Research Incubator Awards (RIA) provide seed funding to CRBLM Regular Members for interdisciplinary projects of exceptional innovation and broad significance to the field. This support is intended to provide a basis for innovative project development and pilot research ultimately leading to external funding for the ongoing collaborative work.
Eligibility: Teams led by CRBLM Regular Members (see application form for details)
Deadline: May 15, 2024
Amount: maximum of $10,000 is available per project
Objectives
- To support intersectoral, multicenter (university) and multidisciplinary pilot projects in the domains of language and music development, neuroscience, performance, function and dysfunction
- To promote excellence in basic and applied research in those areas covered by our mandate
- To encourage the formation of working groups developing projects which make a potential long-term significant contribution to our research mission, and with a high potential for attracting external funding
Evaluation Criteria
- Likelihood of development into a project that would attract external support
- Quality of proposal: hypothesis, methodology, population, analysis, budget justification
- The degree of innovation and impact of the project
- The scope and novelty of the interdisciplinary collaboration
- Feasibility of the research project
- Proposals that include a clear and justified collaboration with industry or other organizations (such as a school board or community association) are encouraged.
Application
- Download and complete the application form: CRBLM-Research-Incubator-Award-2024
- Send your application form to: info@crblm.ca
Projects Awarded
M. Desjardins, J. Armony “Laryngeal Response to Aversive Respiratory Sensations in Anxious and Non-Anxious Speakers: Impact on Voice Production”
M. Clayards, M. Pell “Perceptual auditory adaptation in Parkinson’s Disease”
D. Klein, S. Baum “Early exposure to Mandarin facilitates relearning: An online training study.”
R. Otto, M. Sharp “Effects of early-life and lifetime stress exposure on willingness to expend”
S. Rigoulot, F. van Vugt “A study of the influence of musical learning on audiovisual emotional perception and empathy: an electrophysiological approach”
J. Sakata, S. Woolley, S. Dalla Bella, I. Peretz “Machine learning approaches to interrogate vocal-motor synchronization”
F. Van Vugt, J. Voix, S. Dalla Bella “Multi-person physiological measurements: development of an open-source solution”
P. Albouy, J. Voix, R. Zatorre, A. Sharp, “Développement d’un gant vibrotactile afin de pallier aux difficultés de perception de la parole et de la musique des personnes âgées : preuve de concept.”
D. Klein, S. Baum, N. Phillips, “Challenges associated with cross-cultural dementia diagnosis.”
A. Lehmann, E. de Villers-Sidani, “A pilot study of the effects of a plasticity-promoting compound on Tonotopic Map Reorganization: A New Hope for ‘Ringing’ in the Ears?”
M. Pell, S. Rigoulot, J. Armony, “Empathy in social communication: effects of vocal cues and cultural affiliation on the brain’s response to complaints.”
F. Sadat, S. Harnad, J.C.K. Cheung, “Towards an Emotional Chatbot adapted for Indigenous Language Learning and Revitalization.”
J. Sakata, S. Woolley, E. de Villers-Sidani, “Using selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors to re-open sensitive periods for vocal and auditory plasticity.”
To help our members adjust to the changes and restrictions imposed by COVID-19, the CRBLM offered a special round of supplemental funding for technical support and for additional expenses incurred in order to adapt to the pandemic context.
COVID-related expenses:
K. Byers-Heinlein. Language separation in bilingual infants.
M. Clayards, M. Wagner. Moving research online
N. Gosselin. Brain response to background music in healthy aging
A. Lehmann, M. Deroche. Voice pitch control in cochlear implant users
R. Otto. Cognitive effort and decision-making: integrating computational, behavioral, and psychophysiological approaches
I. Peretz. Using improvisations to measure the development of implicit tonal knowledge
I. Petrides. Morphology of the sulci of the ventrolateral frontal cortex in the human brain and relations to cytoarchitecture
N. Rajah. Sex differences in predicting age from cortical structure and its relation to memory and sociocultural factors: a multisite lifespan study
P. Royle, K. Steinhauer. Tracking Language Acquisition and Processing in Specific Language Impairment
F. Sadat, R. Compton, L. Ménard. Preservation and Revitalization of Indigenous Languages and Cultural Heritage through Machine Translation in the era of Covid-19
M. Wagner. Prosodylab-Experimenter: Spreadsheet-in-Spreadsheet-out javascript tool for online experimentation
Technical support:
S. Baillet, L. Ménard. Cortical mechanisms underlying somatosensory contribution to auditory speech perception.
S. Dalla Bella, F. van Vugt. Development of a reliable and precise measure of auditory-motor synchronization via online remote testing
S. Falk. The stuttering choir
D. Klein, S. Baum, M. Petrides, M. Sonderreger. Machine Learning algorithms for detecting patterns of speech
A. Nadig, K. Onishi, G. Luk, E. Smith. Learning from child- versus other-directed socially contingent interactions: An investigation of physiological and behavioral responses during screen-based learning; Bilingualism and autism: effects on narrative skills and conversational perspective-taking in adolescents
L. Polka, D. McFarland, J. Sakata. The role of hormones in the establishment of pre-linguistic behaviors in human infants
S. Rvachew. Supporting Behavioural Regulation During Shared Reading with Digital Books
P. Albouy, R. Zatorre, “Functional architecture of left and right auditory cortices for the processing of speech and music.”
