Graduate Student Award – Call for Applications

The deadline for application and recommendations for AAAL's Graduate Student Awards for the 2010 conference is Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 11:59 pm Eastern time.

Purpose:
To help support travel (and some expenses) of 6 graduate student members of AAAL to the annual conference (www.aaal.org/aaal2010).

Eligibility:
You must be a student member of AAAL at the time of application, as well as enrolled in a university Master's or Ph.D. program in applied linguistics or a related field.
You must be an accepted and confirmed paper or poster presenter at the upcoming conference. Previous GST award recipients are not eligible to submit. Students enrolled in a university program within a reasonable distance of the conference site may not be eligible to receive the award.

Amount:
A maximum of 6 awards will be given: $800.00 each for up to four Ph.D. student awards and up to two Master's student awards. In addition, the awards include the waiving of conference registration fees. Two of the six awards - the ETS Graduate Student Award and the Multilingual Matters Graduate Student Award - will be awarded to the two top-ranked Ph.D. student applicants.

Guidelines:
This is a merit-based scholarship/award. The primary consideration in granting the award is the academic merit shown by the student.

Application Procedure:
Students must apply online at http://clear.msu.edu/tripleal/scripts/gstaform.php

• Applications must include the following information:
• Your institution and program of study (state your current degree objective)
• Your recent/current contributions to the field of applied linguistics
• Your career plans after completion of degree program
• How conference attendance will benefit you and others
• A biographical statement; and contact information

Included with the application should be the name and email address of a current professor who has agreed to provide a recommendation. It is the student’s responsibility to arrange for his/her professor to send a letter of recommendation to recommendation@aaal.org by the application deadline.

Key Dates:
December 1, 2009: Deadline for submission of applications and submission of professor recommendations
January 15, 2010: Projected date of notification

Please fill out the form only once.  

Once you hit the 'SUBMIT' button below, you will not be able to change or edit your text.

For assistance contact the AAAL Business Office, info@aaal.org

Incomplete applications will be rejected.