The CIBER Consortium to promote
Business Language Research and Teaching

Business Language Research & Teaching (BLRT) Consortium

The CIBER Consortium to promote Business Language Research and Teaching (BLRT) provides incentives for language faculty to teach and do research in a business context.

The members of the BLRT Consortium have pledged a portion of their Title VI CIBER grant funding to establish the BLRT Research Awards, in order to encourage faculty and graduate students in foreign language departments to add a business-language dimension to their research and teaching. The program is organized by the University of Kansas Center for International Business Education and Research (KU CIBER)

2008 BLRT Research Grant Awards

The Consortium invites applications from faculty, graduate students, and language professionals for this year’s BLRT Research Grants.

Grants to researchers in three categories:
$5,000	Grant to tenured faculty or tenure track
$2,500	Grant to a Ph.D. candidate
$2,500	Grant for research on business language pedagogy

All applicants should submit a research proposal with:

• project description
• timeline
• budget
• Curriculum Vita

Graduate students may provide an abstract of their proposal, but must also provide a letter from department Chair or Language Coordinator indicating support for the research described.

The selection criteria for BLRT judging:

• High scholarly standards
• Creativity
• Research in less commonly taught languages
• Relevance/need

$2,500 grant recipients will receive free registration at next year’s CIBER Business Language Conference.

$5,000 grant recipients will be invited to attend and present the results of the research.

BLRT Research Grant applications should be submitted to KU CIBER Associate Rebecca Murphy, , Materials should be submitted by email, in Word, PDF, Excel, or similar readily accessible file type. Applicants will receive confirmation of receipt via email. If you do not receive a confirmation, please contact Rebecca at 785.864.7879.

Deadlines

Deadline for Application: June 1st