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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">Please pass on to relevant prospective graduate school applicants, especially in linguistics, psychology, neuroscience, and computer science:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">As part of the<a href="http://web.sas.upenn.edu/langscience/"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#954F72"> </span></span><span style="color:#954F72">ILST initiative</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>within<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="spelle"><a href="https://mindcore.sas.upenn.edu/">MindCORE</a></span>,
the University of Pennsylvania offers a <a href="http://web.sas.upenn.edu/lcs/">
<span style="color:#954F72">Language and Communication Sciences certificate program</span></a> for doctoral students working in the language sciences</span><span style="color:black">.</span><span style="color:#333333"> CIS, Linguistics, Neuroscience, and Psychology
are the core participating departments in which class-work is to be taken, and students have the opportunity to work with a wide range of interdisciplinary language researchers across departments. See the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://web.sas.upenn.edu/lcs/"><span style="color:#954F72">LCS
website</span></a> for further details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#333333">Through funding from ILST, students entering the program receive
<b>a Research Fund Stipend</b>. In addition, there is a <a href="http://web.sas.upenn.edu/lcs/small-grants/small-grant-application/">
small grant program</a> for individual projects, workshops, etc. through ILST.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#444444">Participation in the Language and Communication Sciences Program
<b>requires admission to one of Penn’s Ph.D. programs</b>. If you are applying to one and wish to be considered for the LCS Program, please email the LCS Director, Professor Florian Schwarz, florians(at)ling.upenn.edu. In addition, please include the following
sentence at the end of your Personal Statement in your graduate application: “I wish to be considered for the Graduate Certificate Program in Language and Communication Sciences.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#444444">(Anyone that has already submitted their application and would like to apply can still email me stating their interest.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#444444;background:white">Information on the online application process for the different schools at Penn can be found here: </span><a href="https://www.sas.upenn.edu/graduate-division/admissions"><span style="color:#1185D7;background:white;text-decoration:none">School
of Arts and Sciences</span></a><span style="color:#444444;background:white"> (e.g., for Anthropology, Biology, Linguistics and Psychology); </span><a href="http://www.seas.upenn.edu/prospective-students/graduate/admissions/"><span style="color:#1185D7;background:white;text-decoration:none">School
of Engineering</span></a><span style="color:#444444;background:white"> (e.g., for Computer and Information Sciences), and </span><a href="http://www.med.upenn.edu/bgs/applicants_phd.shtml"><span style="color:#1185D7;background:white;text-decoration:none">School
of Medicine</span></a><span style="color:#444444;background:white"> (e.g., for Neuroscience)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">The deadline for graduate school applications for fall 2019 is December 15<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Florian Schwarz<br>
Associate Professor & Undergraduate Chair<br>
UPenn Linguistics<br>
Room 311C<br>
3401 Walnut Street<br>
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Phone: +1-215-898-8183<br>
Fax: +1-215-573-2091<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://florianschwarz.net"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://florianschwarz.net</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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