N. Auclair-Ouellet, S. Dalla Bella, “Rhythm and timing skills as fundamental mechanisms of second language.”
proficiency
M. Deroche, K. Byers-Heinlein, “Navigating the bilingual cocktail party: Interference from background speakers in listeners with varying L1/L2 proficiency.”
E. de Villers-Sidani, S. Hébert, “Manipulating auditory cortical plasticity through nose-to-brain peptide delivery.”
N. Li-Jessen, S. Baillet, “Neural correlates of vocal fatigue.”
G. Luk, D. Titone, “Resting-state functional connectivity in bilingual adolescents and adults.”
A. Nadig, G. Luk, E. Allyn Smith, “Bilingualism and autism: effects on narrative skills and conversational perspective-taking in adolescents.”
R. Otto, S. Sheldon, “Increasing cognitive effort exertion by transcranial direct current stimulation of the frontopolar cortex.”
C. Palmer, S. dalla Bella, “Investigating timing deficits in ADHD with musical rhythm and neural dynamics.”
F. Sadat, L. Ménard, R. Compton, “Preservation and revitalization of indigenous languages and cultural heritage through machine translation in the era of Covid-19.”
J. Sakata, S. Woolley, E. de Villers-Sidani, “Non-invasive imaging of molecules that restrict sensory and behavioral plasticity.”
D. Titone, N. Phillips, B. Johns, “What is the relation between biological sex, bilingualism, and cognitive reserve over the adult lifespan?”
Byers-Heinlein, K., Klein, D., & Polka, L. Neural network analysis of infant language environments
Coffey, E., Zatorre, R., & Penhune, V. Interaction between sleep consolidation and reward system in musical audiomotor learning
de Villers-Sidani, E., Klein, D., Philips, N., & Zeitouni, A. The link between hearing loss, auditory ability, and cognition in older individuals
Lehmann, A., & Voix, J. Improving hearing loss prevention in the young generation: an experiment in smart wearables
Polka, L., McFarland, D., & Sakata, J. The role of hormones in the establishment of pre-linguistic behaviors in human infants
Rajah, N., & Misic, B. Neuroplastic Effects of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Expectations in Aging
Bockstael, A., Hébert, S. & Gosselin, N. A positive paradigm shift for tinnitus: switching auditory attention in a multimodal environment
Byers-Heinlein, K. & Polka, L. Language attitudes, practices, and concerns of bi/multilingual families raising infants and toddlers
Klein, D., Baum, S., Petrides, M. & Gracco, V. Neural consequences of timing of first-language (L1) learning and its impact on second-language (L2) outcome
Pell, M., Auclair-Ouellet, N. & Philips, N. Influence of lexical and prosodic cues in social interaction behavior in patients with Parkinson’s Disease and its relation to cognitive functioning
Phillips, N. & Baum, S. Electrophysiological Correlates of Auditory Discourse Processing in Older Adult Bilinguals
Shiller, D., Ménard, L. & Baum, S. Enhancing speech motor learning using ultrasound visual biofeedback
de Villers-Sidani, E., Zeitouni, A., Voss, P., & Lehmann, A. Development of an evidence-based assessment tool to predict cognitive decline in individuals with age-related hearing loss.
Harnad, S., Rivas, D., & Prévost, C. A web platform for online behavioral experiments, data sharing and participant outreach.
Hébert, S., Schoenwiesner, M., Champoux, F., Lina, J., & Paul, B. Validating the gap-startle model of tinnitus detection using behavioural and electrophysiological tests in humans.
Klein, D., Lyster, R., Baum, S., Petrides, M., & Barbeau, E. Forging new frontiers in the neuroscience of education: Biomarkers for predicting language learning success.
Lehman, A., Ménard, L., Rigoulot, S., & Turgeon, C. Using Virtual Reality to investigate speech and language processing
Li-Jessen, N., Mongeau, L., Ogrodnik, N., & Lei, Z. Quantifying Vocal Fatigue and its Recovery in Voice Acting.
Phillips, N., Klein, D., Penhune, V., & Grant, A. (Title TBA, on multilingualism and cognitive reserves)
Royle, P., & Rvachew, S. A New Toold for Identification of Primary Language Impairment (PLI) in French schools
Sakata, J., Woolley, S., de Villers-Sidani, E., & Wall, E. (Title TBA, on perineuronal nets and critical periods of language development.)
