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Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:04:28 +0100
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Subject: BAAL \ CUP Seminars 2002 - Call for proposals
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The deadline for proposals for BAAL \ CUP seminars to run in the 2002 is 
drawing near:

British Association for Applied Linguistics \ Cambridge University
Press Seminar Programme: Call for seminar proposals - 2002


As part of its commitment to research in Applied Linguistics, BAAL
is pleased to announce that financial support from Cambridge
University Press and BAAL will be available for three seminars in
2002.  BAAL now invites proposals for the 2002 seminars, in all
areas of applied linguistics, to be submitted to Frances Rock
(Seminar Organiser) by 31 October 2001(address below).

These notes are intended as guidelines for the submission of
proposals by seminar co-ordinators. They outline the sort of
meeting that BAAL is particularly keen to encourage and the
support that BAAL can offer.

Structure
BAAL is interested in promoting in-depth discussion of research
topics in a format which is different from the opportunities provided
at the Annual Meeting. We are particularly interested in supporting
research meetings which are interdisciplinary, and provide
opportunities for BAAL members, particularly BAAL members who
are relatively new to Applied Linguistics, to meet people working in
other disciplines.

For these reasons, members preparing proposals for BAAL \ CUP
seminars should bear the following in mind:
1) 	Proposals should investigate emergent, timely or relevant
methods or topics.
2) 	Seminar meetings should be small enough that all the
participants can interact with
each other. We recommend meetings of ideally 15 - 25 people.
3)	At least two of these places should normally be reserved for
student members of BAAL.
4) 	Seminar meetings should include an opportunity for people to
meet informally.
For this reason, two- or even three-day meetings are probably
preferable to one-day, non-residential meetings.
5)	Meetings which are jointly organised with another learned
society are encouraged.
6)	Seminar organisers might want to restrict invitations to
participate in the seminar to invitees with special expertise.
However if this is the case, then care should be taken that the
seminar does not become accessible only to those with detailed
specialist knowledge. Organisers should specify whether they plan
attendance to be by invitation only. Normally, at least one BAAL
committee member should attend a seminar.
7) 	The time allocated to papers / presentations should be long
enough for useful discussion to take place afterwards. This
probably means not all participants will be able to present papers,
and organisers will need to select.
8) 	The seminar may have clear academic outcomes (eg) formation
of a group, publication of a monograph, please specify if you think
this will be the case.


Financial support
Financial support takes the following forms:
a) a repayable float of £500 to cover the costs of bookings,
insurance, etc
b) a non-repayable grant of £450 to cover the costs of an invited
speaker or speakers.
These grants will automatically be made on request to the BAAL
Treasurer by any seminar co-ordinator whose proposal is adopted
for the BAAL \ CUP seminar programme. BAAL is keen that all
money awarded should be spent on the seminars themselves, and
therefore would prefer to support events held in institutions where
'top-slicing' of the grant can be avoided.


Organisation
Once accepted for BAAL \ CUP sponsorship, seminar co-
ordinators will receive guidelines on the organisation of seminars.
At this point, the following should be noted:

*	BAAL will advertise any seminars adopted for the program in its
own national publicity. Any local publicity should state that the
seminar is supported by BAAL and CUP.
	
*	BAAL does not expect to make a financial profit out of the
seminars, and will not cover any loss made by a seminar. Proper
accounts explaining how BAAL grants have been spent will need to
be provided.
	
*	A report on the seminar will be required for publication in the
BAAL newsletter.

Seminar Proposals
The seminar programme is the subject of an open competition.
BAAL members are invited to submit proposals for seminars for the
2002 programme by 31 October 2001. All bids will be scrutinised
by the Executive Committee at its December meeting. The results
will be announced in January 2002.

Proposals which should not exceed 2000 words in total should
include the following information:
*	Seminar Title
*	Date
*	Place
	
*	Name / Institution of Seminar Co-ordinator(s) (only proposals 	
	submitted by BAAL members can be considered)
* 	Full contact details (email and postal addresses and telephone
	number)

*	Objectives of the seminar

*	Rationale

*	Organisation
	numbers (all participants must normally be members of BAAL at the 	
	time of the event)
	participants  e.g. by invitation or application, keynote speakers
	etc
	length of event / sessions
	number of papers, discussion groups, workshops
	projected costs to participants (if any)

*	Co-operation with other learned societies or interest groups

*	Proposed use of sponsorship money, including projected costs where possible

Seminar proposals should be submitted (hard copy and via email)
to:

Miss Frances Rock
English Department
The University of Birmingham
Edgbaston  Birmingham  B15 2RL

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Aidan Coveney
University of Exeter