Priority Research Funds are awarded annually to faculty, teachers, and staff at Gallaudet and the Clerc Center for high-caliber studies on the University's research priorities. The Gallaudet Research Institute (GRI) is pleased to announce that the following scholars have been awarded a grant to support their research during 2009-10.

New grants

• "Exploring Blended Instructional Pedagogy to Enhance Student Learning and Scientific Reasoning Skills in Biology," Qi Wang, Business; Caroline Solomon, Biology

• "Adapting the use of the World Health Organization's cross-cultural instruments to identify the mental health needs of deaf and hard of hearing adults in Nepal," Teresa Mason, Social Work

Continuing grants

• "Developing a theoretical framework for sign language assessment tests" Raylene Paludneviciene, Psychology; Paul Dudis, Linguistics; Peter Hauser, RIT

• "Effects of Bilingualism on Word Order and Information packaging in ASL," Deborah Chen-Pichler, Linguistics

• "Perception of Phonological Structure in ASL," Gaurav Mathur, Linguistics

• "Parsing sentences in two languages," Pilar Piñar, Linguistics

To see the abstracts of these studies, go to http://research.gallaudet.edu/Priority/

The next deadline for submitting proposals to the Priority Research Fund is February 15.  Please submit an Expression of Interest by December 15.  For a newly simplified application and set of tips in writing a proposal, go to the link.

For more information, contact Charles Reilly at charles.reilly@gallaudet.edu or call x5794; Senda Benaissa at senda.benaissa@gallaudet.edu; or stop by GRI, HMB South, fourth floor.