Welcome to the IGERT Program's Page

Language science is a strategic priority for the University of Maryland, and the university boasts one of the largest and most well- integrated language research communities in the US, spread across many departments, colleges, and research centers. Our modest goal is to make Maryland an international leader across all areas of language science, and to create a nationally visible model of integration across the different areas of language science (cognitive, computational, neuroscientific, educational, clinical, engineering, etc.).

Our NSF-IGERT graduate program in "Biological and Computational Foundations of Language Diversity" (2008-2013) is the first such award at the University of Maryland, and the aims of this interdisciplinary graduate program are:

(i) Create an integrated graduate program that enables students to do innovative research that would be impossible within an individual department [i.e., the standard objective of an IGERT program]

(ii) Use the program as a catalyst for strengthening the Maryland language science research enterprise more generally [the strategic part]

(iii) Use lessons learned from the program to position the University of Maryland to secure similar awards in other areas [the institutional impact]

For more information about the program and details about the application process please follow the links below or the ones following from the Resources tab above

• General information
• Application options
• Application requirements
• Program requirements and Courses
• Documents and Links for IGERT students, faculty, and visitors