HAAL Award

For the Best Journal Article Published by a Novice Scholar

This annual award (previously Fawzia Braine Memorial Award), amounting to HK$2,500, is made in recognition of a novice scholar (postgraduate student or a recent graduate) of a university in Hong Kong for a journal article published in an international refereed journal in applied linguistics.

Eligibility

• Applicants should be enrolled, full- or part-time, at a university in Hong Kong or have graduated from a Hong Kong university within one year of the closing date for applications.

• Applicants should be current members of HAAL.

• The article should have been published in an international refereed journal in applied linguistics in the year for which the award is made.

• The article should be in English.

• Single author articles are preferred for the award. In articles with multiple authors, the applicant should be the first author.

• Applications are accepted till April 4 of 2023.

• The decision of the HAAL Executive Committee on this award is final.

Application Procedure

Completed application forms together with softcopy of the published (or published online prior to its printed version) article/s submitted for the award should be sent to Dr. Gavin Bui at gavinbui@hsu.edu.hk

Amount of Grant

HK$2,500 per year. The grant will not be split.

HAAL best paper Award- 2023 application form

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HAAL Postgraduate Student Grant for Overseas Conference Presentation

GUIDELINES FOR APPLICANTS

Application Period

Applications are accepted till April 4 of 2023. Applications should be made at least four weeks before the conference.

Application Procedure

Completed applications should be sent to Dr. Gavin Bui (gavinbui@hsu.edu.hk) together with a copy for each of the following:

• the conference pamphlet or announcement,

• an abstract of the paper(s) accepted for presentation at the conference,

• the formal notification (e-mail can be accepted) of such acceptance by the conference organiser(s),

Incomplete application will NOT be considered.

Eligibility

An applicant must

- be a current member of HAAL - has been a HAAL member for at least 12 months at the time of application, and - be a full- or part-time postgraduate student at a university in Hong Kong.

Note

Applicants who have been awarded the grant before may not apply. Preference will be given to those applicants who do not receive other source of financial support.

Amount of Grant

HK$3,000 (three thousand) per year. HAAL reserves the right to split this grant so that more than one applicant may benefit. One of the grant holders will receive the Richard Pemberton Award for Postgraduate Student Travel.

Acknowledgement

The paper presented at the conference should acknowledge the support of this grant.

PG-Grant_2023 application form

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Call for HAAL Awards

1) HAAL Postgraduate Student Grant for Overseas Conference Presentation

• This is a grant of about HK$3000 to support up to three postgraduate students to present their papers at overseas conferences.

2) HAAL Award for Best Journal Article Published by a Novice Scholar

• This award (previously Fawzia Braine Memorial Award), amounting to HK$2,500, is made in recognition of a novice scholar (postgraduate student or a recent graduate) of a university in Hong Kong for a journal article published in an international refereed journal in applied linguistics.

Details about these awards and how to apply can be found here:

For postgraduate travel grant: 

https://www.haal.hk/post/haal-postgraduate-student-grant-for-overseas-conference-presentation-1

For the HAAL Award for Best Journal Article: 

https://www.haal.hk/post/fawzia-braine-memorial-award-1

*Awardees in 2023 will be invited as featured speakers at the 2023 HAAL Conference in July 2023.

The deadline for the applications for both award categories is April 4 (Tuesday), 2023.