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CALICO Journal ecial issue: Second Languages Acquisition Theories, Technologies, and Language Learning. Extended abstracts (500 words) due: 15. January 2010, full length manuscripts due: 15. May 2010.
https://calico.org/page.php?id=5  

The Center for Applied Linguistics invites applications for the G.Richard Tucker Fellowship. This fellowship program gives graduate students in language‐related fields the experience of working in a private organization that conducts applied linguistics research and uses research results to address issues in language learning, language use, and intercultural communication. Duration: June 2010 - May 2011. Stipend: $2,400 and travel expenses up to $1,000. Deadline: 14. April 2010. Submit applications directly to dkennedy@cal.org. For more information visit
www.cal.org/about/tuckerfellow.html

The ILTA Bibliography invites researchers to send in their 2009 articles, chapters books and/or completed PhDs on language testing to include them in the updated edition. Deadline: 25th January 2010. Send directly to annieb@nap.ae or visit the ILTA homepage.

AILA is looking for researchers interested in organizing Research Networks (ReN) focused on special topic areas of Applied Linguistics. For more information about ReNs visit 
www.aila.info/networks.html

Columbia University Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics is accepting manuskripts for the Spring 2010 issue. Deadline for submissions: 24. January 2010. Article lenght: max.8,000 words. For more information visit
www.tc.columbia.edu/tesolalwebjournal

University of Cambridge ESOL is making grant funding of up to £45,000 available for small, medium and large scale research projects to be conducted during 2010. Deadline for proposals to be submitted: 31. January 2010. To view the application form and proposal format visit
www.cambridgeesol.org/what-we-do/research/funded-research-programme.html

The Modern Language Association awarded Diane Larsen-Freeman and Lynne Cameron to receice the Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize for their work "Complex Systems and Applied Linguistics". For a preview visit
www.oup.com/elt/catalogue/isbn/0-19-442244-5

The 2009 Sage/International Language Testing Association (ILTA) award for the best book in the area of language testing/assessment has been awarded to Tim McNamara and Carsten Roever for the Language Learning Monograph: Language Testing: The Social Dimension. For a review visit
tesl-ej.org/ej43/r9.html