Subject: Listening Into 2030 - NSF Junior Researcher Travel Grant - Call for Applications From: Sridhar Kalluri <sridhar_kalluri@xxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 06:50:51 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--001a114e52f2886f620535376d1d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable *Call for Applications* *NSF Junior Researcher Travel Grant for "Listening Into 2030" workshop* *(**For US-based Students and Postdocs ONLY**)* The *Listening into 2030 *workshop is pleased to announce competitive travel grants to participate in the workshop (www.listeninginto2030.org <http://www.smart-comp.org/>). The workshop will be held in Berkeley, CA on Sept 13 and 14, 2016. The primary objective of the workshop is to set the foundations for a long-term research network that will help shape advances in fields related to speech and hearing. It will do this by envisioning the research pathways in the perceptual and cognitive sciences with the greatest promise for advancing solutions to problems in speech communication between humans and with machines. The junior investigators will share the responsibility with the organizers of writing the outcome document describing the workshop. This will probably be in the form of an ebook/website and/or a published proceedings report. Travel funds provided by the US National Science Foundation (www.nsf.gov) are available* only to full time students and postdocs attending US colleges and universities. *Underrepresented minority and women students from diverse US institutions are particularly encouraged to apply. To be eligible, US based students (referred to as =E2=80=9Cyou=E2=80=9D) must app= ly no later than *Friday, July 1, 2016 *viawww.listeninginto2030.org. The workshop is limited to forty participants, out of which up to eight slots funded by the NSF are targeted at student and postdoc researchers. The workshop will cover transportation to Berkeley (airfare, train, bus), room at the workshop hotel, and all meals that are part of the workshop program. The workshop will not cover taxi and meals that are separate from the workshop program. Submit the following to apply: 1. Obtain a letter from your advisor/professor confirming that: a. You are currently a research student or postdoc in good standing and working in areas related to speech and hearing. b. Any part of your travel that is not paid by the workshop will be covered by other means (indicate how). 2. Write a personal statement describing your research interests, and how you wish to benefit from attending "Listening Into 2030". Indicate your training status (full time or part time, BS/MS/PhD or postdoc), and location you will be traveling from. 3. Upload the above documents, along with a two-page curriculum vita via www.listeninginto2030.org. For any questions, please contact the "Listening Into 2030" organizers via the "Contact Us" form on www.listeninginto2030.org. *Important Dates:* - July 1,* 2016: Complete Student Application Due* - July 15, 2016: Student Travel Award Decisions - Sept 13-14, 2016: Listening Into 2030 workshop --001a114e52f2886f620535376d1d Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"margin:0px;font-family:"fakt soft"= ,"helvetica neue",helvetica,"apple color emoji",arial,s= ans-serif;font-size:17px;line-height:25.5px"><strong>Call for Applications<= /strong></div><div style=3D"margin:0px;font-family:"fakt soft",&q= uot;helvetica neue",helvetica,"apple color emoji",arial,sans= -serif;font-size:17px;line-height:25.5px"><strong>NSF Junior Researcher Tra= vel Grant for "Listening Into 2030" workshop</strong></div><div s= tyle=3D"margin:0px;font-family:"fakt soft","helvetica neue&q= uot;,helvetica,"apple color emoji",arial,sans-serif;font-size:17p= x;line-height:25.5px"><strong>(</strong><strong><em>For US-based Students a= nd Postdocs ONLY</em></strong><strong>)</strong></div><div style=3D"margin:= 0px;font-family:"fakt soft","helvetica neue",helvetica,= "apple color emoji",arial,sans-serif;font-size:17px;line-height:2= 5.5px">=C2=A0</div><div style=3D"margin:0px;font-family:"fakt soft&quo= t;,"helvetica neue",helvetica,"apple color emoji",arial= ,sans-serif;font-size:17px;line-height:25.5px">The<span>=C2=A0</span><em>Li= stening into 2030<span>=C2=A0</span></em>workshop is pleased to announce co= mpetitive travel grants to participate in the workshop (<!-- <a href=3D"htt= p://www.smart-comp.org/" style=3D"color:rgb(27,106,201);background-image:in= itial;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial;background-r= epeat:initial" target=3D"_blank"> -->www.listeninginto2030.org<!-- </a> -->= ). The workshop will be held in Berkeley, CA on Sept 13 and 14, 2016. The p= rimary objective of the workshop is to set the foundations for a long-term = research network that will help shape advances in fields related to speech = and hearing. It will do this by envisioning the research pathways in the pe= rceptual and cognitive sciences with the greatest promise for advancing sol= utions to problems in speech communication between humans and with machines= . The junior investigators will share the responsibility with the organizer= s of writing the outcome document describing the workshop. This will probab= ly be in the form of an ebook/website and/or a published proceedings report= .