Four ILLC-applications for NWO Cognition programma honoured

Four ILLC-applications for preparatory grants in the NWO Cognition programme (2003) were honoured:

• Pieter Adriaans & Dick de Jongh: Cochlear implants and their effects on first language learning
• Reinhard Blutner: Logic, neural networks and optimality theory
• Michiel van Lambalgen: Reasoning and the brain
• Robert van Rooy, Frank Veltman & Paul Dekker: The evolution of meaning in a game-theoretical setting

The Cognition preparatory grants are intended as stimulation for exploring possibilities for interdisciplinary research. All four projects have co-applicants from other universities and/or other fields. The next round for full project proposals is in the fall.

For more information, please see the NWO Cognition pages at http://www.nwo.nl/cognitie/, or contact the ILLC Buro at illc at science.uva.nl.