13.45, FYI: Travel Grants, Cognitive Science Workshop

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Subject: 13.45, FYI: Travel Grants, Cognitive Science Workshop

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1)
Date:  Tue, 8 Jan 2002 09:03:36 -0500
From:  Kaia Benson <kbenson at irex.org>
Subject:  IREX's Short-term Travel Grants Program

2)
Date:  Tue, 08 Jan 2002 16:27:50 EST
From:  Ann Bies <bies at linc.cis.upenn.edu>
Subject:  Undergrad. Summer Workshop in Cognitive Science

-------------------------------- Message 1 -------------------------------

Date:  Tue, 8 Jan 2002 09:03:36 -0500
From:  Kaia Benson <kbenson at irex.org>
Subject:  IREX's Short-term Travel Grants Program


IREX announces an open competition for the Short-Term Travel Grants
Program.


Application deadline: February 1, 2002

The Short-Term Travel Grants program provides fellowships for up to
eight weeks to US holders of graduate degrees for independent or
collaborative research projects at institutions in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE),
the New Independent States (NIS), Turkey, and Iran that do not require
administrative assistance or logistical support.

Fellowships in Policy Research and Development are available to
successful applicants who demonstrate how their research will make a substantive
contribution to knowledge of the contemporary political, economic,
historical, or cultural developments in the region, and how such
knowledge is relevant to US foreign policy. Note: Fellowships to Turkey and Iran
are not available in this category.

Fellowships in the Humanities are available to successful applicants in
the humanities who demonstrate how their research will advance and
disseminate knowledge within the humanities and to successful applicants in the
social sciences who employ humanistic methods and have humanistic content.

Grant Provisions:
	Grants do not exceed $3,000.
	Airfare on a US flag carrier is provided through IREX/Travel only.
	Per diem to cover in-country costs for meals, lodging, and local
transportation.
	Miscellaneous research expenses directly related to your project
including but not limited to: visa expenses, photocopying, and medical
evacuation insurance.

Application and Review Process:
	Application deadline: February 1, 2002.
	Review by a peer review panel.
	Applicants will be notified of award decisions approximately eight
weeks after the application deadline.

STG applications can be obtained by contacting IREX at: irex at irex.org

Applications and more information are also available online at
http://www.irex.org




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Kaia Benson
Program Associate
International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX)
1616 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Email: kbenson at irex.org
Phone: 202-628-8188 ext. 523
Fax: 202-628-8189


-------------------------------- Message 2 -------------------------------

Date:  Tue, 08 Jan 2002 16:27:50 EST
From:  Ann Bies <bies at linc.cis.upenn.edu>
Subject:  Undergrad. Summer Workshop in Cognitive Science


              Fifth Annual Undergraduate Summer Workshop in
              Cognitive Science and Cognitive Neuroscience

                       University of Pennsylvania
                Institute for Research in Cognitive Science
                    Center for Cognitive Neuroscience

                        Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
                             June 3 to 21, 2002

                          Please apply on-line at
                   http://www.ircs.upenn.edu/summer2002
       The deadline for receipt of applications is February 1, 2002


Each year, the cognitive science community at the University of
Pennsylvania brings together the best and brightest undergraduate
students from around the world to learn about the growing fields of
cognitive science and cognitive neuroscience.

The workshop is held on Penn's campus, at the Institute for Research in
Cognitive Science, site of the National Science Foundation's Science and
Technology Center for Research in Cognitive Science, with the cooperation of
the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience.

As a workshop participant, you can:
    * Hear lectures from distinguished researchers in the fields of cognitive
      science and cognitive neuroscience
    * Participate in labs and lab tours involving some of the latest
      technologies and research methods
    * Present your own work through our Student Poster Session
    * Participate in panel discussions on the future of cognitive science
      and cognitive neuroscience

Labs and Tours:
    * Cognitive Neurology Stroke Lab
    * Event-Related Potential (ERP) Lab
    * Free-Head Eye Tracking Lab in Language Processing
    * Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) Lab
    * Graphics, Animation, and Human Modeling Lab
    * Language Corpus Analysis Lab
    * Language Development Lab

Lecture Topics:
    * Primate Communication
    * Real-Time Language Processing
    * Language Development
    * Learning, Memory and Attention
    * Working Memory and Executive Function
    * Human and Machine Vision
    * Computational Modeling of Language and Cognition
    * Logic and Computation
    * Statistical Natural Language Processing

Participating CCN and IRCS faculty include:

        Ted Abel, Ben Backus, Norman Badler, Mark Jung Beeman, Anjan
	Chatterjee, Dorothy Cheney, Robin Clark, H. Branch Coslett, David
	Embick, Martha Farah, Lila Gleitman, Guila Glosser, Aravind Joshi,
	John Kounios, Mark Liberman, Mitch Marcus, Dimitris Metaxas, Martha
	Palmer, Ellen Prince, Maribel Romero, P. Thomas Schoenemann, Robert
	Seyfarth, Mark Steedman, Sharon Thompson-Schill, John Trueswell,
	Bonnie Webber, and Scott Weinstein.

Admitted participants will be provided with a travel stipend,
accommodations at the Penn dormitories and a food plan through the dining
services.  There are no tuition costs for participants.

You should apply if:

    * you have a strong interest or curiosity about cognitive science
      and/or cognitive neuroscience, and

    * you are currently an enrolled undergraduate at any university or college.

*** Course experience with cognitive science and/or cognitive neuroscience
is desired, but not required. ***

To apply, please complete our on-line application form at
http://www.ircs.upenn.edu/summer2002
Updates about this workshop will appear on this webpage as well.

Questions? Please see our website or send e-mail to
summer_workshop at ircs.upenn.edu

Mailing Address for Workshop Correspondence:
Institute for Research in Cognitive Science
Attn: Summer Workshop
Suite 400A, 3401 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228
USA

For more information about IRCS and CCN, visit our websites at
http://www.ircs.upenn.edu and http://www.ccn.upenn.edu

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