Boston University Conference on Language Development, Post-COVID

波士顿大学语言发展会议（BUCLD）是一个国际公认的语言习得和发展研究人员的会议，包括第一语言和第二语言习得，语言障碍，双语和扫盲发展。通过提供一个传播学术发现、发起和发展合作以及建立专业网络的主要场所，北京建筑学院促进了科学的进步。会议包括通过同行评议选出的大约190个演讲，以及受邀的主题演讲和全体演讲，一个关于当前感兴趣的主题的研讨会，一个研究资助研讨会，一个为学生和早期职业学者提供的专业发展研讨会，指导机会和一个出版商展览。与会者有来自世界各地的500多名研究人员，从本科生到高级教师。会议期间提供完整的美国手语口译报道，会议记录在会议结束后很快出版。该奖项通过资助学生（包括来自不同种族/民族背景的学生、残疾学生和第一代大学生）的旅行费用来支持BUCLD的无障碍、多样性和包容性。此外，资金支持学生会议组织者的努力，他们是语言学和相关领域的研究生。对学生旅行的支持使学生的贡献——通常是评分最高的摘要提交——能够在会议上展示，而不会遇到不必要的困难。参加BUCLD增加了学生在友好和互动的环境中接触该领域的顶尖研究和研究人员的机会。此外，对学生组织者的支持使北京建筑学院在培养学生成为未来专业人士方面发挥了重要作用。最后，资金支持为BUCLD开发可持续和灵活的模式，使会议能够在未来几年保持连续性，并在后covid世界中应对科学会议的挑战和机遇。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD)is an internationally recognized meeting of researchers in language acquisition and development, including first and second language acquisition, language disorders, bilingualism, and literacy development. BUCLD promotes the progress of science by providing a major venue for dissemination of scholarly findings, for initiation and development of collaborations, and for professional networking. The conference consists of approximately 190 presentations selected through peer review, as well as invited keynote and plenary speakers, a symposium on a topic of current interest, a research funding workshop, a professional development workshop for students and early-career scholars, mentoring opportunities, and a publisher exhibit. Attendees number over 500 researchers from around the world, from undergraduates through senior faculty. Full ASL interpreting coverage is provided throughout the conference, and conference proceedings are published soon after the conference. This award supports accessibility, diversity, and inclusion at BUCLD by subsidizing travel expenses for students, including students from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds, students with disabilities, and first-generation college students. In addition, funding supports the effort of the student conference organizers, who are graduate students in Linguistics and allied fields. Support for student travel enables student contributions—regularly among the highest-rated abstract submissions—to be presented at the conference without undue hardship. Attendance at BUCLD increases the exposure of students to the top research and researchers in the field in a friendly and interactive environment. Furthermore, support for student organizers allows BUCLD to play an important role in training students as future professionals. Finally, funding supports development of a sustainable and flexible model for BUCLD that enables continuity of the conference in future years and navigates the challenges and opportunities of scientific conferences in a post-COVID world.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.