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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Sponsor Name: NSF( National Science Foundation)/ Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
Deadline: 07 / 17 / 2017
Program Title: Linguistics Program- Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards( Ling-DDRI)
Contact: Dr. William Badecker,( 703) 292-5069, wbadecke @ nsf. gov
Website: https:// www. nsf. gov / pubs / 2014 / nsf14551 / nsf14551. htm
Sponsor Name: USAID
Deadline: 05 / 26 / 2017
Program Title: Promoting Rights and Accountability through Responsible Business Conduct
Contact: N / A
Website: http:// www. grants. gov / searchgrants. html? agencyCode % 3DUSAID
Sponsor Name: National Science Foundation
Deadline: 06 / 06 / 2017
Program Title: Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences( RTG)
Contact: Victor Roytburd,( 703) 292-8584, ytbur @ nsf. gov
Website: https:// www. nsf. gov / pubs / 2014 / nsf14585 / nsf14585. htm
Sponsor Name: National Science Foundation
Deadline: 06 / 12 / 2017
Program Title: Science of Learning( SL)
Contact: Soo-Siang Lim-Pgm,( 703) 292-7878, slim @ nsf. gov
Website: https:// www. nsf. gov / funding / pgm _ summ. jsp? pims _ id = 5567 & org = NSF & sel _ or g = NSF & from = fund
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.
Synopsis: The United States Agency for International Development( USAID) invites organizations and companies to participate with USAID to create more strategic, focused and results-oriented approaches to generate solutions to rights abuses and corrupt practices in global commerce, and form partnerships to target risks and prevent violations.
Synopsis: The long-range goal of the Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences( RTG) program is to strengthen the nation ' s scientific competitiveness by increasing the number of wellprepared U. S. citizens, nationals, and permanent residents who pursue careers in the mathematical sciences. The RTG program supports efforts to improve research training by involving undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral associates, and faculty members in structured research groups centered on a common research theme. Research groups supported by RTG must include verticallyintegrated activities that span the entire spectrum of educational levels from undergraduates through postdoctoral associates.
Synopsis: The Science of Learning program supports potentially transformative basic research to advance the science of learning. The goals of the SL Program are to develop basic theoretical insights and fundamental knowledge about learning principles, processes and constraints. Projects that are integrative and / or interdisciplinary may be especially valuable in moving basic understanding of learning forward but research with a single discipline or methodology is also appropriate if it addresses basic scientific questions in learning. The possibility of developing connections between proposed research and specific scientific, technological, educational, and workforce challenges will be considered as valuable broader impacts, but are not necessarily central to the intellectual merit of proposed research. The program will support research addressing learning in a wide range of domains at one or more levels of analysis including: molecular / cellular mechanisms; brain systems; cognitive affective, and behavioral processes; and social / cultural influences. The program supports a variety of methods including: experiments, field studies, surveys, secondary-data analyses, and modeling.
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