Funding Competition to Attend the 7th Annual ALTA Conference

The National African Language Resource Center (NALRC) has partial funding for qualified graduate students to attend the 7th annual ALTA conference on April 10th-12th, 2003 at the Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Applicants should be currently enrolled in an African Language Program and be students in good standing. The Center will provide funding for students on a case-by-case basis, according to merit and need. Preference will be given, in the following order, to:

a). Graduate students who plan to present a paper at the conference;

b). Graduate students or teaching assistants who have no other funding opportunities and would not otherwise attend the conference; and

c). Graduate students or teaching assistants who are interested in teaching African languages.

Students funded by the NALRC will be required to attend each workshop at the conference. In addition, they will have to submit reports of each session and workshop they attend in order to receive reimbursement.

Interested students should submit a letter of application for funding and a letter of recommendation from the director or coordinator of their language program to Antonia Schleicher (ayschlei@wisc.edu), care of NALRC, by January 15th, 2002. Applications may be sent via e-mail or regular mail. Applicants will be notified of the results by Febraury 20th, 2003.

Please note that the NALRC will NOT cover ALL expenses. If you are awarded, we will let you know which of your expenses will be reimbursed. The NALRC is not under any obligation to pay anyone who is on a Visa type that the UW-Madison Dean’s office cannot approve payment for. We will let you know, if you are selected, the documents needed to process your reimbursement.

NALRC
4231 Humanities Building
455 North Park Street
Madison, WI 53706
Tel.: (608) 265-7905
Fax: (608) 265-7904
Email: ooadesope@wisc.edu (Olusola Adesope) or nalrc@mhub.facstaff.wisc.edu
Web site: http://african.lss.wisc.edu/nalrc