# Boston University Conference on Language Development

> **NIH NIH R13** · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · 2020 · $6,000

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT
We seek five years of funding to support improvements to the Boston University Conference on Language
Development, which will take place at Boston University each year around the first weekend in November. Now
in its 41st year, the conference is internationally recognized as one of the most important annual meetings
bringing together researchers in different areas of language acquisition and development, including first and
second language acquisition, language disorders, bilingualism, and literacy development. The meeting
comprises oral presentations and posters selected through peer review, as well as invited keynote and plenary
speakers, symposia on topics of current interest, a research funding workshop, and a publisher exhibit. In this
proposal, we are requesting funds for two components to the conference that will increase the quality, visibility,
interdisciplinary contribution, health relevance, and accessibility to students (especially students from under-
represented populations). First, we would like support for a professional development workshop for students
and postdocs, bringing in speakers to discuss a variety of important professional development issues. Second,
we will offer new travel awards that give priority to students from underrepresented minorities. The BUCLD
serves as a prime venue to bring together researchers from all different areas of language development, who
do not typically interact or encounter each other's work regularly elsewhere, thus fostering substantial
interaction across theoretical and disciplinary boundaries. It also offers excellent training for students and
postdocs, both in the form of access to high quality scholarship and in training activities such as an NIH/NSF
funding workshop. The two key pieces we seek to add will not only ensure that the BUCLD continues to be a
high quality venue for these activities, but will allow the conference to grow in important new directions that are
demonstrated priorities for the scientific community as well as NIH.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9857049
- **Project number:** 5R13HD090968-04
- **Recipient organization:** BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS)
- **Principal Investigator:** Charles B. Chang
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $6,000
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-01-01 → 2021-12-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9857049

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9857049, Boston University Conference on Language Development (5R13HD090968-04). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9857049. Licensed CC0.

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