The Association for Computational Linguistics North American Chapter

The competition is now closed. Thanks to the many who applied.

The North American chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (NAACL) is pleased to sponsor tuition scholarships to attend the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) 2007 Institute, held this summer at Stanford (and co-sponsored by the NAACL).

The 2007 Institute: This year, the Institute theme is "Empirical Foundations for Theories of Language", and it has in place an exciting menu of 18 presession courses (July 1-3) and 73 regular session courses (July 5-27) given by leaders in the field; the offerings include an unprecedented and fabulous suite of 12 explicitly computational courses.

Scholarship eligibility: you must be all of the following:

1. either a current LSA student member committed to taking least two computational courses at the institute or a current NAACL student member
2. a current graduate or undergraduate student in good standing
3. committed to registering for 8 credits at the institute

To apply: complete the following two-step procedure by February 12, 2007:

(1)	All applicants must register an intent to apply by emailing linginst07-naacl-scholarships@aclweb.org .
(2a)	Applicants who ARE currently student LSA members should fill out the online application at https://lsadc.org/secure/login/login-direct.cfm?TOPAGE=fellowship/fellowship-application1.cfm
(2b)	Applicants who are NOT currently student LSA members should email naacl@lsadc.org, supplying the information requested on the sample application viewable at https://lsadc.org/fellowship/fellowship-application-mock.cfm

Applications will be evaluated by an LSA committee. Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of the applicant's overall academic performance and promise, as well as the expected role of the Institute in contributing to the applicant's graduate or undergraduate studies and future plans. Current LSA student members will be considered for both the NAACL scholarship and the LSA scholarship, but will not receive dual awards.

As in previous years, NAACL will also sponsor scholarships to attend the two-week course at Johns Hopkins during the summer of 2007, which is a compact introduction to various aspects of speech and natural language processing. Details will be provided at the NAACL website when available (perhaps late February).