TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS FOR TISLR 8 IN BARCELONA -- Update

[Christian Rathmann]

Hello,

Please note that the following announcement has been revised so that
the NSF travel fellowships for TISLR8 in Barcelona are no longer
restricted to US citizens or permanent residents, provided that the
applicant is currently enrolled at an American university.
Accordingly, the deadline for applications has been extended to June
20, 2004.

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TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS FOR TISLR 8 IN BARCELONA

Purpose:
We are pleased to announce that the U.S. National Science Foundation
(NSF) has recently indicated that it will fund five fellowships for
travel to the upcoming eighth conference on  -¥ heoretical Issues in
Sign Language Research (TISLR) in Barcelona, Spain
(http://www.ub.es/ling/tislr8/). TISLR is the major international
conference on the linguistics of signed languages. The purpose of
these fellowships is to promote greater participation of deaf
researchers in sign linguistics by enabling deaf students to attend
this conference and to learn about the latest advances in the field.
The fellowships will be administered by Professor Richard P. Meier at
the University of Texas at Austin.

The fellowships ($1,500 each) are to be used for travel expenses such
as airfare, hotel accomodations, and conference registration fees. As
part of the fellowship, awardees will participate in three lunch
meetings at the conference with leading scholars in the field.

Eligibility:
To be eligible, the applicant must be: i) deaf; ii) currently
enrolled at an American university; and iii) an undergraduate or
graduate student in linguistics or a related field (e.g., psychology,
deaf education, deaf studies, communication sciences & disorders,
anthropology).  -â or graduate student applicants, note that we will
give preference to applicants in their first or second year of
graduate school.

Deadline:
The deadline to apply is June 20, 2004.  -á  committee will review all
applications.  -á pplicants will be notified by email no later than
July 16, 2004.

Application:
To apply, please submit the following:
a) a CV, including name; date and place of birth; citizenship status;
mailing address; email address; current university; and degree
program.
b) a letter or statement summarizing your research interests and
current activities, and explaining why you are interested in
attending the TISLR conference in Barcelona. Please discuss whatever
plans you have for further education or training in linguistics or
related fields.
c) a letter of recommendation from a faculty member who knows you
well.  -¥ his letter should address what educational benefit you will
gain by attending TISLR. Recommenders should email their letters
directly to rmeier at mail.utexas.edu.
d) a copy of undergraduate and (if applicable) graduate transcripts.
e) We encourage applicants to seek supplemental financial support
from their college or university. If any matching financial funds are
available, please include a letter of support from your department
chair (or other appropriate official) indicating the availability of
such funds. Please note that applications will be considered with or
without matching support.

Submission:
All application materials should be submitted electronically to Prof.
Meier (rmeier at mail.utexas.edu), except for transcripts, which should
be mailed to:

Prof. Richard P. Meier
Department of Linguistics
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station B5100
Austin, TX 78712
512-471-1701 (voice); 512-471-6372 (TTY); 512-471-4340 (fax)