How to apply
To apply, submit a one-page proposal (Times New Roman, font size 10, single spaced, 2.5 cm margins) explaining:
- the theoretical importance and interdisciplinary character of the project.
- the aims of the project.
- the method and anticipated results.
On a separate sheet provide:
- a work plan (table).
- a detailed budget (table).
- up to five references to relevant literature.
- a statement confirming that your Group Leader or Director is happy with the application.
Awards will not be granted for work that is a central part of an already funded (PhD) project. Collaborations with researchers from outside our institute are excluded.
Email your proposal to thy.mathu@mpi.nl. The submission deadline is 15 May.
Panel
The proposals will be reviewed by an internal committee consisting of representatives from the directorate, research staff, PhD students and the equal opportunity officer. The committee is composed ad hoc by Antje Meyer after the submissions have been received to avoid conflicts of interest and taking into account the expertise needed.
The selection criteria are:
- Eligibility
- Scientific interest of the question
- Soundness of approach
- Feasibility within a year with one RA
The winners will be announced during the Proudly Presents event on 3 July.
Previous winners
2024
Caitlin Decuyper (PoL), Cecilia Husta (PoL), Sharice Clough (MLD), and Eleanor Huizeling (MLD)
Facilitatory Effects of Gesture on Turn-taking in Younger and Older Adults: A Virtual Reality
Experiment
2021
Rowena Garcia (LaDD), Yevheniy Skyra (LaDD), Natalia Levshina
From syntactic constituents to information chunks: A cross-linguistic study
2020
Nienke Hoeksema (NBL), Laura Verga (Comparative Bioacoustics)
Speech, vocal learning, and the laryngeal motor cortex in seals
2020
Tineke Snijders (LaDD), Francesca Carota (NBL/Indefrey)
Decoding abstract semantics in space and time; evidence from MEG in pre-school children
2019
Christina Bergmann (LaDD), Laurel Brehm (PoL)
Learning in a noisy channel: Combining fast mapping and non-literal inference through the lifespan
2019
Xiangzhen Kong (L&G), Yingying Tang (NBL)
The Brain Speaks: Can Brain Scans Predict Language Skills?
2017
Dick van den Broek (NBL), Marvin Uhlman (NBL), Midas Anijs (Neurogenetics of Vocal Communication)
From genes to language: how CNTNAP2 affects sentence processing
2016
Sonja Vernes (L&G), Kobin Kendrick (Language and Cognition)
Vocal turn-taking in the pale spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus discolor)
2015
Suzanne Jongman (PoL), Richard Kunert (NBL)
Attentional support for novel word learning
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