The Elizabeth Carr Holmes Scholarship honors the memory of Elizabeth Carr Holmes, emeritus professor of Speech at the University of Hawai鈥榠. Professor Carr Holmes was widely known for her work in pidgin and creole languages and in ESL. She was also a a founding board member of the University of Hawai鈥榠 Foundation.
In 1972, Professor Carr Holmes published a book titled "Da Kine Talk From Pidgin to Standard English in Hawaii", which became newly available through University of Hawai'i Press in in 2019.
The Scholarship provides funds to enable full-time classified students in the BA, MA, AGC, and PhD in SLS programs to carry out program-related research. Priority is given in the following order: (1) to research for scholarly papers, theses, and dissertations; (2) to coursework designed to pilot materials or procedures for scholarly papers, theses, and dissertations; (3) pending availability of funds, to research deemed exceptional as part of SLS course requirements. All proposed research must have been reviewed by the at the time of Scholarship application.
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To apply for the Carr Holmes Scholarship, the student should submit their application and IRB
approval letter to their advisor. The advisor adds their recommendation and then submits to the Department Chair and Program Specialist.