</div><div style=3D"margin:0px;font-family:"fakt soft","hel= vetica neue",helvetica,"apple color emoji",arial,sans-serif;= font-size:17px;line-height:25.5px">=C2=A0</div><div style=3D"margin:0px;fon= t-family:"fakt soft","helvetica neue",helvetica,"a= pple color emoji",arial,sans-serif;font-size:17px;line-height:25.5px">= Travel funds provided by the US National Science Foundation (<a href=3D"htt= p://www.nsf.gov/" style=3D"color:rgb(27,106,201);background-image:initial;b= ackground-color:transparent;background-position:initial;background-repeat:i= nitial" target=3D"_blank">www.nsf.gov</a>) are available<strong><em><span>= =C2=A0</span>only to full time students and postdocs attending US colleges = and universities.<span>=C2=A0</span></em></strong>Underrepresented minority= and women students from diverse US institutions are particularly encourage= d to apply. To be eligible, US based students (referred to as =E2=80=9Cyou= =E2=80=9D) must apply no later than<span>=C2=A0</span><strong><em>Friday, J= uly 1, 2016<span>=C2=A0</span></em></strong>via<a href=3D"http://www.listen= inginto2030.org/" style=3D"color:rgb(27,106,201);background-image:initial;b= ackground-color:transparent;background-position:initial;background-repeat:i= nitial" target=3D"_blank">www.listeninginto2030.org</a>.</div><div style=3D= "margin:0px;font-family:"fakt soft","helvetica neue",he= lvetica,"apple color emoji",arial,sans-serif;font-size:17px;line-= height:25.5px"><br>The workshop is limited to forty participants, out of wh= ich up to eight slots funded by the NSF are targeted at student and postdoc= researchers. The workshop will cover transportation to Berkeley (airfare, = train, bus), room at the workshop hotel, and all meals that are part of the= workshop program. The workshop will not cover taxi and meals that are sepa= rate from the workshop program.=C2=A0<br><br></div><div style=3D"margin:0px= ;font-family:"fakt soft","helvetica neue",helvetica,&qu= ot;apple color emoji",arial,sans-serif;font-size:17px;line-height:25.5= px">Submit the following to apply:</div><div style=3D"margin:0px;font-famil= y:"fakt soft","helvetica neue",helvetica,"apple co= lor emoji",arial,sans-serif;font-size:17px;line-height:25.5px">=C2=A0<= /div><div style=3D"margin:0px;font-family:"fakt soft","helve= tica neue",helvetica,"apple color emoji",arial,sans-serif;fo= nt-size:17px;line-height:25.5px">1.=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Obtain a letter fro= m your advisor/professor confirming that:</div><div style=3D"margin:0px;fon= t-family:"fakt soft","helvetica neue",helvetica,"a= pple color emoji",arial,sans-serif;font-size:17px;line-height:25.5px">= a.=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0You are currently a research student or postdo= c in good standing and working in areas related to speech and hearing.<br>b= .=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Any part of your travel that is not paid by the= workshop will be covered by other means (indicate how).</div><div style=3D= "margin:0px;font-family:"fakt soft","helvetica neue",he= lvetica,"apple color emoji",arial,sans-serif;font-size:17px;line-= height:25.5px">=C2=A0</div><div style=3D"margin:0px;font-family:"fakt = soft","helvetica neue",helvetica,"apple color emoji&quo= t;,arial,sans-serif;font-size:17px;line-height:25.5px">2.=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 Write a personal statement describing your research interests, and how = you wish to benefit from attending "Listening Into 2030". Indicat= e your training status (full time or part time, BS/MS/PhD or postdoc), and = location you will be traveling from.</div><div style=3D"margin:0px;font-fam= ily:"fakt soft","helvetica neue",helvetica,"apple = color emoji",arial,sans-serif;font-size:17px;line-height:25.5px">=C2= =A0</div><div style=3D"margin:0px;font-family:"fakt soft","h= elvetica neue",helvetica,"apple color emoji",arial,sans-seri= f;font-size:17px;line-height:25.5px">3.=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Upload the abov= e documents, along with a two-page curriculum vita via=C2=A0<a href=3D"http= ://www.listeninginto2030.org/" style=3D"color:rgb(27,106,201);background-im= age:initial;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial;backgr= ound-repeat:initial" target=3D"_blank">www.listeninginto2030.org</a>.</div>= <div style=3D"margin:0px;font-family:"fakt soft","helvetica = neue",helvetica,"apple color emoji",arial,sans-serif;font-si= ze:17px;line-height:25.5px">=C2=A0</div><div style=3D"margin:0px;font-famil= y:"fakt soft","helvetica neue",helvetica,"apple co= lor emoji",arial,sans-serif;font-size:17px;line-height:25.5px">For any= questions, please contact the "Listening Into 2030" organizers v= ia the "Contact Us" form on<span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"http://w= ww.listeninginto2030.org/" style=3D"color:rgb(27,106,201);background-image:= initial;background-color:transparent;background-position:initial;background= -repeat:initial" target=3D"_blank">www.listeninginto2030.org</a>.<br>=C2=A0= </div><div style=3D"margin:0px;font-family:"fakt soft","helv= etica neue",helvetica,"apple color emoji",arial,sans-serif;f= ont-size:17px;line-height:25.5px"><strong>Important Dates:</strong></div><u= l style=3D"margin:0px;padding-left:1.3em;font-family:"fakt soft",= "helvetica neue",helvetica,"apple color emoji",arial,sa= ns-serif;font-size:17px;line-height:25.5px"><li>July 1,<strong><span>=C2=A0= </span>2016:=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Complete Studen= t Application Due</strong></li><li>July 15, 2016:=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 =C2=A0 Student Travel Award Decisions</li><li>Sept 13-14, 2016: =C2=A0 = Listening Into 2030 workshop</li></ul></div> --001a114e52f2886f620535376d1d--