Language Science Graduate Programs Brochure

LANGUAGE SCIENCE GRADUATE PROGRAMS The University of Maryland has the largest language science community in North America, involving over 200 people across 17 departments and centers. There are many ways for graduate students to participate and make the most of this valuable resource.

GET INVOLVED LANGUAGE SCIENCE LUNCH TALKS Join us at the Language Science Center every Thursday at 12:30pm to hear about ongoing research from students and faculty from different departments. Or take the leap and present your own work! You may be surprised by both the challenge and the benefits of communicating to a multidisciplinary audience.

For more information, visit languagescience.umd.edu/lslt

LANGUAGE SCIENCE DAY Since 2010, we’ve brought the language science community together every fall to exchange ideas, showcase exciting projects, and celebrate our accomplishments. Join 150+ language scientists from across the university: you may meet a new friend or future collaborator.

For more information, visit languagescience.umd.edu/lsd

WINTER STORM OUTREACH: LANGUAGE SCIENCE FOR EVERYONE Engaging with people outside the university reflects a core value of the Language Science Center. It helps build public understanding and support for language science (and social science more generally), and potentially diversify the pool of future language scientists. Participating students and faculty also benefit by developing the skills to communicate across boundaries, which is useful for any kind of scientific career.

Winter Storm is a free, student-led workshop in late January that brings together students and faculty from different fields for training, collaboration, and interdisciplinary innovation.

Activities vary from year to year, but commonly include methods workshops, faculty lunch talks, research interest groups, communication and professional development workshops, and social events.

For more information, visit languagescience.umd.edu/winter-storm

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The student-led outreach committee organizes a variety of activities on and off campus, including campus visits for local high school students, STEM career fairs, science fairs at local elementary schools, and a tent at Maryland Day. We also participate in national events such as AAAS Family Science Days and the USA Science and Engineering Festival.

Student leadership is the glue that holds our community together. Graduate students lead the organization of most language science events and activities, and design new activities throughout the year to meet the needs of students. Get in touch with the student committees to pitch your ideas, or go all-in and join one!

For more information, visit languagescience.umd.edu/outreach

For more information, visit languagescience.umd.edu/student-leadership

RESEARCH Collaborate across disciplines. The University of Maryland is home to top researchers in many fields of language science: linguistics, psycholinguistics, first and second language acquisition, philosophy of language, bilingualism, applied linguistics, language pedagogy, speech and hearing, language and communication disorders, cognitive neuroscience, literacy development, education, natural language processing, automatic speech recognition, machine translation, and more!

TRAINING Learn the skills you need to advance your research and professional development.

COMMUNITY Build a diverse network of language science students and faculty throughout the university. Many students have co-mentors within or across departments.

BEYOND THE UNIVERSITY Reach outside the ivory tower to connect with the general public and decision makers in government, education, health, and technology.

LEADERSHIP Develop as a future innovator in language science, through opportunities to lead language science research teams and community initiatives.

LANGUAGE SCIENCE FELLOWS Language Science Fellows (LSF) are a community of engaged graduate students training to become innovative, adaptable leaders in language science. They come from different departments, and have a range of research and career goals. What they have in common is an interest in research that integrates theory or methods from multiple disciplines, and a desire to have a broader impact on their community—whether scientific, educational, social, or political.

Fellows develop an integrated research and training plan, incorporating coursework and research collaborations outside their home department, as well as professional development that suits their long-term goals. They participate regularly in cross-departmental language science events and activities, and often take leadership roles in organizing them.

Applications to the Language Science Fellows program are generally accepted in March. Students who are interested in LSF but not yet ready to apply may join the Apprentice Program. Apprentices can spend up to a year mapping out their goals and building connections in the language science community before applying to join the full program.

For more information, visit languagescience.umd.edu/lsf

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FUNDING All Fellows and Apprentices may apply throughout the year for funds to support research-related expenses such as travel, supplies, or participant payments.

Fellows may apply for Language Science Summer Research Fellowships to support 3 months of summer research.

A limited amount of funding is available to support academic year stipends; these are awarded based on both need and merit.

NRT PROGRAM The Language Science Center was awarded a $3M training grant through the NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program. Most Language Science Fellows choose to join the NRT Program to access additional travel, research, and (in some cases) stipend support. NRT trainees fulfill a few additional requirements: research that addresses the theme of “multi-scale data”, participation in research teams, and a science policy experience.

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