*Applications are due 31 March 2017* and applicants are expected to submit<br class="">an abstract<br class=""><http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/alt-conference-2017/call-for-abstracts/><br class="">to<br class="">either the main ALT conference or one of the workshops. Successful<br class="">applicants will need to have an abstract that is accepted or highly rated<br class="">and will be notified by 5 May 2017 at the same time as notifications go out<br class="">for accepted abstracts.<br class=""><br class=""> - Details for Scholarship applications<br class=""> <http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/alt-conference-2017/scholarships/><br class=""> - ALT2017 scholarship application form<br class=""> <http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/alt-conference-2017/scholarships/scholarship-application-form/><br class=""> - ALT2017 scholarship referee supporting letter<br class=""> <http://www.dynamicsoflanguage.edu.au/alt-conference-2017/scholarships/scholarship-referee-form/><br class=""><br class="">Queries may be sent to: alt12.2017@gmail.com<br class=""><br class="">-- <br class="">Orche<br class="">('Thanks' in Manange)<br class=""><br class="">*Kristine A. Hildebrandt*<br class="">*Associate Professor, Department of English Language & Literature<br class=""><http://www.siue.edu/artsandsciences/english/>*<br class=""><br class="">*Secretary, Association for Linguistic Typology<br class=""><http://www.linguistic-typology.org/>*<br class="">*Editor, Himalayan Linguistics<br class=""><http://escholarship.org/uc/himalayanlinguistics>*<br class="">Check out our Manang Languages <https://mananglanguages.isg.siue.edu/> project<br class="">page!<br class="">*Southern Illinois University Edwardsville*<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">*Box 1431Edwardsville, IL 62026 U.S.A.618-650-3991 (department voicemail)*<br class=""><br class="">*khildeb@siue.edu <khildeb@siue.edu>http://www.siue.edu/~khildeb<br class=""><http://www.siue.edu/~khildeb>*<br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>