Ursula Bellugi Research Grant Collection, 1970-2013 (MSS 812)

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Extent: 4.8 Linear feet (12 archives boxes)

This collection consists of a selection of Dr. Ursula Bellugi's grant applications, proposals, and related reports dating from the 1970s to 2013.

Ursula Bellugi (born 1931 in Jena, Germany) is a cognitive neuroscientist known for her extensive research on the biological foundation of language, and the study of the neurobiology of Williams Syndrome. She received her B.A. from Antioch College in 1952 and an Ed.D. from Harvard University in 1967. In 1970 Bellugi joined the Salk Institute of Biological Studies as a professor, eventually becoming director of the Laboratory for Cognitive Sciences. She has also served as an adjunct professor at UC San Diego and San Diego State University. She received the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association, became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2008, was on the Advisory Council of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, and is a fellow of the American Associate for the Advancement of Science.

This collection consists of a selection of Ursula Bellugi's grant applications, proposals, and related reports dating from the 1970s to 2013, prepared primarily for the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Bellugi planned and executed these studies while she was at the Salk Institute's Laboratory for Cognitive Sciences. The documentation in this collection focuses primarily on her studies of Williams Syndrome and American Sign Language.

Documentation includes original applications, some renewals, progress reports, final reports, and research proposals. Related material with the same investigation title is grouped together, however, there is no additional overarching arrangement to the collection.

Container List

RESEARCH GRANTS AND PROPOSALS

Box 1 Folder 1-3
NIH - Neural basis of gestural communication: Evidence from Sign Language (DC 011538), 2011-2014
Box 1 Folder 4-6
NIH - Neural basis of Sign Language from lesion mapping (DC 010241), 2008-2009
Box 1 Folder 7-11
NIH - The acquisition of Sign Language and its structure (NS 09811), 1974-1979
Box 1 Folder 12
NSF - Formational constraints on language in a visual mode, 1973
Box 2 Folder 1-10
NIH - Language, modality and the brain (HD 13249), 1979-1997

Early iterations titled, "Psycholinguistics of American Sign Language morphology."

Box 3 Folder 1-2
NSF - Structured use of space and movement in a visual-manual language (BNS-8911486), 1978-1993
Box 3 Folder 3
NSF - Structured use of space and movement in a visual-manual language (BNS-7807225), 1979-1982
Box 3 Folder 4
NSF - Structured use of space and movement in a visual-manual language (BNS-7916423), 1979-1980
Box 3 Folder 5
NSF - Structured use of space and movement in a visual-manual language (BNS-8309860), 1983-1986
Box 3 Folder 6
NSF - Structured use of space and movement in a visual-manual language (BNS-8609085), 1986-1988
Box 3 Folder 7
NSF - Comparison of Chinese and American Sign Languages (proposal), 1984
Box 3 Folder 8
NIH - Acquisition of morphological processes in American Sign Language (NS 15175), 1979-1983
Box 4 Folder 1-3
NIH - Acquisition of morphological processes in American Sign Language (NS 15175), 1981-1989
Box 4 Folder 4-7
NIH - Brain organization: Clues from sign aphasia (NS 19096), 1982-1988
Box 5 Folder 1-6
NIH - Brain organization: Clues from sign aphasia (DC 00201), 1988-2007
Box 6 Folder 1
National Institutes of Deafness and Communication Disorders - Development of spatial language and cognition final report covering 1970-1991 (DC00146)

Early Iterations titled, "The aquisition of sign language and its structure" and "The acquisition of three morphological processes."

Box 6 Folder 2
National Institutes of Deafness and Communication Disorders - Acquisition/Development of spatial language and cognition renewals (DC00146), 1991-1993
Box 6 Folder 3
Brain organization: Clues from developmental disorders, 1987
Box 6 Folder 4-7
NIH - Fractionations between language and cognition: Evidence from Williams Syndrome (HD 26022), 1988-1994
Box 7 Folder 1-8
NIH - Neuropsychological and neurobiological bases of Williams Syndrome (NS 22343), 1984-2000, 2008-2013

Includes material on the Center for the Study of of the Neurological Basis of Language and related projects.

Box 8 Folder 1-6
NIH - Williams Syndrome: Bridging cognition and gene (HD 33113), 1996-2005
Box 9 Folder 1-4
NIH - Williams Syndrome: Bridging cognition and gene (HD 33113), 2006-2013
Box 9 Folder 5-6
NIH - Williams Syndrome: A model for linking genes, neural systems, and social phenotype (HD 33113), 2009-2013
Box 10 Folder 1
NIH - Origins and neural bases of social phenotypes: Williams Syndrome and Fragile X, 2008
Box 10 Folder 2
ARRA Challenge Grant - Linking behavior to cellular phenotypes: IPSCs for Williams Syndrome, 2009
Box 10 Folder 3
NARSAD - Evaluating neuropeptides and social function, 2008
Box 10 Folder 4
NIH/NIDOCD - Origins of Communicative Disorders (DC 01289), 1991, 2000
Box 10 Folder 5-8
McDonnell Foundation - Williams Syndrome grants, 1998-2005
Box 11 Folder 1
DHHS - Neural basis of language and cognition in Williams Syndrome, 1988
Box 11 Folder 2
March of Dimes - Gene coding and expression For Williams Syndrome, 1986-1987
Box 11 Folder 3
Proposal for Functional Brain Imaging Center, positron emission tomography (PET) proposal letter, UCSD, 1990
Box 11 Folder 4
NSF - Dissociations between language and cognition evidence from a neurodevelopmental disorder (BNS 8820673), 1988-1990
Box 11 Folder 5
NIH - Brain organization: Clues from developmental disorders, 1986-1987
Box 11 Folder 6
Analysis of motion trajectories from ASL, 1987-1993
Box 11 Folder 7
DHHS - Structure and acquisition of American Sign Language (NS 16878), 1987

"Newport grant."

Box 12 Folder 1
March of Dimes - Cognitive and neuropsychological basis for Williams Syndrome (12-169), 1985-1990
Box 12 Folder 2
Oak Tree Philanthropic Foundation - Neurocognitive and neurobiological studies in two genetic syndromes, 1993
Box 12 Folder 3
Axe-Houghton Foundation - New clues to the neurobiological basis of language, 1985-1992
Box 12 Folder 4
Bates Baby grant / Origins of communicative disorders, 2001 June
Box 12 Folder 5
NIH - Psycholinguistic studies of American Sign Language morphology, 1978
Box 12 Folder 6
Joint Hong Kong/Salk Institute proposal - Effects of different language experience on cognitive and neural development, 1982-1984