This $160,551 project grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program supports Gallaudet University's initiative to strengthen the pipeline for deaf scientists in signed language research. The project uses a mentorship and access model to provide a small group of deaf college and university students with professional development activities and support for attending an international sign language research conference. Key activities include pre- and post-conference mentorship meetings with current deaf researchers, interpretation and captioning services to enable full participation in the conference, and networking opportunities to foster the students' progression into graduate work and future involvement in signed language research. This award aims to increase the diversity of deaf and hard-of-hearing researchers working in the field of signed language studies.
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