LINGUIST List 13.3080

Sat Nov 23 2002

FYI: Endangered Language Fund Request for Proposals

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  • Doug Whalen, Endangered Language Fund Request for Proposals

    Message 1: Endangered Language Fund Request for Proposals

     Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 15:15:30 -0500
    From: Doug Whalen <whalenalvin.haskins.yale.edu>
    Subject: Endangered Language Fund Request for Proposals


    The Endangered Language, thanks to the generosity of its members, is once again able to offer small grants for work on endangered languages. This announcement contains all the information you will need to apply. Doug Whalen DhW

    Request for Proposals, 2003 Endangered Language Fund The Endangered Language Fund provides grants for language maintenance and linguistic field work. The work most likely to be funded is that which serves both the native community and the field of linguistics. Work which has immediate applicability to one group and more distant application to the other will also be considered. Publishing subventions are a low priority, although they will be considered. Proposals can originate in any country. The language involved must be in danger of disappearing within a generation or two. Endangerment is a continuum, and the location on the continuum is one factor in our funding decisions. Eligible expenses include consultant fees, tapes, films, travel, etc. Grants are normally for one year periods, though extensions may be applied for. We expect grants in this round to be less than $4,000 in size, and to average about $2,000. HOW TO APPLY - PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF ADDRESS There is no form, but the information requested below should be printed (on one side only) and FOUR COPIES sent to: The Endangered Language Fund Dept. of Linguistics Yale University P. O. Box 208366 New Haven, CT 06520-8366 USA The street address for express mail services is: The Endangered Language Fund Department of Linguistics 370 Temple Street Yale University New Haven, CT 06511 Applications must be mailed in. No e-mail or fax applications will be accepted. Please note that regular mail, especially from abroad, can take up to four weeks. If you have any questions, please write to the same address or email to: elfhaskins.yale.edu REQUIRED INFORMATION: COVER PAGE: The first page should contain: TITLE OF THE PROJECT NAME OF LANGUAGE AND COUNTRY IN WHICH IT IS SPOKEN NAME OF PRIMARY RESEARCHER ADDRESS OF PRIMARY RESEARCHER (include phone and email if possible.) SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER (if U.S. citizen) PLACE AND DATE OF BIRTH PRESENT POSITION, EDUCATION, AND NATIVE LANGUAGE(S). PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE AND/OR PUBLICATIONS THAT ARE RELEVANT. Include the same information for collaborating researchers if any. This information may continue on the next page. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT: Beginning on a separate page, provide a description of the project. This should normally take two pages, single spaced, but the maximum is five pages. Be detailed about the type of material that is to be collected and/or produced, and the value it will have to the native community (including relatives and descendants who do not speak the language) and to linguistic science. Give a brief description of the state of endangerment of the language in question. BUDGET: On a separate page, prepare an itemized budget that lists expected costs for the project. Estimates are acceptable, but they must be realistic. Please translate the amounts into US dollars. List other sources of support you are currently receiving or expect to receive and other applications that relate to the current one. LETTER OF SUPPORT: Two letters of support are recommended, but not required. Note that these letters, if sent separately, must arrive on or before the deadline (April 21st, 2003) in order to be considered. If more than two letters are sent, only the first two received will be read. LIMIT TO ONE PROPOSAL A researcher can be primary researcher on only one proposal. DEADLINE Applications must be received by APRIL 21st, 2003. Decisions will be delivered by the end of May, 2003. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT Receipt of application will be made by email if an email address is given. Otherwise, the applicant must include a self-addressed post-card in order to receive the acknowledgment. IF A GRANT IS AWARDED Before receiving any funds, university-based applicants must show that they have met the requirements of their university's human subjects' committee. Tribal- or other-based applicants must provide equivalent assurance that proper protocols are being used. If a grant is made and accepted, the recipient is required to provide the Endangered Language Fund with a short formal report of the project and to provide the Fund with copies of all audio and video recordings made with ELF funds, accompanying transcriptions, as well as publications resulting from materials obtained with the assistance of the grant. FURTHER ENQUIRIES can be made to: The Endangered Language Fund Dept. of Linguistics Yale University P. O. Box 208366 New Haven, CT 06520-8366 USA Tel: 203-432-2450 FAX: 203-432-4087 elfhaskins.yale.edu http://www.ling.yale.edu/~elf

    - Doug Whalen (whalenhaskins.yale.edu) Haskins Laboratories 270 Crown St. New Haven, CT 06511 203-865-6163, ext. 234 FAX: 203-865-8963 http://www.haskins.yale.edu/