Sheldon, S., Palmer, C., & Scheurich, R. The relationship between auditory imagery and memory in the brain and the impact of musical training.
Smith, E.A., Nadig, A., & Bédard, V. Variation in the university student population’s use of referring expressions
Zeitouni, A., Lehmann, A., & Deroche, M. Short-term recall of words in cochlear implant users: storage compromised by degradations in pitch coding.
de Villers-Sidani, E., Zeitouni, A., Voss, P., & Lehmann, A. Development of an evidence-based assessment tool to predict cognitive decline in individuals with age-related hearing loss.
Harnad, S., Rivas, D., & Prévost, C. A web platform for online behavioral experiments, data sharing and participant outreach.
Hébert, S., Schoenwiesner, M., Champoux, F., Lina, J., & Paul, B. Validating the gap-startle model of tinnitus detection using behavioural and electrophysiological tests in humans.
Klein, D., Lyster, R., Baum, S., Petrides, M., & Barbeau, E. Forging new frontiers in the neuroscience of education: Biomarkers for predicting language learning success.
Lehman, A., Ménard, L., Rigoulot, S., & Turgeon, C. Using Virtual Reality to investigate speech and language processing
Li-Jessen, N., Mongeau, L., Ogrodnik, N., & Lei, Z. Quantifying Vocal Fatigue and its Recovery in Voice Acting.
Phillips, N., Klein, D., Penhune, V., & Grant, A. (Title TBA, on multilingualism and cognitive reserves)
Royle, P., & Rvachew, S. A New Toold for Identification of Primary Language Impairment (PLI) in French schools
Sakata, J., Woolley, S., de Villers-Sidani, E., & Wall, E. (Title TBA, on perineuronal nets and critical periods of language development.)
Sheldon, S., Palmer, C., & Scheurich, R. The relationship between auditory imagery and memory in the brain and the impact of musical training.
Smith, E.A., Nadig, A., & Bédard, V. Variation in the university student population’s use of referring expressions
Zeitouni, A., Lehmann, A., & Deroche, M. Short-term recall of words in cochlear implant users: storage compromised by degradations in pitch coding.
Klein, D., Baum, S., & Gracco, V. (2015-2016). Interdependance between speech and voice in the brain and how it is affected by language ability.
Penhune, V., Baillet, S., Lamontagne, A., & Boudrias, M.-H. (2015-2016). Auditory-motor connectivity induced by music-supported therapy in stroke survivors
Woolley, S., Gracco, V., & Shiller, D. (2015-2016). Altered auditory feedback and song production in a songbird model of Parkinson’s disease.
Zatorre, R., & Lehman, A. (2015-2016). Electrophysiological correlates of auditory-motor integration in cello playing.
De Villers-Sidani, E., Zeitouni, A., & Voss, P. (2014-2015). Determining the impact of previous visual and auditory sensory experience on the emergence and quality of auditory processing within the primary auditory cortex (A1) following cochlear implantation.
Klein, D., Penhune, V., & Baum, S. (2014-2015). Sensitive periods for brain organization: A study of bi-directional effects of early music and language training.
Lehman, A., & Peretz, I. (2014-2015). Processing of musical and vocal emotions in cochlear implant users.
Sakata, J., Goad, H., & White, L. (2014-2015). Universal biases in vocal sequence learning.
Gracco, V., Champoux, F., & Lepore, F. (2013-2014). Identifying the mechanism of maladaptive neuroplasticity in cochlear implant recipients using MRS: The role of GABA.
Hebert, S., & Schoenwiesner, M. (2013-2014). The effects of auditory stimulation and deprivation on loudness perception of sounds and tinnitus.
Lehman, A., & Schoenwiesner, M. (2013-2014). Multisensory integration of music in cochlear implant users: a novel frequency-tagging approach.
Royle, P., Gonnerman, L., & Steinhauer, K. (2012-2013). Studying the time course of lexical access using masked priming.
Shiller, D., Gracco, V., & Pike, B. (2012-2013). Behavioural markers and neural substrate of speech motor deficits in childhood Apraxia of speech.
Zatorre, R., Baillet, S., & Coffey, E. B. J. (2012-2013). Experience‐related plasticity in auditory evoked brainstem responses measured with combined EEG/MEG.
Nature Communications
Baillet, S., & Peretz, I. (2011-2012). A real-time neuroimaging therapeutic approach to Amusia.
Klein, D., & Genesee, F. (2011-2012). Language loss and language acquisition in international adoptees and bilinguals: A functional and anatomical imaging investigation.
Shiller, D., Gracco, V., & Pike, B. (2011-2012). Behavioural markers and neural substrate of speech motor deficits in childhood Apraxia of speech.
Titone, D., Baum, S., Klein, D., & Phillips, N. (2011-2012). The Montreal Multilingualism Project: Delineating The Consequences of Bilingualism in Healthy Younger Adults For Cognitive Control, Language Processing,And Their Structural Brain Correlates.