Right now I am preoccupied with funding, or rather, my husband Dr. Cuy is, since he does not want to be the Dr. Cuy Foundation for Research in Applied Linguistics, Specifically That Research Done by the Wife of Dr. Cuy. As is commonly the case with me, while I was in the full, churning throes of developing my research plan, I wasn't even thinking about how I was going to pay for it. And all of these trips to L.A., copies of the interview guide, taping, etc. etc. are going to cost money. Not as much money as the latest medical research, but it would be nice to have some. Especially if I'm going to go to Country X for a month or two to do some follow up on my participants.
I'm of the (admittedly pessimistic) assumption that there is no funding out there for domestic research in applied linguistics. Dr. Cuy suggests Homeland Security but I just can't stomach approaching them for money. Plus if I told my potential participants that I'm being funded by the Department for Homeland Security, that would pretty much be the end of my research.
So, my goal for the day: find a way to get a couple thousand bucks to do my thing, preferably from an agency that does not persecute undocumented workers.
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